World Cup Semis, Day 2: Svidler!
Russian Champion Peter Svidler has reached the World Cup final after beating Ruslan Ponomariov with the black pieces. Although Svidler…
Leko explains his break from chess
One of the stories of the recent World Team Championship in China was the return of Peter Leko after a…
Svidler: “The circus is travelling to Khanty”
After Peter Svidler won the 2011 Russian Championship he gave a long interview to Vladimir Barsky for the Russian Chess…
Morozevich demonstrates his win against Svidler
A little of the shine was taken off Peter Svidler's victory at the Russian Championship Superfinal when he lost in the final round.…
Svidler demonstrates his win against Timofeev
One of the great virtues of grandmasters demonstrating their games straight after they're over, as they did at the Russian Championship…
Morozevich and Grischuk demonstrate their wins
All games were decisive in round 4 of the Russian Championship Superfinal, and afterwards Alexander Morozevich and Alexander Grischuk demonstrated their wins…
Evgeny Bareev: “A lot of people live in China”
The World Team Championship in Ningbo, China is shaping up to be a fantastic event. Russia is again the team to beat, though…
Karjakin reflects on moving up in the world
Sergey Karjakin recently finished joint top with Magnus Carlsen at the Kings Tournament in Bazna, and moved up to fourth on the July…
Morozevich: “The Higher League wasn’t in my plans”
Alexander Morozevich's victory in the Russian Higher League was a rare treat for his legion of fans, and all the more remarkable as…
Moscow bids for Anand-Gelfand match (updated)
Ilya Levitov broke two pieces of news Monday. The crucial one was that despite the dark musings of many, and…