By mishanp on May 28, 2011
Just before the closing ceremony of the Candidates Matches in Kazan, Alexander Grischuk gave a fascinating interview to Yury Vasiliev of ChessPro, where he talked about tactics, his fear he’d forgotten how to play chess, Gelfand’s play in the final, and the “burial of classical chess” due to draws.
Posted in Russian | Tagged Bacrot, Barsky, Candidates Matches, Chess960, Gelfand, Grischuk, Kramnik, Riazantsev, Svidler, Vasiliev |
By mishanp on March 28, 2011
For his third letter from the European Individual Chess Championship, Sergey Shipov addressed the issue of 20-year-old GM Sebastien Feller, who’s taking part despite having been found guilty of cheating at the Olympiad in Khanty Mansiysk by the French Chess Federation.
Posted in Russian | Tagged Bacrot, Crestbook, European Individual Championship 2011, Feller, Hauchard, Marzolo, Olympiad, Romanishin, Shipov |