![Spassky at the Gibraltar Chess Congress 2009](https://chessintranslation.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Spassky-at-the-Gibraltar-Chess-Congress-2009-150x150.jpg)
Bits and Pieces #1
Boris Spassky on his recovery, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov on Carlsen, Veselin Topalov on his fear of Santa Claus, and Darek Świercz makes Wijk-aan-Zee, with a little help from his trainer. Chess stories from Russia (and “Eastern Europe”) in brief.