By mishanp on February 27, 2010
Vasiliev’s final report on Linares 2010 was a bumper round-up of interviews with the participants, including Topalov’s pyramid theory of why he should only play for large amounts of money.
Posted in Russian | Tagged Aronian, Danailov, Gelfand, Grischuk, Linares, Topalov, Vasiliev |
By mishanp on December 16, 2009
Kramnik gave a fascinating and controversial interview to Michael Khomich at Sports.ru after winning the Tal Memorial in Moscow.
Posted in Russian | Tagged age, Anand, Carlsen, Danailov, Elista, Ivanchuk, Karjakin, Kasparov, Khomich, Kramnik, Morozevich, style, Tal Memorial, Topalov, WC 2010 |
By mishanp on December 4, 2009
GM Evgeny Bareev gave a long and outspoken interview to Maria Fominykh for Chesspro. Highlights included his description of why Jan Nepomniachtchi was excluded from his chess school, and how Carlsen is following in Kasparov’s footsteps.
Posted in Russian | Tagged Bareev, Carlsen, Danailov, Karjakin, Kasparov, Le Quang Liem, Nepomniachtchi, Sjugirov, Tal Blitz |
By mishanp on November 16, 2009
Fresh from winning the Tal Memorial in Moscow, Kramnik gave a couple of interviews where he talked about the upcoming World Blitz Championship, later won by Carlsen.
Posted in Russian | Tagged Bilbao, blitz, Carlsen, Danailov, Glukhovsky, Grand Slam, Kasparov, Kramnik, Tal Blitz, Topalov, Vasiliev |
