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Leko explains his break from chess

Leko explains his break from chess

By mishanp on August 28, 2011

One of the stories of the recent World Team Championship in China was the return of Peter Leko after a long absence from competitive chess. He played as though he’d never been away, posting an unbeaten 2800+ performance. In an interview he revealed what was behind his decision.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Barsky, Candidates Matches, draws, Gelfand, Grischuk, Ivanchuk, Leko, Roiz, World Team Championship | 17 Responses

Aronian on draws and… “I’m like an animal”

By mishanp on November 10, 2009

Ilya Odessky’s report at the Tal Memorial website included Aronian disputing the link between draws and dull play, and also surprising the journalists in the press centre with a gnomic utterance. 

Posted in Russian | Tagged Aronian, draws, Odessky, Tal Memorial | Leave a response

“Chess isn’t something squalid, chess is very cool”

By mishanp on November 9, 2009

Ilya Odessky’s report included a transcript of Kramnik’s demonstration of his game with Anand, given as proof of the folly of considering draws necessarily boring.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Barski, draws, Fominykh, Ivanchuk, Kramnik, Leko, Odessky, Ponomariov, Sofia Rules, Tal | Leave a response

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