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ECU election

The Polish Chess Federation responds

The Polish Chess Federation responds

By mishanp on July 31, 2010

Tomasz Sielicki, the President of the Polish Chess Federation, gave an interview responding to criticism from the leading Polish player, Radosław Wojtaszek. Sielicki also outlines the achievements of his year in charge and discusses preparations for the upcoming Olympiad. 

Posted in Polish | Tagged Beliavski, Danailov, ECU election, Gajewski, Jakubiec, Krasenkow, Mat, Olympiad, PCF, Sielicki, Sulypa, Świercz, Wojtaszek | 2 Responses

Silvio Danailov, taken from http://danailov-for-president.com/

“The Russian player we played a match against in 2006 in Elista doesn’t exist for us!”

By mishanp on July 29, 2010

Yury Vasiliev of Sport Express broke the news yesterday that Veselin Topalov would, after all, be willing to play Candidates Matches in Russia. Today, in the full version of the interview, Silvio Danailov goes into much greater detail on his feelings towards Kramnik, his disapproval of FIDE’s conduct during the match in Sofia, and the upcoming matches and Olympiad.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Anand, Aronian, Berbatov, Candidates Matches, Carlsen, Danailov, ECU election, Elista, Kasparov, Kramnik, Makropoulos, Mamedyarov, Olympiad, Sport Express, Sutovsky, Topalov, Vasiliev, WC 2010 | 11 Responses

Didier Drogba

Topalov, Didier Drogba and romanticism in chess

By mishanp on June 26, 2010

In what some might consider cruel and unusual punishment, Bulgarian schoolchildren recently played chess with an IBM supercomputer. Fortunately, they had a little help from Veselin Topalov, who after the match gave an interview to Danail Kisov of Klassa.bg.

Posted in Bulgarian | Tagged Anand, computers, Danailov, ECU election, Fischer, IBM, Kasparov, Tal, Topalov, WC 2010 | 3 Responses

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