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Ilyumzhinov | photo: Chess Moscow

Ilyumzhinov on the London Candidates and Grand Prix

By mishanp on February 20, 2012

In an interview with Sport Express, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has explained the decision to hold the next Candidates Tournament later this year in London. He also talks about plans for a new Men’s Grand Prix and the sale of the rights to the World Championship and other major events.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Andrew Paulson, Candidates 2012, Carlsen, FIDE, Grand Prix, Ilyumzhinov, Vasiliev | 3 Responses

Ilya Levitov: "For me, classical chess is opera"

Ilya Levitov: “For me, classical chess is opera”

By mishanp on June 18, 2011

And he isn’t an opera buff. If you’re wondering why that matters, it’s because Levitov is one of the most influential men in chess: President of the Russian Chess Federation Board, a FIDE Vice President and part of the new Foundation for Modernisation. He gave his verdict on the current state of chess.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Botvinnik Memorial, Bronstein, Candidates Matches, Chess960, FIDE, Levitov, Tal Memorial 2011, Vasiliev, World Mind Games | 7 Responses

Gaddafi makes the first move (with the black pieces)

Ilyumzhinov: Gaddafi “an amateur who knows how the pieces move”

By mishanp on June 13, 2011

This morning, while being driven through Libya, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov gave a live interview to the Echo of Moscow radio station. He expressed no regret over yesterday’s meeting with Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi, saying “it’s nonsense when people demand he goes”.

Posted in Russian | Tagged FIDE, Gaddafi, Ilyumzhinov, Makropoulos | 10 Responses

Ilyumzhinov and Gaddafi hug | photo: Reuters/Libya TV

Ilyumzhinov plays chess with Gaddafi

By mishanp on June 12, 2011

FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has just announced he held a two-hour meeting today in Tripoli with the Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi. Libya is currently in a state of civil war, with NATO and allies engaged in bombing raids, and Gaddafi himself accused of war crimes by the International Criminal Court.

Posted in Russian | Tagged FIDE, Gaddafi, Gulko, Ilyumzhinov, Libya | 1 Response

Levitov on the collapse of the London match

Levitov on the collapse of the London match

By mishanp on February 10, 2011

In an interview published today, Ilya Levitov, a FIDE Vice President and the man in charge of the Russian Chess Federation, explains why he believes the plans to hold a World Championship match in London broke down, and also reveals details of the next World Championship cycle.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Botvinnik Memorial, Carlsen, FIDE, Gelfer, Levitov, Makropoulos, Pein, RCF, Tal Memorial, Vasiliev | 3 Responses

Ivanchuk at the market in Lviv

Vassily Ivanchuk: I can still become World Champion

By mishanp on February 5, 2011

Vassily Ivanchuk’s stunning win in Gibraltar reminded us all of his enormous chess talent, while his recent long interview with the Ukrainian Zaxid.net addressed the missing piece of the jigsaw – why is it that a genius like Ivanchuk has failed to mount a serious World Championship challenge?

Posted in Ukrainian | Tagged Capablanca Chess, Carlsen, Chess960, computers, FIDE, FIDE election, Gibraltar, Golubev, Ivanchuk, Kasparov, So, Tymoshenko, World Cup | 14 Responses

Kalmykia monument and steppe | photo: chek-pipinda.livejournal.com

Voices from Kalmykia

By mishanp on August 24, 2010

For all the attention devoted to Kirsan Ilyumzhinov as FIDE President, his role as Head of the Republic of Kalmykia remains more of a mystery. Daria Aslamova’s recent two-part report offered a fascinating glimpse into everyday life in the small steppe republic.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Aslamova, Badmaev, Bardyshev, Bessarabov, Brezgina, Elista, Elistaev, FIDE, Ilyumzhinov, Kalmykia, Mendeev, planet Kirsan | 2 Responses

Making a drama out of a crisis

Making a drama out of a crisis

By mishanp on August 4, 2010

Worries over the state of preparations for the World Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk have recently made the headlines, but surely the strangest report appeared on the local Ugra Inform website. Their decision to transcribe the conversation during FIDE Vice President Israel Gelfer’s inspection quite literally made a drama out of a crisis.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Bondarev, FIDE, Gelfer, Gerber, Ilyumzhinov, Karpov, Khanty-Mansiysk, Olympiad | 8 Responses

Karjakin on Nakamura (Crestbook interview)

By mishanp on January 13, 2010

Karjakin’s Q&A session at Crestbook was fairly unremarkable apart from his outspoken description of Nakamura’s behaviour at the ICC. 

Posted in Russian | Tagged FIDE, Karjakin, Nakamura, Sofia Rules | Leave a response

Gelfand on computers and FIDE

By mishanp on December 22, 2009

After his win in the FIDE World Cup Gelfand gave a long and fascinating interview to Yury Yakovich at Chesspro.

Posted in Russian | Tagged age, Berlin, computers, FIDE, Gelfand, Kasparov, Kramnik, Makropoulos, Petroff, Rublevsky, Yakovich | Leave a response

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