Anish Giri: The one who got away
Anish Giri is currently the world’s most promising junior, but although he now represents the Netherlands he started his chess career in St. Petersburg, Russia. One of his first coaches, Asya Kovalyova, explains how a chess superpower let a prodigy slip through its grasp.
“The weak-willed don’t become top chess players”
Mark Glukovsky, editor of 64, the Russian equivalent of New in Chess, responded in a controversial but compulsively readable style to the questions of Crestbook readers.
Kramnik on blitz
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.
