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Eyes down, but happy

Gelfand and Grischuk’s press conference

By mishanp on May 17, 2011

After yesterday’s dramatic tie-breaks the two winners talked to the press. Although they both made short statements in English, the most interesting comments were in Russian. Grischuk, in particular, tried to explain his time trouble and match strategy, and defended the format of the event.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Candidates Matches, Gelfand, Geller, Grischuk, Kamsky, Korchnoi, Kramnik, Kutin | 8 Responses

Kramnik: I thought of banning castling before the 10th move

Kramnik: I thought of banning castling before the 10th move

By mishanp on May 13, 2011

The short draw between Grischuk and Kramnik has already sparked debate and criticism, but the most interesting contributions actually came from the players themselves in the post-match press conference which, as Mark Crowther notes, was almost longer than the game itself.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Chess960, computers, Grischuk, Kramnik, Ponomariov | 26 Responses

Hall of mirrors - Grischuk and Aronian can't see the audience | photo: russiachess.org

Grischuk and Aronian’s views on their match

By mishanp on May 12, 2011

Although the tournament favourite was knocked out, Aronian and Grischuk’s tie-break was somewhat overshadowed by events in the other match. In fact, it turned out afterwards that the players had been disturbed by the “bam-bam-bam” of Kramnik and Radjabov playing blitz!

Posted in Russian | Tagged Aronian, Barsky, Candidates Matches, Grischuk, Kramnik, McFarlane, Radjabov, Shipov, Vasiliev | 4 Responses

Hikaru Nakamura giving the winner's speech

Birth of a Supernova: Vasiliev reports from Wijk aan Zee

By mishanp on February 2, 2011

Hikaru Nakamura’s tournament victory was described as “the birth of a supernova” by Yury Vasiliev in two final reports from the Tata Steel 2011 Tournament. The Russian journalist was on the ground in Wijk aan Zee to provide photo reports and comments from players and observers throughout the event.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Anand, Aronian, Carlsen, ChessPro, Chuchelov, Giri, Grischuk, Kramnik, Nakamura, Nepomniachtchi, Nyzhnyk, Shirov, Sport Express, Tata Steel 2011, Topalov, van den Berg, van Wely, Vasiliev | 6 Responses

Silver medal in Moscow | photo: russiachess.org

Radjabov decides not to tilt at FIDE windmills

By mishanp on January 7, 2011

One of the last obstacles to the Candidates Matches going ahead in May this year in Kazan appears to have gone, with Teimour Radjabov deciding not to dispute the decision to replace Magnus Carlsen with Alexander Grischuk. He made the announcement in an interview with Teimour Tushiev for Extratime.az.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Candidates 2011, Carlsen, Fischer, Grischuk, Kramnik, Radjabov, World Blitz Championship | 8 Responses

Grischuk - Radjabov during the Blitz World Championship | photo: Chess-News

Radjabov to challenge Grischuk’s place?

By mishanp on November 20, 2010

After his impressive second-place finish in the Blitz World Championship, Teimour Radjabov talked about the event, but also the issue of Grischuk replacing Carlsen as his opponent in the first round of Candidates Matches.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Aronian, Blitz WC, Candidates Matches, Carlsen, Danailov, Grischuk, Makropoulos, Movsesian, Radjabov, Surov | 3 Responses

Maria Fominykh interviews Aronian

Aronian: I’ve never considered myself a strong blitz player

By mishanp on November 18, 2010

Maria Fominykh’s final report on the Tal Memorial at ChessPro included interviews with two of the winners, Sergey Karjakin and Levon Aronian. Both players talked about the main event, but also the upcoming blitz.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Aronian, Candidates Matches, Carlsen, Eljanov, Fominykh, Grischuk, Karjakin, Kharms, Kramnik, Mamedyarov, Nakamura, Odessky, Shipov, Tal, Tal Memorial 2010, Wang Hao | 5 Responses

Mikhail Tal and contemporary chess

Mikhail Tal and contemporary chess

By mishanp on November 13, 2010

Moscow’s Tal Memorial honours Mikhail Tal, the “Magician from Riga”, who blazed a path to win the World Championship half a century ago this year. Recalling those days, and how chess has changed since, has been a theme of Ilya Odessky’s tournament reports.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Aronian, Botvinnik, computers, Gelfand, Grischuk, Korchnoi, Kramnik, Nijinsky, Nikitin, Odessky, Ponomariov, Shirov, Sosonko, Tal, Tal Memorial 2010, Vaganian | 10 Responses

Grischuk interviewed at Crestbook

Grischuk interviewed at Crestbook

By mishanp on October 24, 2010

Alexander Grischuk, one of the most interesting characters at the top of world chess, responded to reader questions at Crestbook. Topics included his preference for blitz and rapid chess, his other career as a poker player… and almost everything else under the sun.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Crestbook, European Club Cup, Grischuk, Khalifman, Krasenkow, poker, Shirov, Topalov, Zhukova | 2 Responses

Kramnik: For now Magnus is my "client"

Kramnik: For now Magnus is my “client”

By mishanp on October 20, 2010

Fresh from his smooth win in Bilbao, Vladimir Kramnik gave an interview where he talked about the situation at the top in world chess, Magnus Carlsen’s recent loss of form, and his own hopes of regaining the top spot on the rating list.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Anand, Aronian, Bareev, Bilbao Masters 2010, Carlsen, Grischuk, Ivanchuk, Kasparov, Kramnik, Leko, Olympiad, Shirov, Topalov, Vasiliev | 6 Responses

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