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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

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

Khalifman and Bareev | photo: russiachess.org

Bareev takes the blame for defeat (updated)

By mishanp on September 27, 2010

Evgeny Bareev’s much-anticipated assessment of Russia’s defeat against Hungary again pulled no punches, though the punching bag this time was himself. He admitted it was a mistake not to include Vladimir Kramnik for the match against one of this year’s dark horses for the World Chess Olympiad.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Almasi, Bareev, Ivanchuk, Khalifman, Kramnik, Leko, Malakhov, Olympiad, Shipov, Sokolov, Svidler, Vasiliev | Leave a response

Shirov on a roll at Wijk

By mishanp on January 18, 2010

Vasiliev’s second report on Wijk 2010 at Chesspro included Shirov’s comments on his three wins.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Caruana, Dominguez, Karjakin, Kramnik, Leko, Shirov, Tiviakov, Vasiliev, Wijk | Leave a response

Kramnik: “One of the toughest games of my whole life”

By mishanp on November 12, 2009

The Chesspro report on rounds 5 and 6 of the Tal Memorial in Moscow included Kramnik’s reflections on his hard-fought victory over Ponomariov.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Anand, Aronian, Kramnik, Leko, Ponomariov, 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

Svidler on Kramnik’s opening preparation, and Shirov’s top 5

By mishanp on November 5, 2009

Peter Svidler describes how Kramnik’s approach to opening preparation is not his thing, while Alexei Shirov sums up the top 5 players.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Anand, Aronian, Carlsen, Kramnik, Leko, preparation, Shirov, Svidler, Topalov | Leave a response

Karpov on the World Champions

By mishanp on August 15, 2009

Anatoly Karpov gave a long interview to the Russian RIA News. The most fascinating section is his assessment of his own place in the pantheon of Chess World Champions, including his controversial opinion that Anand and Topalov would have been unable to achieve the same success without computers.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Alekhine, Anand, Aronian, Bogoljubov, Botvinnik, Bronstein, Capablanca, Carlsen, Chigorin, computers, Euwe, FIDE election, Fischer, Ilyumzhinov, Ivanchuk, Karjakin, Karpov, Kasparov, Keres, Korchnoi, Kramnik, Lasker, Leko, Petrosian, Rubinstein, Spassky, Steinitz, Tal, Topalov | 5 Responses

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