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Morozevich demonstrates his win against Svidler

Morozevich demonstrates his win against Svidler

By mishanp on August 28, 2011

A little of the shine was taken off Peter Svidler’s victory at the Russian Championship Superfinal when he lost in the final round. The mercurial Alexander Morozevich later showed an audience how he used a rare opening line to beat Svidler and snatch clear second place in the tournament.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Barsky, Morozevich, Russian Superfinal 2011, Svidler | 2 Responses

Morozevich and Grischuk demonstrate their wins

Morozevich and Grischuk demonstrate their wins

By mishanp on August 13, 2011

All games were decisive in round 4 of the Russian Championship Superfinal, and afterwards Alexander Morozevich and Alexander Grischuk demonstrated their wins for the local audience and those watching the video broadcast. Vladimir Barsky transcribed their comments for the official website, and I’ve translated them below.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Barsky, Grischuk, Karjakin, Morozevich, Russian Superfinal 2011, Timofeev | 5 Responses

Morozevich: "The Higher League wasn’t in my plans"

Morozevich: “The Higher League wasn’t in my plans”

By mishanp on June 30, 2011

Alexander Morozevich’s victory in the Russian Higher League was a rare treat for his legion of fans, and all the more remarkable as in an interview afterwards he revealed it was a last-minute decision to take part. The enigmatic grandmaster talked about whether this marked a return to chess.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Biel 2011, Higher League, Morozevich, Russian Superfinal | 5 Responses

Morozevich's commentary on a trademark win

Morozevich’s commentary on a trademark win

By mishanp on June 25, 2011

Alexander Morozevich’s return to chess, and form, has been the highlight of the Higher League of the Russian Chess Championship. After Round 9 he provided commentary on his win over Sanan Sjugirov. Meanwhile, Artyom Timofeev kept up the pressure despite his opponent’s female fan club!

Posted in Russian | Tagged Burtasova, Higher League, Inarkiev, Morozevich, Sjugirov, Timofeev | 2 Responses

Svidler at the 2010 Russian Championship. Maria Fominykh's caption to this photo: "Whenever Svidler appeared in the press centre he was the centre of attention. People keep saying that chess needs professional commentators. We've found at least one, but for now he plays chess too well." http://chesspro.ru/_events/2010/super_m_fominih2.html | photo: ChessPro

GM Peter Svidler answers your questions: Part II

By mishanp on January 5, 2011

Here at last! Part Two of Svidler’s “KC-Conference” saw Peter answer reader questions on an enormous range of topics, from the standard – e.g. why he chose the Grunfeld and how to improve at chess, to others you’ll struggle to find elsewhere – e.g. why he wears an earring and whether he has chess-related dreams.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Budapest Gambit, computers, Crestbook, Monty Python, Morozevich, Not the Nine O'Clock News, Svidler | Leave a response

Silver Medallists | photo: ugra-chess.com

“Chess punished the whole team” – Russian views on the Chess Olympiad

By mishanp on October 6, 2010

While the Russian women’s first team took gold with an almost flawless performance, their male counterparts found things a whole lot tougher. Vladimir Kramnik, Evgeny Bareev and Sergey Shipov were among those who assessed the silver-medal performance at the World Chess Olympiad.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Bareev, Grischuk, Karjakin, Kramnik, Levitov, Malakhov, Morozevich, Niepomniachtchi, Olympiad, Shipov, Svidler, Zangalis, Zhukov | 21 Responses

Sergey Shipov previews the Olympiad

Sergey Shipov previews the Olympiad

By mishanp on September 19, 2010

With the World Chess Olympiad set to start on Tuesday in Khanty Mansiysk, Grandmaster Sergey Shipov previewed the event at Crestbook, giving his verdict on the favourites, medal contenders and dark horses for both the men’s and women’s events.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Akopian, Anand, Aronian, Chiburdanidze, Crestbook, Dzagnidze, Galliamova, Gashimov, Gelfand, Jakovenko, Kramnik, Levitov, Malakhov, Morozevich, Nakamura, Nepomniachtchi, Olympiad, Sargissian, Shipov | 5 Responses

Gashimov beats Shirov in Spanish League

Gashimov left out of Azerbaijan team for Olympiad

By mishanp on September 9, 2010

In an ugly turn of events, Azerbaijan, previously real contenders for a gold medal at the Olympiad, have chosen to leave out Vugar Gashimov, one of their star players. This follows a bitter conflict with the team management and a nationalistic campaign against the 2719-rated player.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Anand, Azmaiparashvili, Gashimov, Kasparov, Mamedyarov, Morozevich, Olympiad, Radjabov, Ragimov, Safarli | 6 Responses

Kramnik: “If Topalov becomes champion it will be a disaster for chess”

By mishanp on December 16, 2009

Kramnik gave a fascinating and controversial interview to Michael Khomich at Sports.ru after winning the Tal Memorial in Moscow.

Posted in Russian | Tagged age, Anand, Carlsen, Danailov, Elista, Ivanchuk, Karjakin, Kasparov, Khomich, Kramnik, Morozevich, style, Tal Memorial, Topalov, WC 2010 | 1 Response

Malicious rumours that Kramnik’s being helped by Topalov

By mishanp on November 7, 2009

I can’t resist translating part of the introduction to Sergey Shipov’s on-line commentary on the Morozevich-Kramnik game.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Kramnik, Morozevich, Shipov, Tal Memorial, Topalov | Leave a response

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