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Sergey Shipov’s review of 2012

Sergey Shipov’s review of 2012

By mishanp on January 20, 2013

2012 in chess was, yet again, the year of Magnus Carlsen. The Norwegian prodigy finally surpassed Garry Kasparov’s highest ever rating, causing Sergey Shipov to remark in his review of 2012 at Crestbook: “He’s Kasparov’s heir – not Kramnik, Topalov or Anand”.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Anand, Carlsen, Crestbook, Dubov, Ilyumzhinov, Kasparov, Nakamura, Shipov | 7 Responses

Che Guevara observing Taimanov's game at the 1964 Capablanca Memorial in Havana

Mark Taimanov at 85

By mishanp on February 15, 2011

For someone perhaps best known for spectacular failure – losing 6:0 to Bobby Fischer – Mark Taimanov has had the most successful of lives. A top Soviet grandmaster and a successful concert pianist, he’s now the happy octogenarian father of 6-year-old twins. He talks about his life and contemporary chess.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Alekhine, Anand, Botvinnik, Capablanca, Carlsen, Castro, Che Guevara, Churchill, computers, Fischer, Lasker, Lyubov Bruk, Nakamura, Shostakovich, Spassky, Taimanov, Tata Steel 2011 | 5 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

16-year-old Anish Giri was within a whisker of beating the World Champion | photo: Fred Lucas, www.fredlucas.eu

Shipov’s live commentary on Tata Steel Chess 2011, Rd 12

By mishanp on January 29, 2011

When Sergey Shipov saw Nakamura – Kramnik was heading, as the Russians say, “for a drawing harbour”, he abandoned ship and started commentating on Anand – Giri instead. It proved the perfect choice, as 16-year-old Anish Giri played “the game of his life, but he couldn’t bring it to its logical conclusion”.   

Posted in Live commentary, Russian | Tagged Anand, Crestbook, Giri, Kramnik, Nakamura, Shipov, Tata Steel 2011 | 1 Response

Hikaru Nakamura - the man to catch | photo: Fred Lucas, www.fredlucas.eu

Shipov’s live commentary on Tata Steel Chess 2011, Rd 11

By mishanp on January 29, 2011

After Nakamura’s impressive win against Nepomniachtchi, he was quoted by the official site as saying: “People may say I’m an aggressive player but it was clear ‘Nepo’ was the one out for a kill today”. Sergey Shipov agreed, even mentioning a “grenade launcher”, an item perhaps rare in the annals of chess commentary.

Posted in Live commentary, Russian | Tagged Crestbook, Nakamura, Nepomniachtchi, Shipov, Tata Steel 2011 | 3 Responses

Standing out from the crowd | photo: Fred Lucas, www.fredlucas.eu

Shipov’s live commentary on Tata Steel Chess 2011, Rd 9

By mishanp on January 25, 2011

The encounter between the front-runners, Hikaru Nakamura and Vishy Anand, didn’t disappoint. Nakamura’s unorthodox opening play led to a dangerous position that Sergey Shipov, commentating for Crestbook, described as “beautiful”. Anand’s failure to exploit his advantage means we now have four leaders tied on +3!  

Posted in Live commentary, Russian | Tagged Anand, Crestbook, Nakamura, Shipov, Tata Steel 2011 | 8 Responses

Magnus "Terminator" Carlsen | photo: Fred Lucas, www.fredlucas.eu

Shipov’s live commentary on Tata Steel Chess 2011, Rd 8

By mishanp on January 23, 2011

Sergey Shipov introduced today’s game by saying we needed a Terminator to deal with Hikaru Nakamura’s run-away tournament lead. His opponent, Magnus Carlsen, proved up to the task, winning in devastating style after a tense middlegame phase in which it was never fully clear where exactly Nakamura went wrong.

Posted in Live commentary, Russian | Tagged Carlsen, Crestbook, Nakamura, Shipov, Tata Steel 2011 | 7 Responses

Nakamura, now leading Group A, watches McShane, now leading Group B | photo: Fred Lucas

Shipov’s live commentary on Tata Steel Chess 2011, Rd 3

By mishanp on January 18, 2011

After regretting commentating on two short draws, Sergey Shipov got more than he bargained for in Round 3: Hikaru Nakamura defeated Alexei Shirov in an epic 7-hour battle, with both players coming up with some brilliant (and at times less brilliant!) moves, before the American grandmaster finally prevailed.

Posted in Live commentary, Russian | Tagged Crestbook, Nakamura, Shipov, Shirov, Tata Steel 2011 | Leave a response

Kramnik at the London Chess Classic | photo: Ray Morris-Hill

Vladimir Kramnik on 2010

By mishanp on December 31, 2010

Evgeny Surov’s interview with Vladimir Kramnik after the recent London Chess Classic provided not only an insight into Kramnik’s thought processes during that event, but also a review of 2010 as a whole and an indication of his hopes for the coming year.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Aronian, Candidates 2011, Carlsen, Kasparov, London Chess Classic 2010, McShane, Nakamura, Nikitin, Surov, Tal Memorial 2010, Wijk 2011 | 8 Responses

Shipov's live commentary on the London Classic, Rd 4

Shipov’s live commentary on the London Classic, Rd 4

By mishanp on December 11, 2010

For round 4 of the London Chess Classic, GM Sergey Shipov followed the clash between the young contenders, Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura. Despite his uneven tournament, the Norwegian gave a masterclass in pragmatic, positional chess, taking full advantage of his opponent’s time trouble.  

Posted in Live commentary, Russian | Tagged Carlsen, Crestbook, London Chess Classic 2010, Nakamura, Shipov | 4 Responses

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