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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

Kramnik and Radjabov's post-match press conference

Kramnik and Radjabov’s post-match press conference

By mishanp on May 10, 2011

After a relatively dull war of attrition, the Kramnik – Radjabov match exploded into life in the tie-breaks, and particularly the incident-packed blitz games. The post-match press conference was unmissable, but was conducted in Russian. Here then, is an English translation of what they had to say.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Candidates Matches, Kramnik, Kutin, Radjabov | 20 Responses

Shipov's live commentary on Candidates QF, Game 4

Shipov’s live commentary on Candidates QF, Game 4

By mishanp on May 8, 2011

It had all looked so good for Veselin Topalov in his must-win game against Gata Kamsky. He unleashed not one, but two novelties, upped the pressure until his opponent cracked in time trouble, and then… and then a ‘real chess drama’, as GM Sergey Shipov described it, unfolded before our eyes.

Posted in Live commentary, Russian | Tagged Aronian, Candidates Matches, Crestbook, Gelfand, Grischuk, Kamsky, Kramnik, Mamedyarov, Radjabov, Shipov, Topalov | Leave a response

Kamsky hanging on to his lead | photo: russiachess.org

Shipov’s live commentary on Candidates QF, Game 3

By mishanp on May 8, 2011

In his introduction to Gata Kamsky – Veselin Topalov, Sergey Shipov compared the American grandmaster to ex-World Champion Anatoly Karpov, who was also able to play a tournament immediately before a vital match. Karpov-like defensive qualities were also in evidence as Topalov failed to hit back.

Posted in Live commentary, Russian | Tagged Aronian, Candidates Matches, Crestbook, Gelfand, Grischuk, Kamsky, Kramnik, Mamedyarov, Radjabov, Shipov, Topalov | Leave a response

After the game Kramnik admitted that his winning chances hadn't been stellar, but joked that Carlsen always wins such drawn endings | photo: russiachess.org

Shipov’s live commentary on Candidates QF, Game 2

By mishanp on May 7, 2011

Two Bedouins wandered the desert in search of something that didn’t exist. GM Sergey Shipov’s wonderful description of the second quarterfinal game between Vladimir Kramnik and Teimour Radjabov was almost enough to redeem what had become an unnecessarily long and lifeless encounter.

Posted in Live commentary, Russian | Tagged Candidates Matches, Crestbook, Kramnik, Radjabov, Shipov | Leave a response

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

Update on the Gashimov saga

Update on the Gashimov saga

By mishanp on October 8, 2010

Perhaps the most significant story in the run-up to this year’s Olympiad was the Azerbaijan team’s decision to leave out Vugar Gashimov. They paid the price at the chess board (finishing 12th), but there were also more problems between the team and captain during the event, and conflict continues to rage now it’s over.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Azmaiparashvili, Danailov, Gashimov, Guseinov, Gustafsson, Ilyumzinov, Karpov, Kasparov, Mair Mamedov, Mamedov, Radjabov, Rustamov, Safarli, Yazici | 9 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

Gashimov at Crestbook

By mishanp on March 12, 2010

Vugar Gashimov recently gave an interesting interview at Crestbook. He goes into detail on what happened at the end of the World Team Championship in Turkey, where quick draws with the US left the Azerbaijan team without medals.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Azerbaijan, Azmaiparashvili, Gashimov, Radjabov, World Team Championship | Leave a response

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