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Grischuk: I was worried I’d forgotten how to play chess

By mishanp on May 28, 2011

Just before the closing ceremony of the Candidates Matches in Kazan, Alexander Grischuk gave a fascinating interview to Yury Vasiliev of ChessPro, where he talked about tactics, his fear he’d forgotten how to play chess, Gelfand’s play in the final, and the “burial of classical chess” due to draws.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Bacrot, Barsky, Candidates Matches, Chess960, Gelfand, Grischuk, Kramnik, Riazantsev, Svidler, Vasiliev | 1 Response

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