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Gelfand and his team after winning the Candidates Final | photo: Moscow Chess Federation

Gelfand and Grischuk’s final press conference

By mishanp on May 26, 2011

Much of the final press conference of the Candidates Matches in Kazan needed no interpretation. Grischuk’s sportsmanship in defeat was there for all to see, and the rough course of the game was conveyed in the players’ English comments. There was again, however, much more in Russian…

Posted in Russian | Tagged Anand, Barsky, Candidates Matches, ChessPro, Gelfand, Grischuk, Huzman, Kasparov, Rentero, Rodshtein, Vasiliev | 3 Responses

Gelfand at Crestbook Part II

By mishanp on June 20, 2010

The second installment of Boris Gelfand’s answers to the questions of Crestbook readers kept up the incredible length and quality of the first. A general title might be, “Everything you ever wanted to know about GM chess but never dared to ask”. He patiently answers questions ranging from “e4 or d4” to “what’s the meaning of life”!

Posted in Russian | Tagged age, Anand, Anti-Moscow, Carlsen, Caruana, cube, Elista, FIDE election, football, Gelfand, Giri, Grischuk, Ilyumzhinov, Ivanchuk, Karpov, Kasparov, Kramnik, Makropoulos, Najdorf, Nakamura, Petroff, Pirc, Rodshtein, time control, Topalov, WC 2010 | 5 Responses

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