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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

Maria Fominykh interviews Aronian

Aronian: I’ve never considered myself a strong blitz player

By mishanp on November 18, 2010

Maria Fominykh’s final report on the Tal Memorial at ChessPro included interviews with two of the winners, Sergey Karjakin and Levon Aronian. Both players talked about the main event, but also the upcoming blitz.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Aronian, Candidates Matches, Carlsen, Eljanov, Fominykh, Grischuk, Karjakin, Kharms, Kramnik, Mamedyarov, Nakamura, Odessky, Shipov, Tal, Tal Memorial 2010, Wang Hao | 5 Responses

Mikhail Tal and contemporary chess

Mikhail Tal and contemporary chess

By mishanp on November 13, 2010

Moscow’s Tal Memorial honours Mikhail Tal, the “Magician from Riga”, who blazed a path to win the World Championship half a century ago this year. Recalling those days, and how chess has changed since, has been a theme of Ilya Odessky’s tournament reports.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Aronian, Botvinnik, computers, Gelfand, Grischuk, Korchnoi, Kramnik, Nijinsky, Nikitin, Odessky, Ponomariov, Shirov, Sosonko, Tal, Tal Memorial 2010, Vaganian | 10 Responses

Odessky (left) talking to Genna Sosonko | photo: Chess-News

Ilya Odessky returns in style

By mishanp on November 8, 2010

For sad personal reasons we’ve been deprived of the work of the Russian chess journalist Ilya Odessky of late, but his reports from the Tal Memorial have been a brilliant reminder of what we were missing.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Anand, Aronian, Carlsen, Gelfand, Kamsky, Kramnik, Odessky, Tal Memorial 2010, Wang Hao | 5 Responses

Aronian at the Tal Memorial drawing of lots

Aronian interview at new Russian chess site

By mishanp on November 5, 2010

Levon Aronian crossed 2800 on the November FIDE rating list, and on the eve of the Tal Memorial he told Evgeny Surov of the new Chess-News website how that made him feel and what he expects from the tournament.

Posted in Russian | Tagged Aronian, Carlsen, Dubov, Kramnik, Potemkin, Surov, Tal Memorial 2010 | Leave a response

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