Rauf Mamedov on the Chinese School
Rauf Mamedov lost to a Chinese player in the first round of the World Cup, but was far from singing…
Aronian’s chess idols
Aronian was asked to name his chess idols by the 1news.az website, and came up with a surprise or two.…
Bareev and the shoe thrower
GM Evgeny Bareev gave a long and outspoken interview to Maria Fominykh for Chesspro. Highlights included his description of why Jan…
Highlights from extratime.az’s World Cup coverage
Eljanov on Ukrainian players wanting to abandon their federation and Shirov's unusual training methods, Gashimov on "incorrect" Chinese chess, and…
Karjakin on his rivalry with Carlsen
At a press conference at the World Cup Karjakin pointed out that while Kasparov was training Carlsen he was being…
Kramnik on blitz
Fresh from winning the Tal Memorial in Moscow, Kramnik gave a couple of interviews where he talked about the upcoming…
Kramnik: “One of the toughest games of my whole life”
The Chesspro report on rounds 5 and 6 of the Tal Memorial in Moscow included Kramnik's reflections on his hard-fought…
Aronian on draws and… “I’m like an animal”
Ilya Odessky's report at the Tal Memorial website included Aronian disputing the link between draws and dull play, and also surprising…
“Chess isn’t something squalid, chess is very cool”
Ilya Odessky's report included a transcript of Kramnik's demonstration of his game with Anand, given as proof of the folly of considering draws…
“Magnus’ trainer had clearly not done enough work”
After Magnus Carlsen only survived his first round Tal Memorial game against Kramnik by finding a study-like draw, Kramnik couldn't…