Topalov vs Kamsky
The official site of the Topalov vs Kamsky match, wccc2009.com, has quotes from the press conference, which took place after game 7:
Veselin Topalov: ‘This game was very complex, with mutual mistakes. I was trying to minimize mine. Made at least two but Gata made more and got into time trouble.’
Asked to comment on the whole match Veselin Topalov said: ‘A very tough match with many hard games. Gata played well but in game 2 got into heavy time trouble. As a whole, the match was very tough.’
Gata Kamsky: ‘This game was interesting and extremely complex. In the heat of the battle I played Rb8 which was a mistake. Veselin played better as he committed less errors.’
Asked by a Bulgarian radio reporter if he ‘is satisfied with the organization of the match in Sofia’, GM Kamsky answered with his fabulous oriental smile: ‘I am satisfied with the organization of this match, which was relatively interesting, but I am not an organizer but a player.’
Bulgarian reporter from a private TV cable network asked the American GM ‘is your chess better now, after having an almost 10 year break?’.
Kamsky once again used his oriental smile: ‘No, I don’t think so…’
Source: ChessToday.net
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Actually the quotes are from the press-conference after the last game which for some reason has horrid sound (there they also say that there will be no next game and the closing is to be scheduled for the next day at 14 local time).
way better quality sound
Here is a link (bad google translation) of topalov’s interview
Oriental smile?
What, did he have rice in his teeth?
Sheeh.