The 19th Voronezh International Chess Festival 2015 will be held from 10-20th June at the Voronezh Chess Club, in Voronezh, Russian Federation. Pavel Ponkratov, the famous GM from Chelyabinsk, is a frequent visitor to Voronezh and has often been among the festival’s...
Interview with world #2 Fabiano Caruana
Eteri Kublashvili interviews the winner of the FIDE Grand Prix. – Fabiano, congratulations with your victory in the series and qualification to the Candidates! How did this Grand Prix stage and the whole series go off for you? –...
Kasparov: “It is my dream. I’m ready to lead the (Russian) national team.”
Source: http://www.chessdom.com In February 2014, a man on the Forbes list became head of the Russian Chess Federation. We took a pause and then invited ourselves to a meeting with 43-year-old Andrey Filatov. The billionaire invited us to the Chess...
First female Grandmaster attacks idea that women aren’t “hardwired” for chess
First female Grandmaster attacks idea that women aren’t “hardwired” for chess Monday April 20, 2015 Listen to the full interview HERE. It takes brains to play chess… and even more brains to play the game well. British Grandmaster Nigel Short...
Special Interview with Chessdom
Interview with Susan Polgar by ChessdomDec 18, 2014 Exclusive interview by Chessdom with Susan Polgar, Director or SPICE & Head Coach of the Webster University Chess Team. Hello Susan! I realize that you are very busy preparing your teams...
Interview with Li Chao
Interview with GM Li Chao – a 2700+ planning to become a Pro chess player (“maybe”) after his students become GMDec 16, 2014 INTERVIEW by IM/ WGM Anna Matnadze Official website/ 19th Magistral de Barcelona LIVE games with analysis...
Interview with India #2 Harikrishna
Interview with Grandmaster Harikrishna Pentala The simultaneous chess exhibition in Belgrade was an excellent occasion to pose a couple of questions to Indian Grandmaster Harikrishna Pentala, the current 2nd player of India and the 23rd player in the World....
Interview with GM Evgeny Sveshnikov
Interview with GM Evgeny SveshnikovBy Angelmann, courtesy of Scacchierando.net I had hoped to interview Sveshnikov back in 2008, at the Cesenatico tournament, but I knew that the great player and theoretician didn’t speak English very well, (neither do I,...