by scribe | Mar 20, 2013 | current news, games, people, tournaments
When the histories are written about this year’s Candidates Tournament, they will probably say very little about Round 5, which took place today. After all, all four games were drawn. But as opposed to round one, when all four games were also drawn, this round...
by scribe | Jun 9, 2012 | 2012 world championship, current news, people
There is a great interview of Boris Gelfand at www.chessvibes.com, which is required reading for anybody who is still coming down from the adrenaline buzz of the World Championship match. Probably the most interesting revelation of the interview is the fact that Garry...
by scribe | May 17, 2012 | 2012 world championship, Crestbook, current news, games, positions, translations
Here is my translation of GM Sergey Shipov’s commentary on game 5 of the Anand-Gelfand match. For the original Russian, go to www.crestbook.com. I have added a few remarks to clarify the translation, which are identified [like this. — DM] Once again,...
by scribe | May 25, 2011 | Crestbook, current news, tournaments
The interminable series of draws … finally terminated! In the last “classical” game of the final match to determine Viswanathan Anand’s next challenger for the World Championship, Boris Gelfand defeated Alexander Grischuk. Thus Gelfand wins the...
by scribe | May 7, 2011 | Crestbook, current news, tournaments, translations
This week the World Championship Candidates’ Matches got underway in Kazan, Russia. Once upon a time the candidates’ matches were marathons: 12 games in the quarterfinals, 12 in the semifinals, 24 games in the finals. They took a year or more to complete....
