by scribe | May 23, 2012 | 2012 world championship, Crestbook, current news, games
In the notes to today’s game between Boris Gelfand and Viswanathan Anand, grandmaster Sergey Shipov gives us some wonderful insights into the psychology of the Soviet man. (Even though Gelfand is from Israel now, he is certainly still under the influence of his...
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 | Nov 1, 2010 | Crestbook, people, translations
My series of translations for www.crestbook.com continues today, with an interview of Alexei Shirov. Unfortunately, the interview is somewhat old, so it doesn’t cover such interesting topics as the recent Bilbao tournament or the outcome of the FIDE presidential...
by scribe | May 12, 2010 | chess clubs, Chess Lecture, current news, tournaments
I appreciate all the people who have visited my blog in the last couple of weeks, to read my translations of grandmaster Sergei Shipov’s comments on the recently concluded world championship match. Yesterday was another near-record-setting day, with 742 hits....
by scribe | May 11, 2010 | 2010 world championship, current news, endings, games
The match for the world championship is over, and the new champion is the same as the old champion: Vishwanathan Anand! In my last post I estimated that there was about a 5 percent chance that Anand would pull off a last-gasp victory as Black. That was surely a little...
