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Interview with Ivan Sokolov (1/2)

1/8/2015 – Ivan Sokolov needs no introduction. He has been one of the elite players in the world for more than two decades now. In this exclusive interview for ChessBase Ivan reveals about his beginnings, his idols, his path breaking win against Garry Kasparov, Vishy Anand, the 2014 World Championship match, why Magnus is the best and why Fabiano Caruana won't be Carlsen's next opponent in 2016!

A talk with Anastasiya Karlovich

1/16/2014 – Rádio Xadrez, a Brazilian chess site, recently interviewed Anastasiya Karlovich, best known to chess fans as the person presiding the press conferences at FIDE events including the recent Anand-Carlsen world championship match, but also the FIDE press officer at many events over the last years. Here she shares her experiences and impressions on what it is like working behind the scenes.

Rajlich: Busting the King's Gambit, this time for sure

4/2/2012 – Fifty years ago Bobby Fischer published a famous article, "A Bust to the King's Gambit", in which he claimed to have refuted this formerly popular opening. Now chess programmer IM Vasik Rajlich has actually done it, with technical means. 3000 processor cores, running for over four months, exhaustively analysed all lines that follow after 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 and came to some extraordinary conclusions.

'No more coincidences' – interview with IM Aly Yasseen

8/9/2009 – Egyptian International Master Aly Yasseen is a well-known and prominent figure in the African and the Arab chess worlds. His chess achievements are many, among which include being a two-time Egyptian Champion. He now works as a technical director and coach in the Smouha Club Chess Academy (SCCA) in Alexandria, Egypt. He shares his views in this exclusive interview.

The Garry Kasparov Interview, part 2

4/14/2005 – In the second installment of our epic interview with the world's highest-rated chess retiree, we discuss Kasparov's picks for his best games, tournaments, and years, his legendary opening preparation, chess evolution over the decades, and the past and future of chess and the championship. And what about Fischer?

Sport Express Interview with Garry Kasparov

11/6/2003 – Garry Kasparov is currently in New York City preparing for his match against X3D Fritz. Right before he left he gave an extensive interview with the famous Russian paper Sport Express. Kasparov talks about his book series, his cancelled match, his return to chess, the worst blunder of his career, unification, and his upcoming match with X3D Fritz. More..

My life with chess and music

5/23/2002 – "It is not easy to describe in a few sentences careers than span over seventy years," says Mark Taimanov. But nonetheless he tries and gives us a unique insight into a life that took him from movie actor to concert pianist to world-class chess player. Taimanov is an exceptional storyteller, and you can read all about his life (and listen to his music) in this wonderful interview by Joel Lautier.
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