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Kramnik: “Intellectual effort gives me enormous pleasure” 5 Aug 2013 | 01:21 am
Vladimir Kramnik | photo: Sergey Tyagin, Itogi Vladimir Kramnik has had a wildly uneven 2013, swinging from the highs of the Candidates Tournament and Dortmund to an abject last place at the Tal Memo...
Sergey Shipov’s review of 2012 20 Jan 2013 | 05:19 pm
2012 in chess was, yet again, the year of Magnus Carlsen. The Norwegian prodigy finally surpassed Garry Kasparov’s highest ever rating, causing Sergey Shipov to remark in his review of 2012 at Crestbo...
Sergey Shipov to commentate on the rapid tie-breaks 30 May 2012 | 07:19 pm
After the Anand – Gelfand match ended in a 6:6 tie the World Championship will now be decided in today’s tie-breaks. Shipov will attempt to cover the four rapid games live at Crestbook in his usual te...
Vladimir Kramnik on the climax of the Anand-Gelfand match 28 May 2012 | 01:17 pm
Few know more about the tension of the final stages of a World Championship match than ex-World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, so his interview on the eve of Game 12 shouldn’t be missed. He gives his impr...
Sergey Shipov’s commentary on Anand-Gelfand, Game 11 27 May 2012 | 10:47 am
Future generations are unlikely to marvel at the draw in the penultimate game of the 2012 World Championship match, but if they come across Sergey Shipov’s live commentary they’d at least grasp the ps...
Sergey Shipov’s commentary on Anand-Gelfand, Game 8 22 May 2012 | 11:30 am
When Shipov remarked in his introduction to Game 8 that there might be “negative side-effects” for Boris Gelfand after his win the day before it was hard to imagine things would go quite so spectacula...
Two cats and three computers: Sergey Shipov at work 18 May 2012 | 10:47 am
While commentating on Game 2 of the Aronian-Kramnik match Shipov wrote: “I’m at home in Moscow in the company of 2 cats and 3 computers. I consult them constantly when studying a position, but I don’t...
Sergey Shipov’s commentary on the Anand-Gelfand match 12 May 2012 | 10:24 pm
World-renowned commentator Sergey Shipov is providing live commentary on the World Championship match in Moscow between Viswanathan Anand and Boris Gelfand. The Russian originals at Crestbook will be ...
Anand’s WhyChess interview 11 May 2012 | 01:55 am
After last year’s Tal Memorial, where Viswanathan Anand drew all nine games, he gave a long and fascinating interview to Vlad Tkachiev. Topics included the champion’s current form and the upcoming mat...
Sergey Shipov to commentate live on Kramnik – Aronian 20 Apr 2012 | 11:58 pm
After a long break I’m again going to be translating live commentary by GM Sergey Shipov. He’s covering the eagerly anticipated 6-game match in Zurich between Vladimir Kramnik and Levon Aronian, and y...
