Moscow GP Semis: Grischuk knocks out Nakamura
Alexander Grischuk is through to the Moscow FIDE Grand Prix final and up to world no. 6 after winning a hugely complicated second classical game to beat Hikaru Nakamura 1.5:0.5. The Russian’s opponent in the final will be either Ian Nepomniachtchi or Radek Wojtaszek, whose encounter goes to tiebreaks on Saturday after both classical games were drawn, in 26 and then 22 moves.
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Giri on Kramnik's retirement, Tata Steel & more
Anish Giri gave a 70-minute interview to Jan Gustafsson after matching Magnus Carlsen’s five wins in Wijk aan Zee for a second year in a row. As well as discussing the tournament they talk about the retirement of Vladimir Kramnik...
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Magnus Carlsen: “I’m living a lie!”
World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen spent 40 minutes talking to chess24’s Jan Gustafsson on Thursday. They began with Vladimir Kramnik’s retirement and didn't shy away from the tweet that Magnus sent out when he heard of the news...
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Carlsen: “I don’t understand why arrogance is considered a bad thing”
Hikaru Nakamura is the 2018 Grand Chess Tour winner after following 7 draws against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave with victory in the final blitz game. We’ll have much more on that in a separate report - but near the start of the final d...
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Carlsen on the World Championship format & more
Magnus Carlsen commentated live for 40 minutes with Jan Gustafsson during Day 2 of the Grand Chess Tour finals in London. The World Chess Champion went into detail on the recent match against Fabiano Caruana and shared his own vi...
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Svidler on the Carlsen-Caruana match
Peter Svidler joined Sopiko Guramishvili, Alexander Grischuk and Anish Giri in commentating on the Carlsen-Caruana match for chess24. Afterwards in an interview for a St. Petersburg newspaper Peter talked about his surprise at th...
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Magnus Carlsen commentates on the Olympiad
World Champion Magnus Carlsen sprung a surprise on Monday when he joined the chess24 Spanish Olympiad broadcast and spent 90 minutes discussing the Round 7 action. He talked about his preparation for the World Championship match ...
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Carlsen: “I hope Caruana is feeling the pressure!”
With less than two months to go before the 2018 World Championship match begins in London, Magnus Carlsen spoke to Norwegian media at his training camp in the Kragerø Resort southwest of Oslo. He was hoping the pressure of playin...
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Mamedyarov on beating Carlsen in Biel
In Berlin Shakhriyar Mamedyarov narrowly missed out on qualifying to play a match against Magnus Carlsen, but since then he’s gone on to reach a career best live rating of 2817 after beating Magnus in Biel. They’ll meet again in ...
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Nepo and Gelfand on Carlsen-Caruana and more
The Gideon Japhet Cup recently ended in Jerusalem with Ian Nepomniachtchi finishing a point ahead of the chasing pack, but it’s continued to provide interesting material. At least one of the photos of Boris Gelfand and Vassily Iv...
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Svidler: “I don’t see myself quitting commentary”
Peter Svidler finished joint second with Vassily Ivanchuk, Boris Gelfand and Georg Meier at the Gideon Japhet Cup in Jerusalem, and was the only player to beat the winner, Ian Nepomniachtchi. Shortly after that win he talked to E...
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