Carlsen Magnus felt the critical moment in his game today against Anand was Rh6. He felt the missed opportunity on Anand’s part was when he did not take on c6. Some of Magnus’ answers from the interview today: Magnus’...
Interesting stuff from Bilbao
I had breakfast this morning with Aronian and his second (who just turned 25 yesterday). They are both very nice people. We talked about SPICE and scholarship opportunities for chess players. Aronian said that he is not a big...
Day 2 tidbits from Bilbao
While waiting for transportation to the tournament site, Topalov told me (without reading my comments on this blog yet) that he felt strange that he and Radjabov were forced to play on in a drawn endgame based on the...
Chess Trivia and tidbits from Bilbao
Do you know this Grandmaster? He is in Bilbao as Aronian’s second. I asked him how he feels about the tournament site being about a 15-20 minute walk from the hotel. He said that he actually prefers it this...