Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Susan Polgar opens the Anand – Aronian game
She was once again asked by the organizer to open Round 9. This time, she opens the Anand – Aronian game. The big battles of round 9 After a full day of rest, round 9 is underway. The match...
Looking ahead to round 9
Today was a day off. The only players I saw at dinner were team Anand (his wife and second Peter Heine Nielsen). They were joined by Hans-Walter Schmitt, organizer of the Chess960 in Mainz. The matchups for round 9...
Team Leko
I finally had a chance to say hello to Peter Leko tonight. He had a nice win against Grischuk and obviously he was very happy. At the restaurant tonight were Kramnik, VanWely (Kramnik’s second), Carsten Hensel (manager of Leko...
Summary of Svidler – Kramnik
I was speaking to Carsten Hensel (manager of Kramnik and Leko) toward the end of the Svidler – Kramnik game. He told me that this was the biggest challenge for Kramnik in the event. Just as VanWely mentioned to...
Multilingual press conference
While the players were at their games, Susan was giving a press conference on behalf of the organizer. Questions were asked in Spanish, English, Russian and I believe also in German. Some of the questions include about the popularity...
LIVE discussion of the games
Please feel free to discuss the games right here or at http://www.chessdiscussion.com/. Susan will do a wrap up later on today. She is now doing LIVE Spanish commentary with Mr. Leontxo Garcia. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The morning before round 8
This is the playing hall before the exciting actions. At early breakfast this morning, I met and chat a little with Gelfand. He is in a very upbeat mood. He told me that his daughter is almost 2 years...
The big buzz
The buzz is still on about round 7. People are still talking about Anand. I am expecting to speak to him shortly. The energy level here is quite high. I will be attending the computer match at 10 AM...