30/08/2011, 13:30 | |
RUEBEN FELGAER: TIE BREAKS FRAYED MY NERVES The Grandmaster from Argentina Rueben Felgaer told the journalists how his battle against the Russian chess player Vladimir Malakhov for the right to be qualified for the second round was going for him. |
30/08/2011, 11:02 | |
TO LEAVE THE TRACE ON THE BOARD After the classical games of the 1st Round the participants of the World Cup are divided into three groups. |
30/08/2011, 8:40 | |
ALECANDER FIER: I HAD A COMPLETE CHAOS IN THE SECOND GAME The next sensation of the first round of the World Cup in Khanty Mansiysk was the victory of the Brasilian chess player Alexander Fier over Wang Yue from China. The Brazilian player told us about his first games of the tournament at the press conference. |
30/08/2011, 8:38 | |
SAMUEL SHANKLAND: I WILL HAVE TO CHANGE MY TICKET NOW The co-authors of the brightest sensation of the 1st Round, Samuel Shankland (USA) and Peter Leko (HUN), answered the questions of the journalists right after the 2nd Game. |
29/08/2011, 18:32 | |
1st round 2nd game |
29/08/2011, 18:19 | |
SERGEY MOVSESIAN: I WILL WALK AROUND KHANTY MANSIYSK FOR THE FIRST TIME The Armenian Grandmaster Sergey Movsesian defeated the Women’s World Champion Hou Yifan in both games. At the press conference the opponents narrated about the course of the two-day battles. |
29/08/2011, 18:17 | |
WORLD CHESS CUP, THE SECOND DAY: HUGE CHINESE WOES The second day of the World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk brought the Chinese chess players sheer disappointments. |
29/08/2011, 17:37 | |
RUSTAM KASIMDZHANOV: I PLAYED AGAINST A VERY STRONG OPPONENT Friends in life and opponents at the chess board Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Romania) and Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan) formed one of the strongest pair of the 1st Round. At the press conference they shared their impressions on how it is — to play against each other. |