Shipov’s live commentary on the Candidates Final, Game 5
Sergey Shipov began today’s commentary by comparing the players to Greco-Roman Wrestlers who couldn’t throw their opponents, and ended comparing them to immortal Highlanders. Yes, the penultimate game...
View ArticleShipov’s live commentary on the Candidates Final, Game 6
After commentating on a perfect 13 draws, it seemed almost a shame for the sequence to come to an end in Grandmaster Sergey Shipov’s final live commentary from Kazan – but the magnificent win by Boris...
View ArticleGM Levon Aronian answers your questions: Part I
Aronian at the last ever Amber | photo: Fred Lucas From his answer to the very first question on why people play chess, it was clear that Levon Aronian’s Q&A at Crestbook was going to be an...
View ArticleYour questions for GM Judit Polgar
Judit Polgar occupies a unique position in world chess. As well as simply being one of the best players around, she’s also living proof there’s no genetic barrier to women competing with men in chess....
View ArticleSergey Shipov’s commentary on the Anand-Gelfand match
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...
View ArticleTwo cats and three computers: Sergey Shipov at work
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...
View ArticleSergey Shipov’s commentary on Anand-Gelfand, Game 8
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...
View ArticleSergey Shipov’s commentary on Anand-Gelfand, Game 11
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...
View ArticleSergey Shipov to commentate on the rapid tie-breaks
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...
View ArticleSergey Shipov’s review of 2012
Magnus Carlsen with the 2012 London Chess Classic trophy | photo: Ray Morris-Hill 2012 in chess was, yet again, the year of Magnus Carlsen. The Norwegian prodigy finally surpassed Garry Kasparov’s...
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