There's a quasi-transcript here, but there are some worthwhile comments in the video itself that weren't included in the transcription. As for the interview itself, there are capable of being interpreted in a sour grapes way by his detractors, and I was occasionally reminded the infamous "a painter paints" interview - though only in style and not in substance.

Παίγνιον (απουσία ρήματος πράξεως θανάτου) τάξη που καθόλου δεν μυρίζει αίμα ανθρώπινο συμμετρία ως προς άξονα και ελπίδες άμιλλα ευγενική όσο και το εγώ μας άνοιγμα πτερών πτερύγων υποσχέσεων με κινήσεις ορμητικές...

This game is an oddity for me because it is one of my rare wins against a chess master. However, this win was on time forfeit in a dead-even position. My opponent had six other losses in this section before this one. I am guessing that all seven losses were on time. These seven losses have […]

The 5th International Chess Tournament of Forni di Sopra will take place from June 14th to 21st, 2014, in Forni di Sopra, part of the Friulian Dolomites Natural Park and one of the jewels of the Italian Alps. Following the tremendous success of the previous editions, which were won by GM Carlos Matamoros (2011), GM [...]

The World Junior Chess Championship 2014 (for boys & girls under 20) will be held in Pune, India, from 5th October (arrival) to 20th October (departure) 2014. The Championship will be organized and conducted by Maharashtra Chess Association under the auspices of AICF and FIDE. Last year champions were Yu Yangyi and Alexandra Goryachkina. Each [...]

Following the final qualifier event, the Chess Kenya (CK) has announced the players which will represent the country at the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway. Open team: CM Ben Magana, Jackson Kamau, Steve Ouma, FM Martin Gateri and Joseph Atwoli. Women’s team: 14-year old national champion WCM Riya Shah, Rose Wabuti, Gweyani Jumba, WCM [...]

The 1st round of the Kotak Mahindra Bank International Open FIDE Rating Tournament, which commenced here at Thakur College, Kandivali, witnessed upsets on the top tables as 5th seeded Chinmay Kulkarni (2262) was shocked by 17-year Pune youngster, Aakash Kulkarni (1489). Playing Black, Chinmay opted for the Benko Gambit against Queen Pawn Opening of Aakash [...]

The 49th edition of the Tournament Capablanca in Memoriam 2014 will take place on 7-18th May at the Habana Riviera Hotel in La Havana, Cuba. The event is organized by the Cuban Chess Federation and the Instituto Nacional de Deportes Educación Física y Recreación (INDER). The opening ceremony took place May 7th in hotel Habana Riviera. It [...]

The World Champion Magnus Carlsen played a promotional match against Norwegian chess fans today in Oslo. Carlsen, with the black pieces, was held to a draw by “Team Norway” in a Sicilian game. The game was organized by the Norwegian newspaper VG. Three grandmasters were helping the Norwegian fans – Jon Ludvig Hammer, Simen Agdestein [...]

The 49th edition of the Tournament Capablanca in Memoriam 2014 will take place on 7-18th May at the Habana Riviera Hotel in La Havana, Cuba. The event is organized by the Cuban Chess Federation and the Instituto Nacional de Deportes Educación Física y Recreación (INDER). The opening ceremony took place May 7th in hotel Habana Riviera. It [...]

The 2014 U.S. Chess Championships for men and women will take place from 7th to 20th May, 2014 at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL). The tournament format will be a 10 player round robin with top seed GM Irina Krush (2489), looking for her sixth title. The main pretender for [...]

The imbalance between the Knight and the Bishop, which traditionally are taught as having material values of 3 each, is one of the most fascinating in the game of chess. There are times when the Bishop is stronger, especially when you have the Bishop pair against a Bishop and Knight or against the Knight pair, […]

Ο Πολιτιστικός Σύλλογος για το Μπουρνάζι και ο Σ.Ο. Περιστερίου διοργανώνουν σκακιστική επίδειξη σιμουλτανέ στη μνήμη του Παναγιώτη Τραντάλη. Η εκδήλωση θα διεξαχθεί την Κυριακή 11 Μαΐου 2014 και ώρα 5.30 μ.μ στη παλαιά...

Magnus Carlsen gives an in-depth discussion on his experience at Shamkir Chess 2014, Gashimov Memorial in Azerbaijan. Talking about the back-to-back losses, Carlsen said that his head didn’t work well, partly because of the long games and partly because he was watching too much TV – football, NBA, reality shows. The football game on the [...]

The Tschaturanga Open 2014 is taking place from 5th to 11th May, 2014 at Cafe Schönbrunn, in Vienna, Austria. The tournament is a 7 round Swiss Open with total prize fund of 1600€. In addition, the event has a qualifying character for Vienna State Championship 2014. Tschaturanga Open 2014 consists of 101 players from 16 [...]