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Interview with Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk
Written by content team 10 April 2008

Alexandra Kosteniuk is a Russian chess Grandmaster with a FIDE rating of 2523, presently ranked eighth in the women chess world (according to April 2008 FIDE rating list). Her most notable chess achievements include: winning the Women's European Chess Championship in 2004, winning the Russian Women's Championship with 9/11 score and a performance rating of 2691 in 2005, winning the first Chess960 (Fischer Random Chess) women world championship beating Germany's top women chess player Elisabeth Pahtz in 2006.
Kosteniuk has been promoting chess in the capacity of a fashion model and ambassador of chess in order to spark interest in the game around the world. Apart from chess, she is actively involved with writing poems, books and articles. She loves to do fashion modelling and even has played a part in a movie, which she considers the most fun thing she has ever done in her life.
In this interview with Alexandra Kosteniuk, she talks about her fashion modelling hobby, Fischer Random Chess, Judith Polgar, importance of Chess in schools, her future plans etc. We hope our readers would enjoy reading the interview with interesting snaps, videos and famous games of Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk.
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Interview with the genius, Guinness world record holder Tathagat Avatar Tulsi
Written by content team 07 January 2008

Tathagat Avatar Tulsi is a scientist and is most well known as a child prodigy. He is a Guinness World Record holder. He has the special distinction of being one of the world's youngest scientists. At the age of 17, he wrote a research paper that brought him an invitation by Bell Labs of United States. Recently his story was showcased by National Geographic Channel in the program My Brilliant Brain (by Susan Polgar).
In this interview with Tathagat Avatar Tulsi, he shares his secrets of success. He talks about educational system, his future plans, his interest in chess, chess and mathematics, genetics and many other interesting topics. According to him Chess helps significantly in improving concentration and in brain training. We hope our readers would enjoy reading the interview with one of the most talented youngster, Tathagat Avatar Tulsi.
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Interview with Grandmaster Koneru Humpy
Written by content team 11 December 2007

Grandmaster Koneru Humpy holds the record for the youngest woman ever to become a Grandmaster, she achieved the GM title when she was 15 years, beating Judit Polgar's previous record by 3 months! She crossed 2600 ELO rating in October 2007 FIDE rating list, presently she is at number two in the world for women (behind Judit Polgar), breaking the record of 2577 set by Susan Polgar for the second highest ranked female player in Chess history.
In this interview with Konery Humpy, she tells us about her recent performances, her views on Indian women's Olympiad chess team, women-only chess events, importance of physical fitness. She also talks about the importance of encouragement and support from family, role of parents. She considers Hou Youifan of China as the best upcoming player who can possibly match with Judith Polgar...We hope our readers would enjoy reading the interview with interesting snaps and famous games of Grandmaster Koneru Humpy.
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Interview with Garry Kasparov
Written by content team 26 September 2007

Recently DNA interviewed the former world chess champion, Garry Kasparov. It is comparatively easy to catch the president of the country and schedule an interview with him but It is very difficult to get Kasparov's interview. DNA is the only news portal from India who conducted his interview successfully. Kasparov announced his retirement from professional chess in 2005, he instead chose to devote his time to politics and writing. He formed the United Civil Front and joined as a member of The Other Russia, a coalition opposing the elected government of Vladimir Putin. Kasparov's ratings achievements include being FIDE rated world no. 1 player and still holding the all time highest rating of 2851. He also holds records for consecutive tournament victories and Chess Oscars. Since his retirement from chess, Kasparov has avoided speaking about the game. But in an exclusive interview to Vijay Tagore, He talks about the game, unification in the chess world, Viswanathan Anand, Kramnik, FIDE, Vladimir Putin etc.....more >>
 
Interview with Grandmaster P Harikrishna
Written by content team 20 August 2007

Former World Junior Champion and Grandmaster P Harikrishna rose to fame in chess when he won the World Under E0 chess championship in 1996. In the years that followed Harikrishna won many prestigious tournaments including the Commonwealth championship. In 2001 Harikrishna became the youngest Grandmaster in India and since then the growth of the Hyderabad based has been exemplary. Harikrishna was recently nominated for the Arjuna Award and on Wednesday he finished joint first in the Marx Gyorgy Memorial tournament at Paks in Hungary. In this interview he speaks about the Arjuna award, Marx Gyorgy memorial, his future plans and Chess in India. Read the interview with attractive photos.....more >>
 
Interview with IM Vasik Rajlich, author of Rybka chess program
Written by content team 24 July 2007

Vasik Rajlich is an International Master and the author of Rybka chess playing program. Rybka is the strongest chess engine by a big margin having rating 3048 (Deep Fritz 2884, Deep Junior 2831). Rybka leads every rating list and has won every tournament in the past year. Rybka won the recently held 15th World Computer Chess Championship also Rybka beat GM Joel Benjamin very convincingly with 4.5 - 1.5 score. Vasik's wife, Iweta is also an International Master, she helps him with the development of Rybka.
In this interview Vasik Rajlich, he tells us about Rybka chess playing program, updates on Rybka vs Fritz match, anti-computer chess etc.We hope our readers would enjoy reading the interview with interesting snaps of IM Vasik Rajlich.
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Interview with Grandmaster Nigel Short
Written by content team 21 June 2007

Grandmaster Nigel Short is widely regarded as one of the strongest British chess players. He became a Grandmaster at age 19, the youngest in the world at that time. In 1979. He challenged for the World Championship against Garry Kasparov at London 1993. Along with his playing activities, Short is a noted chess writer. He has written columns and book reviews for many British newspapers. He has coached young prodigies like Pentala Harikrishna, Sergey Karjakin, David Howell and Parimarjan Negi. His first team assignment, with the Islamic Republic of Iran, led to them unexpectedly taking bronze medal at the Asian Games.
In this interview with Nigel Short, he tells us about his plans of chess promotion, his writing career, state of chess in England, interest in cricket, roles of chess players body's like ACP or CPAI, views on FIDE. He also shares his chess coaching experience, playing experiences with Kasparov and Karpov, famous game with Timman.
We hope our readers would enjoy reading the interview with interesting snaps of Grandmaster Nigel Short.
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Interview with Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi, the youngest Grandmaster in the World!
Written by content team 10 June 2007

Parimarjan Negi is the youngest Indian to earn the Grandmaster title. He was introduced to chess at a tender age of four. In 2002, Parimarjan tasted his first international success when he won the Asian Under-10 championship at Tehran. On 1 July 2006, Parimarjan became the second youngest Grandmaster in the history of game. (world's youngest Grandmaster is Sergey Karjakin) According to recently published news by ExpressIndia, Parimarjan Negi says, "in the near future, someone below the age of 20 will taste victory at the world meet. Youngsters will rule the chess world.
In this interview, Parimarjan Negi shares his views about his illustrious Chess career, chess games he loves, his sponsors, coaches, parents and many others things.
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Interview with Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand
Written by content team 10 May 2007

Viswanathan Anand is an Indian chess grandmaster and former FIDE world champion. Anand is one of only four players in history to break the 2800 ELO mark in the FIDE rating list. He has been among the top three ranked players in classical time control chess in the world continuously since 1997. In the recently release April 2007 FIDE rating list, Anand is ranked first in the world for the first time. He is only the sixth person to lead the rating list, the other five being Fischer, Karpov, Kasparov, Kramnik and Topalov.

In this interview with Viswanathan Anand, he tells us about the importance of daily physical exercise for the chess players, his views on modification of draw rules, cheating at high-level tournaments, about the playing style of the world's strongest chess players, computer chess programs, how children can manage the balance of both academics as well as chess. We hope our readers would enjoy reading the interview with few rare snaps of Viswanathan Anand.

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