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It's Women's Day in Iceland and so we decided to have a brief interview with Svetlana Cherednichenko, who also played last year and who came with her husband, Stelios Halkias. Next year she might bring her sister! … [Read more...] about Reykjavik Open: Svetlana Cherednichenko

An interview with English grandmaster Simon Williams, who won a spectacular game today against the young Danish IM Simon Bekker-Jensen. In Gibraltar, in January, Williams was giving commentary but now he's playing. … [Read more...] about Reykjavik Open: Simon Williams

An interview with Philippine GM Wesley So, right after his interesting draw with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. So also talks about Webster University, where he's a freshman. … [Read more...] about Reykjavik Open: Wesley So

Anish Giri and Alexander Ipatov played each other in round 5 of the Reykjavik Open. Before the game, instead of preparing for the game both of them joined the Golden Circle tour, between 08:30 in the morning and 15:30 in the afternoon. At the board, Giri won convincingly, finishing with an hour extra on the clock. … [Read more...] about Reykjavik Open: Anish Giri

A brief interview with Ukrainian grandmaster Alexander Ipatov, who plays for the Turkish Chess Federation and who is a big fan of Barcelona, and soccer in general. He'll be in Camp Nou when Barca will try to come back from their 2-0 loss against AC Milan! … [Read more...] about Reykjavik Open: Alexander Ipatov