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Participant in the match for the world champion title Sergei Karyakin in an interview with Sport spoke about the original format of the international tournament in Moscow “Chess Stars. 3.0”.
— Sergey, will the tournament be one of the most important for you in the outgoing year?
— Of course . First of all, this is the only competition in which I play against foreign chess players. After all, foreign colleagues who are friendly to us come to Moscow for the tournament, and chess benefits from this. These competitions show that chess should be outside of politics. at the beginning of this year you. Should we expect a new stage of the struggle between you?
— It’s incorrect to say that, because the tournament is very strong, anyone can win. It is clear that for Ekaterina (Lagno) and Alexandra (Goryachkina) it will be a certain training stage before the Candidates Tournament. But they can also add intrigue to the fight for prizes.
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– It is believed that it is a little easier to play with women. Is this really so or is everything happening completely differently in the fight with Catherine and Alexandra?
— I would say that the specifics of the meetings are slightly different. Because when you play with girls, I apologize, no offense intended to anyone, you try to win every game. Therefore, sometimes you act more riskily than usual, and are not satisfied with anyone’s trends. And when you take a risk, there is always the possibility that you may be punished for it. For example, in a major tournament held in Moscow at the beginning of December, I lost the only game out of 14 to Alexandra. This clearly shows that the girls are very strong and it is also very difficult to play with them. doubly?
— I would specifically emphasize the merit and role of the Chess Stars tournament. Because I think that he gave Ekaterina and Alexandra the opportunity to compete with the strongest grandmasters in the world. After him, they performed very successfully in the selection and will now compete for the world crown. In addition, a very successful symbiosis of the children's festival and the tournament of stars was found at the tournament. Young chess players can watch elite grandmasters play nearby, and this motivates and inspires children.
— How would you characterize the playing style of Radjabov, Vallejo and Sadhvani?
— The specificity initially lies in the fact that our chess schools are different. We grew up in the Soviet Union, and when you meet grandmasters from India, you feel that they have a completely different playing style. More computerized, they make less, perhaps, some strategic decisions, but more specific steps. Thanks to computers, the distinction becomes a little formal. After all, the computer still shows you how, roughly speaking, to play correctly and how to play incorrectly. Francisco (Vallejo) is a five-time champion of Spain, he is a very strong grandmaster, and I remember that when I played with him as a child, it was extremely difficult for me.
Rapid and blitz competitions will be held on 14-19 December on the territory of the Luzhniki Sports Complex. The fight for the total prize fund of 15 million rubles will be led by Karyakin, Teymur Rajabov (Azerbaijan), Raunak Sadhvani (India), Francisco Vallejo (Spain), Alexander Grischuk, Vladislav Artemyev, Alexandra Goryachkina, Ekaterina Lagno, Evgeniy Tomashevsky and Ernesto Inarkiev (all from Russia ). Sport acts as the official news agency of the Chess Stars tournament.
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