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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave : english
22  février     09h40
Maxime under the microscope
MVL    Mvl, it’s the others who talk about him best Taking advantage of the lacklustre news at the start of the year, we asked five of his compatriots, leading figures on the French chess scene, to give us a slightly personal insight into Maxime. Here are themes, presented by : Eric BIRMINGHAM FM,...
12  janvier     09h38
MVL man of (his) word(s)
MVL    At the start of , Maxime had the opportunity to talk at length about a number of topical issues in the world of chess. In French on the Blitzstream channel, and in English on Fabiano Caruana’s podcast. The format of the world championship cycle, the Champions Chess Tour, the future of classical...
22  décembre     17h26
40 days in North America
MVL    I arrived early in the United States, where I spent a few days running simultaneous displays in the New York area, before heading to Saint Louis, where I had time to accomodate before the traditional Rapid Blitz and the Sinquefield Cup following it. The line up was fairly familiar, except that in...
14  novembre     12h23
Grand Swiss, poor shape
MVL    The result of this tournament is of course a disappointment, as it was most likely my last shot at this World Championship cycle, and I couldn’t make the most of it th at . . When I arrived on the Isle of Man, I didn’t anticipate it was going to be so complicated for me physically. ...
19  octobre     21h07
Speed Chess, Magnus fight and slow games
MVL    After having played only classical games in almost months during the World Cup , and almost months after my last tournament Bucharest, early May , I returned to the slower time control in Albania, for the European Club Cup. I’ll come back to this, but first let’s take a look at the two...
16  septembre     10h59
Bouncing back in Kolkata
MVL    Three weeks after the disappointment of the World Cup, I had the opportunity to return to competition in an atypical event in Düsseldorf that didn’t offer much in terms of sporting challenges, despite a particularly strong field. I then followed this up with a very strong Grand Chess Tour style...
11  août     08h56
Midnight express
MVL    I left Baku the night after my elimination from the World Cup in the round of against Sindarov A real disappointment, of course, which led me to take the first available flight to Paris. In order to arrive in the best possible conditions, I left for Azerbaijan on July , for the start of ...
08  juillet     19h35
Team time
MVL    The month of June was punctuated by two major team competitions, the first of which was the French Championship, held once again in a beautiful and spacious room of Chartres town hall, the city that some claim boasts the most beautiful cathedral in the world Top in Chartres I joined my Asnières...
31  mai     17h49
Back in business
MVL    BUCHAREST For me, the start of the Grand Chess Tour in Bucharest meant a return to classical chess tournaments, after a long hiatus since the Sinquefield Cup in September and the installation of my new staff immediately afterwards. The draw designated me as the first opponent of the new...
06  mai     21h32
Twice as nice in Bundesliga
MVL    Before the big events starting in May, I played the final rounds of the team championships in Austria and Germany, and the teams I played on both won the national title . Austrian Championship: At the end of last year, I was contacted to be part of the Linz team, which had just moved up ...