by scribe | Jul 23, 2010 | Crestbook, current news, games, tournaments, translations
Who would have thought, before this tournament, or any tournament, that it would be possible to describe Vladimir Kramnik and Peter Leko with such a word? But it’s true: in Dortmund 2010 they are both far out of contention. Barring an unforeseen debacle, it...
by scribe | Jul 22, 2010 | Crestbook, current news, games, tournaments, translations
Welcome back for my translation of GM Sergey Shipov’s commentary on round seven of the Dortmund tournament! Going into this round the standings at the top read Ponomariov – 4; Liem – 3½; Kramnik and Mamedyarov – 3. Shipov is commenting today...
by scribe | Jul 21, 2010 | Crestbook, current news, endings, games, tournaments
I’ve had a couple of days off from translating Sergey Shipov’s commentary on the Dortmund tournament, while Colin McGourty has ably translated rounds 5 and 6. You can read his translations at www.chessintranslation.com or follow the original commentary (in...
by scribe | Jul 18, 2010 | Crestbook, current news, games, tournaments, translations
We move on now to round four of the Dortmund super-GM tournament, and once again I will translate GM Sergey Shipov’s commentaries for you. In yesterday’s blog post I forgot to give the obligatory link to Crestbook, where his original commentaries (in...
by scribe | Jul 17, 2010 | Crestbook, current news, games, tournaments, translations
As I announced in yesterday’s blog post, I will be translating grandmaster Sergey Shipov’s commentaries on the Dortmund tournament for rounds 3, 4, 7, 8, and 10. The translations of the other rounds (1, 2, 5, 6, and 9) can be found at...
by scribe | Jul 16, 2010 | Crestbook, current news, people, tournaments, translations
Heads up, chess fans! Over the next two weeks, starting tomorrow, I plan to translate some of GM Sergey Shipov’s online commentaries from www.crestbook.com on the grandmaster super-tournament in Dortmund, Germany. I will share the duties with another English...
