FIDE World Championship 2005, San Luis, Argentina. Press
Release Interviews: Morozevich
Alexander Morozevich Round 10 Wijk aan Zee 2005.
Photo © Michiel Abeln.
WCC San Luis 2005 Press Release
Buenos Aires, September 16th, 2005
Morozevich: "Only the winner
will be happy with his competition level"
Russian Alexander
Morozevich, in an exchange with the Press Office of the World Chess
Championship San Luis 2005, expressed that all the players that will take part
of this tournament are very strong "and they were not invited by mistake". He
said that his hardest rival is Peter Leko. When asked if he will be arriving in
his best level, he answered that only the champion will be happy with his own
level. Among the "tips" for winning this WCC, he mentioned three: "stamina,
charisma, luck". For giving this event the importance it deserves, he declared
that tournaments of this kind rarely occur, and the next one will be "just a
little bit sooner than Halley comet", he joked.
Transcription of the
10 questions and answers exchanged with Alexander Morozevich:
1)
What are your expectations about this important competition?
I consider
this competition as a big step for getting out of the actual chaos.
2) How do you evaluate the way of play of this competition? (Double
round-robin)
Any system can have deficiencies. The chosen format is
more objective than others.
3) Which are your favourite players
among your seven opponents? And who will be the toughest?
All the
players are very strong and were not invited by mistake. For me, the hardest
competitor is Peter Leko.
4) How are you preparing yourself for the
WCC Argentina 2005?
In Aquarius time, old methods of preparation are no
longer valid. You need new instruments and methods for working. I'm in that
way. But my last results don't give me much hope.
5) Do you think
that you will be coming being in your best competition level?
Only the
winner will be happy with his competition level.
6) Which will be
the "tips" to win the competition?
Stamina, charisma, luck.
7) Will this tournament be very different from all the others you have
already played?
This tournament makes me remember the ones of London
1851, Hastings 1895, and Gaaga-Moscow 1948. Now it's our time
8)
Will the spectators be seeing "new things" in the way of playing?
I
hope in Argentina aren't used only the Najdorf system and the Russian play.
9) Why should spectators don't miss this championship?
As I
said, competitions like this one are very few in the world of chess. Next won't
be very soon (just a little bit sooner than Halley comet, hehe).
10) Name the first things that come into your mind when you think of
Argentina.
(he didn't answer this question)
Source: Press
Office of the WCC San Luis 2005
Short biography:
Alexander
Morozevich:
International Grandmaster. Born on July 18th, 1977 in
Moscow. He is the most creative of the participants. His matches have the magic
of the "belle époque" of chess. In 2003 he won the Biel International
Chess Festival with 8 points over 10 and tied Peter Svidler for the first
position in the 56th Russian Championship. In 2004 he won the 13th Amber
Blindfold and tied Vladimir Kramnik for first in the overall standings.
Comments by his colleagues say it all: "He is the greatest talent in modern
chess, with original openings. He has a great chance of winning the title"
(Adrian Mikhalchishin, grandmaster). "Alexander is the most original chess
player among the best ones" (Yasser Seirawan, grandmaster). His ELO: 2707.
Contact: Diego Gómez Press Office of the WCC San Luis 2005
Private mail: dgomez@nuevacom.com.ar Phone: +54 11 4326 7828 Mobile: +54 11 15
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