My Most Memorable Interviews (pb)

006 Preamble Jeroen van den Berg

008 Preamble from the Author

013 PART I - World Champions

015 Ch 1 - Viktor Kortchnoi: "I haven't discovered anything human in Karpov yet"

031 Ch 2 - Anatoly Karpov: "A roaring beast is better kept in its cage"

043 Ch 3 - Garry Kasparov: "Putin is no better than Mugabe"

059 Ch 4 - Vladimir Kramnik: "My first name is still Vladimir, not ‘world champion'"

077 Ch 5 - Veselin Topalov: "I can never match Kasparov"

093 Ch 6 - Vishy Anand: "In India chess is now exploding"

101 Ch 7 - Magnus Carlsen: "I can always win, against anyone"

111 Ch 8 - Judit Polgar: "My colleagues see me as a man"

127 Ch 9 - Alexandra Kosteniuk: "I am a chess star first, then a photo model"

141 Ch 10 - Hou Yifan: "I have a lot to learn from Polgar"

221 PART II - World Toppers 2010-Now

151 Ch 11 - Fabiano Caruana: "I have as much chance at the world title as the others"

161 Ch 12 - Hikaru Nakamura: "Chess in the US has to boom again as under Fischer"

175 Ch 13 - Levon Aronian: "I owe it to Armenia to become world champion"

187 Ch 14 - Anish Giri: "I’ve a chance at the world title for many years to come"

195 Ch 15 - Jan Timman: "Apart from Kasparov and Karpov, I was clearly the best"

207 Ch 16 - Yasser Seirawan: "After eight years, I wanted to play a real tournament"

217 Ch 17 - Michael Adams: "I am in a sombre period as far as chess is concerned"

221 PART III - World Toppers 1999-2010

223 Ch 18 - Peter Leko: "Fischer? Every chess player is a little crazy"

239 Ch 19 - Alexei Shirov: "Kasparov is a cheat, Kramnik an immoral cynic"

255 Ch 20 - Mikhail Gurevich: "I’ve done nothing but play chess all my life"

263 Ch 21 - Joël Lautier: "That wasn’t childish, that was war!"

279 Ch 22 - Boris Gelfand: "Kasparov wants to play Kramnik for the rest of his life"

285 Ch 23 - Peter Svidler: "Kasparov has long ceased to be a scary monster"

295 Ch 24 - Teimour Radjabov: "I want to perform like Fischer or Kasparov"

303 Ch 25 - Alexander Grischuk: "I’m actually middle-aged"

309 Ch 26 - Loek van Wely: "My time has not yet come"

325 Ch 27 - Sergei Tiviakov: "I’d rather enjoy my life than be in the 2700 club"

337 Ch 28 - Tea Lanchava: "Chess is about survival"

351 Ch 29 - Alex Yermolinsky: "I don’t play chess for money or fame, but for myself"

\pagebb363 PART IV - Science: Psychology, Computers And Composing

365 Ch 30 - Jana Krivec: "Just go back and fight"

389 Ch 31 - Frederic Friedel: "That one mistake in a series of moves, Fritz will see it"

401 Ch 32 - Yochanan Afek: "I feel rich inside"

411 PART V - Covid Times: Chess Dip And Boom

413 Ch 33 - David Navara: "I have not forgotten how to play chess"

433 Ch 34 - Anna-Maja Kazarian: "I often win on Twitch against IM’s and even GM’s"

451 Ch 35 - Jennifer Shahade: "The Queen’s Gambit has more impact on chess than Fischer"

469 Thank you!