Your Questions Answered by Natalia Pogonina-42 |
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  Every week grandmaster Natalia Pogonina chooses the 7 most popular and interesting questions addressed to her and answers them publicly. The rules are simple - send us your questions and see them featured in Natalia's Q&As column! Q1: Do you think Magnus will pull a Fischer and drop out of the WCC cycle? If not, do you agree that playing in India grants Vishy a home turf advantage? A: In my opinion, all those Carlsen will refuse to play and get replaced by Kramnik vibes are just journalists tricks aimed at getting the chess fans excited. I doubt that Magnus will act unwisely and drop out of the WCC cycle, even if he justifiably finds FIDEs decision to be unfair. As to home turf...During a chess match having too much attention focused on you, too much expectations in the air, can be quite detrimental. Anand has already lost a match to Kamsky in India once (back in 1994), even leading by two points. Obviously, Magnus might face some problems with the climate/food. Overall, I wouldnt say that playing in Chennai gives a definite advantage to any of the contenders. Q2: My 11-year old son joins a lot of rapid chess tournaments here. His weakness is that he commonly falls A: Please check out these articles:
P.S. I have written many articles on different aspects on chess. Googling Pogonina + keyword is often a good idea.
A: First of all, the proportion between men and women in chess is about 10 to 1.
A: I like Botvinniks formula best: art, science, sport. Every person can find something attractive in chess; I cant choose just one definition.
A: I will be following it closely. Everyone is saying that Hou Yifan is a clear favorite, but I would say that psychology and experience can play a crucial role in the match. Unlike Humpy Koneru, Anna Ushenina doesnt seem to be intimidated by her higher-rated opponent, so I am expecting an exciting confrontation.
A: Before the computer era the general advice was to learn a few systems extremely well and employ them all life long. Another reason for this was that, in the absence of opening manuals/databases, many coaches used to teach their students the openings which they knew and liked. As a result, one could predict the opening repertoire of a young chess player by finding out what city he was from and who his coach was. Nowadays it is much easier to prepare for an opponent if you are using a database, so you cant expect to play the same lines over and over again, getting an advantage/equalizing easily. Of course, there are still some pros that are very conservative about their openings. The same can be said about park hustlers: they tend to play controversial lines, knowing all the ins and outs of them. Nevertheless, the current trend is to experiment with different types of positions and variations and to surprise your opponent as often as possible. Another bonus is that the more types of positions you play the more flexible and universal you become.
A: Due to living in a different time zone, I am usually sleeping when the games are being played out, so all I can do is check them out next morning. Wish I could tweet 24/7
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