In the Accentus Chess960 tournament at the start of the 55th Biel Chess Festival Vincent Keymer and Nodirbek Abdusattorov both finished with 5.0/7 and tied first. However, as Keymer won more games with Black, he won the tournament on tiebreak. | Photos: Schachfestival Biel.
Gata Kamsky and his wife WGM Vera Nebolsina
To be honest, chess is of course a large component of my
life, but it’s not the main part. I’m not like Bobby Fischer, who said that for
him chess is life. If it had been like that for me, I’d long since have gone
mad, as Bobby did.
I understand him perfectly, that you can go mad. Every chess
player has games which he can’t forget – either with horror or with joy. I’ve
had both. For example, when I lost to Topalov in the 7th game (in 2009). That