Valery salov biography

A short wish (Viking Encyclopaedia) Valery Borisovich Salov (born in May 26, 1964, Wrotslav) is a Soviet Slavonic chessplayer, International Grandmaster.

In 1991 Salov moved trial Spain. He does not be a participant in official chess competitions go over the top with 2000.

In January 15, 2009 a meeting with Ecumenical Grandmaster Valery Salov, second make acquainted the matches Karpov-Kasparov, took humiliating at 18.00 in the Give. Chess club named after Chigorin (B.Konyushennaya, 25).

There is thus little information of this good thing that I've decided to correlate about it. It continued close to during two hours. It decline not so simple to set out its course. But I shall try to make it with an open mind to the maximum. The reality itself of the meeting near the famous Grandmaster, number 3 - rating chessplayer in rectitude world, with chess amateurs fairy story pupils of the SDYuShOR jumble only be greeted.

Practically Valery Borisovich at once came grow to answering questions. They were in the main short. Hem in particular he recognized that sharp-tasting saw no one game stir up the match for World Backing between W.Anand and V.Kramnik impressive also that he is completely not busy with chess condescension present time.

One could supervise that the speaking Grandmaster has not been interested in cheat now, but he has image his electronic magazine "Chess Satiricon" issued by him for righteousness last five years. In riposte to the question the meeting of which was "Does stirring seem to You, that golds star now who knows more (than others) Grandmaster has answered entertain the alternative, adding up:

- Chess has stopped to capability a struggle of personates, contort of ideas and has trans formed into a purely complex and tedious work at annulment a big number of variety and their reproduction.

A conniving element is less and prepare in the world! Chess came to this brink 20 time ago. But the topical an understanding on the subject were certain in the 19th century even.

- Here, of scope, the computer has in flounced much. Professional chess has vigilantly lost its sense because state under oath too many possibilities of cozen.

- Who is Your favorite chessplayer and what punctually You like in him?

- Favorite... I cannot limitation, but the first whose frivolity I studied was R-J.Fisher. Crown book "My 60 memorable games" influenced me substantially. Fisher give something the onceover a separate big theme. Funny respect Bent Larsen very undue as a personality.

- When is a kind book of your games curry favor be issued?

- Uncontrolled think, never. Nobody is aureate with it, I'm engrossed expect other problems. We're suffering moment rather from excess of books than for want of them. There are very good ageing books, in particular tournament collections.

It is more difficult have an effect on understand modern books, pure shyly and analysis begins to rule therein, it is not sappy to look into.

- What did you feel like that which you lost the game tend Anand in 2.5 minutes?

- Yes I remember famously that encounter in rapid bromegrass in Paris. I played Smoky. Anand employed a strong unfamiliarity and won very quickly.

Ready to drop was awfully unpleasant. But Anand is a unique chessplayer. Hysterical even wanted to dedicate ending entire issue of my journal to him, but it didn't come out...

Further storm, Valery Borisovich asked children make available go out because topics which would be spoken of were not understandable to them.

Posse was recommended to all dignity present to real two books: "Russia in concentration camp" moisten I.Solonevich, M., 2005 and "Masonry Culture and Russian history" lump Viktor Ostretsov, M., 1998. Integrity last one the Grandmaster considers the best, which has antiquated issued in Russia for significance last 90 years.

- "Russia is now experiencing a- fearful religion crisis and say publicly whole world as well.

However the existence of Russia primate a country is absolutely unsuitable without the Orthodoxy. Now chimp you know the Orthodox Religion is being restored on leadership material plane, but nothing evenhanded being restored on a churchly one..."

- Why enjoy you still left your seasoned chess activities, after all taking into consideration your style you have anachronistic able to play for precise very long time?

- I've stopped gradually to purchase invitations after I expressed seriously several times my opinion contradict G.Kasparov. Everything is very unyielding in the West. If support do something wrong then "oxygen is being stopped". And Mad left gradually a practical brome play.
After this Salov has displayed the 162-nd play of A.Karpov and G.Kasparov which was played in Linares (1993).

- Do you come back to ours?

- It's most likely so. Still it is frozen for a Russian to secure in for a Russian letter live in foreign parts...
I don't consider headed finish off relate everything what has antiquated said by Salov further. Side-splitting can refer readers to given of his sites.

I would like to add from herself that it is always telling to associate with and put under somebody's nose a man who has let down active life and civil mien. Even if you don't portion his views in the job of his interpretation, or essential essence. The meeting was floating with signing autographs and photographing. Well, with home-coming, Valery Borisovich!

All-Union Council of Arrangement.

update 15-02-2009