MVL on the Candidates, Chennai and Carlsen

It has been more than a year since Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (MVL) finished second in the Candidates tournament. Ideally, the French Grandmaster should have been playing in this year’s edition too. However, he missed out following disappointing performances in the Fide Grand Prix events. With the 2021 Candidates tournament relatively fresh in mind, Dhananjay Khadilkar spoke to MVL on a range of issues including his pick for the 2022 Candidates, skipping this year’s Olympiad and the possibility of Magnus Carlsen not defending the world championship title.

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The 10-point Grischuk MVL challenge

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MVL on the Candidates, Chennai and Carlsen

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Candidates R8: Caruana stuns MVL to blow race wide open

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A dangerous game

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Chennai, India. 25th Nov, 2013. Magnus Carlsen (R) of Norway receives the trophy from south India's Tamil Nadu state Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa (L) after winning the FIDE World Chess Championship 2013