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A Feast of Chess in Time of Plague – Candidates Tournament 2020 – Part 1 – Yekaterinburg

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“The balanced flow of the normal chess calendar was unexpectedly interrupted by a frightening occurrence. Seemingly harmless at first, the coronavirus pandemic overtook more and newer countries by the day and gradually became pretty much the main, and only determining factor in life. The Candidates Tournament was threatened as well. Whether it would be held at all was pretty much in doubt until the very last few minutes. Even the grandmasters, who had already gathered in Ekaterinburg, had reason to doubt that they would have a chance to sit at the boards. In the end, having indeed commenced, the tournament planted in me a vague notion of writing a book about it.”

~ Vladimir Tukmakov

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In the middle of the last century tournament compilations were extremely popular. After every major

chess event a compendium would appear in print. Naturally, the Candidates Tournament was no

exception. For instance, David Bronstein’s book “Zurich International Chess Tournament, 1953” was

carefully and thoroughly studied many times in my youth. To this day I can still recite some of its more

memorable passages. Gradually various textbooks and publications, but mainly theoretical manuals,

completely replaced that particular type of chess literature. Nowadays even the world title match is not

always worthy of its own publication. This is probably a direct result of the rapid increase in the number

of international tournaments currently contested on the world circuit. The close-knit circle of leading

grandmasters has turned into a sort of wandering circus troupe, globetrotting with practically the same

act. One competition seamlessly transitions into the next, making it hard for the average chess fan to

follow this infinite flow of events.

 

At first the same could have been said of the 2020 Candidates Tournament. However, the balanced flow

of the normal chess calendar was unexpectedly interrupted by a frightening occurrence. Seemingly

harmless at first, the coronavirus pandemic overtook more and newer countries by the day and gradually

became pretty much the main, and only determining factor in life. The Candidates Tournament was

threatened as well. Whether it would be held at all was pretty much in doubt until the very last few

minutes. Even the grandmasters, who had already gathered in Ekaterinburg, had reason to doubt that

they would have a chance to sit at the boards. In the end, having indeed commenced, the tournament

planted in me a vague notion of writing a book about it.

 

~ GM Vladimir Tukmakov

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