Yesterday, in the evening, after the rapid and blitz chess world championship in Dubai, Levon Aronyan, our other GMs and Magnus Carlsen arrived in Yerevan on the same plane. Before the midnight, Aravot.am spoke with Armenia’s chess leader Levon Aronyan.
– How do you estimate your tournaments in Dubai?
– My play in Rapid was a good one, but not so much in the blitz. But the result is not bad at all.
– Your position obtained in the chess world and the chess talent imposes you to play sustainable high quality chess in the official chess championships and international tournaments, if not talking about taking the primary places. But, recently, it is observed that you’re making mistakes even in the winning positions and missed the victory from your hands …
Read also
– It happens to everyone. I do not think it is typical only to me. It’s a lack of concentration.
– Sometimes, it seems to you that at the very moment winning is not so important for you and you are much more interested in creating.
– This problem exists. It happens that I am interested when my opponent is a strong player. And when he makes a lot of mistakes, at the moment I lose my interest. I have this problem since I was a child.
– You’re saying that it happens to all. But Levon Aronyan is not “all” to the chess world and especially Armenians. Fans are demanding wins from Levon Aronyan. For example, Magnus Carlsen, as a rule, does not miss such moments from his hands. How would you explain it?
– Probably, it makes no sense to explain. I still need to work on me. The explanation should be my moves and results.
– Is there something specific, let’s say a psychological, physical preparedness level or a health condition, which hinders you.
– No, there are no such things. I had small health problems in the last two months.
– Cold…?
– No. I underwent surgery.
– A major surgery?
– No.
– And how are you now?
– Everything is normal now.
Ashot HAKOBYAN
