Press conference Loek van Wely
Still in the press room, and therefore we can already put online the press conference of Loek van Wely. Too bad for Shirov, because his new loss is explained again. Loek's story is a bit shorter (it fits in one YouTube video) but that's mainly because of the game. Till further than move 20 it was all theory, and after that the game was decided soon. By the way it's the opening line that Van Wely had spoken about already at Chessvibes and about which he had said that he would play something during this tournament that's 'not entirely correct but won't be refuted until after this tournament'.
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