Viðtal við Margeir í áströlsku skáktímariti

Ágúst-hefti ástralíska tímaritsins 50 moves kom út fyrir skemmstu. Þar má meðal annars finna fróðlegt og skemmtilegt viðtal við Margeir Pétursson sem tekið var á Portu Mannnu-mótinu í Sardiníu fyrr í sumar.

Tímaritið má nálgast (frítt) á heimasíðu tímaritsins. Óhætt er að mæla með blaðinu sem ritað er á ensku. Í apríl-tímaritinu var t.a.m. umfjöllun um Reykjavik Open Pub Quiz.

Í viðtalinu segir Margeir meðal annars frá skákferli sínum, vinningsskákinni gegn Carlsen, skákklúbbnum sínum í Úkraínu og frá endurkomu sinni við skákborðið.

Smá kafli úr viðtalinu.

One and a half years ago, Adrian suggested that we Icelandic "old guys" [should form a legends team] at the European Teams Championship [in Reykjavik in November]. When in Iceland I always play chess with my friends there, Johann [Hjartarsson], Helgi [Olafsson] and Jon [Arnason] amongst others. So I told them about the idea and they immediately caught on. Then we told the Federation and they immediately said yes, fantastic. And then Fridrik, even he was ready, so now there is no way out of it! 

I figured I had to do  some training for the European Championships, not only play blitz but  some serious chess. So that’s how I ended up here in Sardinia, my first tournament in 15 years. I met Gunnar [Bjornsson, the organiser of the  Reykjavik Open] in Italy when he was on the way back [from Porto Mannu in 2014] and he was saying this is such a nice tournament – something for the retired guys. Then Yuri [Garrett] was in Reykjavik [at the Reykjavik Open in March] and he promoted the tournament, very successfully as you can see.

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