There was some entertaining chat, and a surprise result, as Norway Chess 2015 got under way at Stavanger with a Blitz tournament. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, the second-lowest rated player in the field ...
The “Frenchman with Two Names” Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (MVL) is on a mission — he wants to be the next world champion. He thinks he can beat Magnus Carlsen. As our readers know there have been only two ...
Several GMs were quick to play the Comfort Gambit – French GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, better known as MVL, among them. “I think it’s better that jeans are allowed, not all jeans of course, but normal ...
PanARMENIAN.Net - For the semifinals of the World Chess Cup, (starting Tuesday, September 19), three top 10 players have remained: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Levon Aronian and Wesley So. The Armenian ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, widely known as MVL, is a contemporary of Magnus Carlsen, born like Norway’s world ...
A couple of months after leading upGrad Mumba Masters to the final of the inaugural edition of the Global Chess League in Dubai last year, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave was in Kolkata for the Tata Steel ...