Catching up with Interviews

Besides playing World Champion level chess, most top chess players share a penchant for talking about playing for the World Championship. Too long has passed since my last roundup of interesting interviews (see 2010 Candidates), so it's time to catch up. I also include links to blog posts with relevant commentary from knowledgeable fans. To set the stage and provide some continuity, I'll start off by repeating a few links I used on that last post.

• 2008-12-22: Carsten Hensel and Vladimir Kramnik – no longer a team (Chessbase.com)
  
• 2009-01-01; January 1st 2009 (Magnuschess.com)
  
• 2009-01-05: Vladimir Kramnik on the World Championship Cycle, part one (Chessbase.com)
  
• 2009-01-07: Kramnik in from the Cold? (Chessninja.com)
  
• 2009-01-07: The new founding fathers in chess? (Carlsen & Kramnik w/ Shirov comment; Chessvibes.com)
  
• 2009-01-10: Shirov on the world championship cycle (Chessvibes.com)
  
• 2009-01-21: Interview with Vladimir Kramnik, part two (Chessbase.com)
  
• 2009-02-05: Topalov and his team under pressure before the match with Kamsky (interview with Danailov; Chessdom.com)
  
• 2009-03-03: Interview with FIDE Deputy President Georgios Makropoulos (Chessdom.com)
  
• 2009-03-08: Interview with Garry Kasparov (Chessdom.com)
  
• 2009-03-13: Kasparov on Anand (Chessninja.com)
  
• 2009-03-17: Kasparov: Anand’s reign will end soon (Chessbase.com)
  
• 2009-03-18: Svidler: I am a better player than my current results show (Chessbase.com)
  
• 2009-04-08: Veselin Topalov Interview (Chessdom.com)
  
• 2009-04-17: Vladimir Kramnik Interview (Chessdom.com)
  
• 2009-04-18: Nalchik GP - Interview with Boris Spassky (Fide.com)
  
• 2009-05-02: Interview with World Champion Viswanathan Anand (Chesstigers.de)
  
• 2009-05-04: Interview with Silvio Danailov (Chessdom.com)
  
• 2009-05-06: One on One - Vishwanathan Anand Interview by Riz Khan (jrobichess.blogspot.com -> YouTube video)

After negotiations failed between FIDE and UEP for the organization of the World Championship 2010-11 cycle (which I haven't yet covered in this blog), I expected more reaction from the top players. Is there another shoe ready to drop? In the meantime, UEP is running a series of innocuous interviews on their page www.uep-worldchess.com - News. The entry for 13 May mentions the FIDE negotiations.