Μιάς και έχουμε δηλώσει ήδη τα ονόματα και των δύο στην ΕΣΟ αφού η προθεσμία λήγει την Δευτέρα πιστεύω ότι ήρθε ο καιρός να το δημοσιοποιήσω.
Ο 15χρονος!!! επίσης Ούγγρος Rapport Richard θα υπερασπιστεί τα χρώματα του Πανιωνίου στο φετινό Πρωτάθλημα μαζί φυσικά με τον 19χρονο ομοεθνή του
Peter Prohaszka .
Γεννηθείς στις 25 Μαρτίου του 1996 έγινε ο νεαρότερος GM που ανέδειξε ποτέ η Ουγγαρία σε ηλικία 13 ετών και 11 μηνών ξεπερνώντας το ρεκόρ του Peter Leko και της Judit Polgar.
Είναι ο πέμπτος νεότερος GM στην ιστορία μετά τους Sergey Karjakin, Negi Parimarjan, Magnus Carlsen, Bu Xiangzhi.
Παρέμεινε δε ο νεότερος GM στον κόσμο μέχρι τον Δεκέμβριο του 2010 όταν ο Illya Nyzhnyk κατέκτησε τον δικό του τίτλο.
Ο Πανιώνιος με αυτή την ηλικιακή σύνθεση καταγράφει ένα μοναδικό ρεκόρ που δύσκολα θα καταρηφθεί στο μέλλον όταν με τον Αντώνη στην τρίτη ανδρική η ομάδα μας θα έχει μέσο όρο ηλικίας κάτι λιγότερο από 17 έτη.
Στην συνέντευξη που ακολουθεί και δόθηκε στο Chessdom ο μικρός Richard δίνει ενδιαφέρουσες απαντήσεις για το σκάκι, την προσωπική ζωή του και το πως βιώνει αυτή την επιτυχία του.
Anna: What a great success, Richard! How does it feel to beat the record of Hungary’s top player?
Richard: I’m happy for my achievement, but I also know that this is just one step in my career. I’m working to reach my next goals.
Anna: What are these goals?
Richard: I would like to reach the rating 2600, then 2700. My main goal is to become a world champion.
Anna: That’s quite a nice goal! How much time you devote to chess to achieve that?
Richard: I work every day 8-10 hours. I wake up, have breakfast and start to train on chess. A short lunch break and then I’m back at work. Finally, dinner and some more chess.
Anna: Do you train on your own or you work with trainers?
Richard: Mostly on my own, but from time to time I train with GM Robert Ruck, GM Peter Lukacs and GM Jozsef Pinter, too. Also, I can thank a lot to my manager, IM Andras Flumbort and to my father, who has always supported my chess career.
Anna: Chess is your life, one could say. Have you got any time for non-chess activities? Any sports you practise?
Richard: Yes, I do have. I like to play with my little brothers and sister, ride a bike, play table tennis. I study English with a private teacher 5 times a week, and occasionally German, too. It’s necessary for a chessplayer to know foreign languages.
Anna: What about school? You don’t have any problems passing the exams without attending the lessons?
Richard: No, I learn quite quickly and easily. Passing the exams was never a problem.
Anna: Let’s return to chess. Your favourite players?
Richard: I like many. Kramnik, Leko, Polgar…
Anna: Favourite “rising star”?
Richard: Anish Giri.
Anna: If you had a chance to train with anybody you wish, who would it be?
Richard: I would love to change thoughts with Anish Giri. His style appeals to me.
Anna: In which tournament/tournaments would you like to participate very much?
Richard: Wijk aan Zee, definitely.
Anna: Favourite games of yours?
Richard: Perhaps my game against GM Peter Prohaszka from the 2009 Hungarian Youth Team Championship and the encounter with IM Laszlo Gonda from 2008, Harkany Open.
Anna: Do you play on the Internet?
Richard: I used to play on Playchess but I think one wastes too much time on such servers. I would play for fun now and then, but nothing more.
Anna: Any computer games?
Richard: I like strategical games. War Craft, Age of Empires…
Anna: Favourite TV programmes?
Richard: I don’t really have. I watch movies, football matches…
Anna: Favourite football team?
Richard: Bayern München!
Anna: If you had a different profession, what would it be?
Richard: Hmm, I don’t know. I’m a chessplayer and I’m doing what I love. I wouldn’t choose a different profession.
Anna: Richard, thank you very much! In the name of the Chessdom team and its readers let me congratulate you once again on becoming a grandmaster at such a young age. May the future bring you a lot of more successes!
