The Solitude of Prime Numbers

In an interview with the press attaches of the Chess Federation of Russia, when asked about who helped her along the way to victory in the Women’s Chess World Cup 2023, Aleksandra Yuryevna Goryachkina, who, until recently, was aided by the late Grandmaster Konstantin Yuryevich Landa, answered: “I could only rely on the moral help of my dad and fans. To be sure, I’d never have expected so many cheers around me. As for coaching and mentoring, it was indeed a challenge, for no one helped me there, which can make life pretty difficult in a knockout tournament”. Photo: Maria Alekseevna Emelianova/chess.com.