{"id":7195,"date":"2018-02-21T10:24:39","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T09:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mvlchess.com\/?page_id=7195"},"modified":"2018-02-22T11:29:46","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T10:29:46","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mvlchess.com\/en\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='content-column two_third'><div class=\"pt-cv-wrapper\"><div class=\"pt-cv-view pt-cv-grid pt-cv-colsys\" id=\"pt-cv-view-99200dc3za\"><div data-id=\"pt-cv-page-1\" class=\"pt-cv-page\" data-cvc=\"2\"><div class=\"col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 pt-cv-content-item pt-cv-1-col\" ><div class='pt-cv-ifield'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mvlchess.com\/en\/2026\/01\/15\/statement\/\" class=\"_self pt-cv-href-thumbnail pt-cv-thumb-default\" target=\"_self\" ><\/a>\n<h4 class=\"pt-cv-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mvlchess.com\/en\/2026\/01\/15\/statement\/\" class=\"_self\" target=\"_self\" >STATEMENT<\/a><\/h4>\n<div class=\"pt-cv-content\">Since 2017, the MVL CHESS website has published a great many texts, in both French and English, through which I have been able to recount and analyse my experience as a chess player at the very highest level. 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