LatestChess :- Very few top chess players have their website, what inspired you to launch the website?
GM Natalia Pogonina :- I want to make chess more popular. Pogonina.com is a good source of information on chess, especially women’s chess, and a chance to communicate with a grandmaster. I hope the website will attract people’s attention to chess.

I want to make chess more popular ...

LatestChess :- Could you please tell our readers about your new project "Chess Kamasutra", a very unique subject for a chess book.
GM Natalia Pogonina :- As all LatestChess readers probably know, both chess and Kamasutra originate from India. In “Chess Kamasutra” I and my co-author Peter Zhdanov will show that it is possible to apply sex principles to chess, and vice versa. We will be reviewing the most interesting openings and middlegame positions and relating them to positions from Kamasutra; surprise our readers by introducing the “love theory” which is extremely effective for developing your chess skills and becoming happy in personal life; share unique trainings in “sexchess”, approbated by ourselves.

Chess Kamasutra is going to be a very entertaining and useful book covering many interesting subjects – we aren’t revealing most of the secrets yet, but one day you’ll be able to see it for yourself.

it is possible to apply sex principles to chess ...

LatestChess :- Apart from chess, you have snagged attention with your good looks. Do you think glamour can help in popularizing chess world wide?
GM Natalia Pogonina :- Chess is just dying for effective promotion. There are many good-looking women chess players, so the slogan “Beauty and intellect” may be of great help in terms of making chess more popular. It’s a matter of smart marketing – interest towards chess will be growing for sure.

Chess is just dying for effective promotion ...

LatestChess :- How often do you exercise? Do you think daily physical exercise can help a chess player to cope with pressure and increase brain's ability to concentrate?
GM Natalia Pogonina :- I don’t study that much between tournaments except for occasional training sessions. A chess player should be physically fit, otherwise it’s hard to aim at the highest results. Physical exercises can help increase the player’s stamina and allow him to stay concentrated during the games.

A chess player should be physically fit ...

LatestChess :- What are your thoughts about the future of women in chess? How do you feel we could attract more girls to the game?
GM Natalia Pogonina :- I believe that women chess have a great future. It is more competitive, unpredictable and exciting. However, women should do their best to match the best male players. I believe that is possible.

women should do their best to match the best male players ...

Women chess may be attractive since it’s easier to attain decent results there than in men’s chess. This is connected with the fact that chess is more popular among men than among women. Another idea – why not try to “catch up and beat the male players?” It’s a great motivator for me since I believe that top women chess players should play on equal even with super grandmasters. So far only Judith Polgar managed to do it, but in the future we might see a female absolute world chess champion.

why not try to “catch up and beat the male players?” ...

we might see a female absolute world chess champion ...