I.I .: I watched your performance in Lotoshino. What went wrong? VA .: Everything went as I expected. I was never the best on the left hand. The draw has laid down so that we met with Bulenkov in the first match, fought like hell and I could not continue normally. I.I .: Bulenkov Sasha was able to show his best form in a duel, did he surprise you? VA .: No, there was no surprise for me. Rather, I surprised him. Because we fought with him before and he had won pretty easily on left hand. In this match, I gave him a good fight. I will continue to work on my left hand improvement. I.I .: Did you have any tactical errors during the match? VA .: There seemed to be no mistakes. I did not have enough endurance on the left, but in everything else it was all according to plan. I.I .: Has Bulenkov’s training level changed technically? Will he be able to show his best fight in the Championship of Russia and international tournaments? VA .: I do not know if it has changed or not. In fact, Sasha