ContentINSPIRED INVANCHUK WINS WIJK AAN ZEE
The rewards were rich and manifold as the 58th Hoogovens tournament happily returned to the well-tried all-play-all format. Once the category 17 field had picked up steam, the fourteen grandmasters produced one of the most rambunctious and riveting chess spectacles the Dutch seaside village had ever seen. Amid an avalanche of queen sacrifices Vasily Ivanchuk remained undefeated. Game notes by Ivanchuk, Anand, Topalov, Sokolov, Adams, Tiviakov, Shirov, Piket and Van Wely. MAN VERSUS MACHINE
In Philadelphia Garry Kasparov beat Deep Blue 4-2 in a struggle that got unprecedented media coverage worldwide. For Hans Ree it was not a triumph of man over machine, but rather a victory of propaganda over truth. INTERVIEW: VASILY IVANCHUK
Mostly unapproachable and seemingly oblivious to his surroundings Vasily Ivanchuk is a bigger mystery than any other top player of the day. A rare talk with the enigma on a wide variety of subjects. With the exception of one: Kasparov-Karpov-Kamsky: `For me this theme has become a little bit boring.' IN MEMORY OF A TEACHER
Arshak Petrosian pays tribute to his former teacher and countryman Genrikh Kasparian, who was widely regarded as the greatest study composer of his time. THE HASTINGS CENTENARY
Jonathan Speelman writes that it is not only the menu that has changed since Harry Pillsbury won the first Hastings tournament a bit over a hundred years ago. But even if the extravagant closing banquet belongs to a distant past, the tradition remains alive. This year's joint winners were Conquest, Khalifman and Lalic. THE I-FILES
As a true grandmaster of our time Loek van Wely pays regular visits to the Internet Chess Club, where he is also known as KingLoek. | 
