ContentYEREVAN OLYMPIAD SURPASSES EXPECTATIONS
The 32nd Olympiad confirmed the proverbial hospitality of the Armenian people and their great passion for chess. Even a failed coup d'‚tat could not stop the ever-friendly hosts from running an extraordinary mass event. Garry Kasparov celebrated his biennial excursion to FIDE with a powerful performance that showed his Russian team the way to the gold medals. An extensive report with plenty of analysed games. GRANDA LIKES THE DONNER MEMORIAL
With a baffling finish Julio Granda caught Vasily Ivanchuk to share first prize at the third Donner Memorial. Jan Timman reports and describes the highlights of a fascinating documentary film on Hein Donner. Game notes from (a.o.) both winners, including Granda's rousing finale of three consecutive wins. INTERVIEW: KIRSAN ILYUMZHINOV
At another tumultuous FIDE Congress in Yerevan, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was re-elected as FIDE president. Ilyumzhinov followed the bickering with a stony face, handed out gifts and promised to make chess the most profitable sport in the world. The chess players await his actions in keen expectation. Kirsan himself has no doubts as he readily explained in a lengthy interview with Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam: `If you work very hard, God will help you.' SWEET HOME, NEW JERSEY
Our choice could not have been more fortunate when we asked Alex Yermolinsky to report on the 1996 US Championship. The Yerminator went and won as he describes in a vivid tale interspersed with a lot of chess. `PERHAPS NOT MODEST, BUT POLITE, GENTLE, FORTHCOMING AND OPEN.'
Hans Ree has read the reports of the FIDE Congress in Yerevan and seen Ilyumzhinov advers aries turn into admirers within a day. BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE OLYMPIAD
Having lost al interest in FIDE affairs Jan Timman looks at the Yerevan Olympiad from a pure chess point of view and selects theoretical novelties and flashy tactics. PLUS: our new regular feature: The MASTER Section (meaning More Analysis Selected for Training, Education and Recreation) | 
