ContentGELFAND AND PIKET INAUGURATE NEW TRADITION:
Crowning a composed catching-up effort, Jeroen Piket destroyed the hopes of the local fans when he beat Loek van Wely to share first place with Boris Gelfand at the brand-new Fontys tournament. Tilburg celebrated an encouraging comeback as an expert chess host with a generation struggle that pitted Anatoly Karpov against eleven aspiring (rather) young ones. An extensive report including a wealth of deeply annotated sparkling games. OLD IN CHESS IN JERUSALEM:
Alon Greenfeld informs us about the 28th Israeli championship that took place in the capital as part of the yearlong celebration of `Jerusalem 3000'. Or, how the Israeli federation managed to lose most of the promised budget. INTERVIEW: DAVID NORWOOD:
Earning a comfortable income in the world of finance and dabbling at tournament chess whenever he feels the urge, flamboyant David Norwood is having his cake and eating it too. A perfect basis for a frank an fresh interview on the chess player's dilemma and the misguided attitude of the chess world. And more enjoyably, on his own life and projects. His work for the BBC, his inimitable accent, his long-awaited biography of Anatoly Karpov, and, if inexplicably all his plans were to come to naught, his contingency plan: Plan B. ALEKHINE'S CORRESPONDENCE CHESS:
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the death of Alexander Alekhine Viktor Charushin unearthed some fascinating correspondence games of the great champion. RUSSIAN CHAMPIONSHIP IN ELISTA:
New champion Alexander Khalifman presents a brilliancy from the 49th Russian championship and more. ANOTHER ENGLISH ATTACK:
In this first theoretical article of two, Roberto Cifuentes and Maarten de Zeeuw systematically investigate the Knight d5 sacrifice in the English Opening. HERMIT OF GENEVA:
Hans Ree reviews Edward Winter's Chess Explorations, a potpourri from the journal Chess Notes. KNIGHT VS BAD BISHOP:
Jan Timman takes a closer look at the struggle of the knight against the bad bishop. | 
