KARPOV HANGS ON TO FIDE TITLE IN TIE-BREAK After a month of competition for the FIDE World Championship nothing has changed. Kasparov and Karpov each retain their world championship title and the chance of reunification seem slimmer than ever. In Lausanne Hans Ree watched Anand very nearly pull off what was thought to be impossible.
INTERVIEWS KARPOV AND ANAND Both Lausanne finalists spoke to Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam about Kirsan Ilyumzhinov's revolutionary world championship format. Karpov: 'Some people thought: We have a new system, so we need a new champion. OK, one day they will have one.' Anand: 'I had the feeling they devalued it before they even started it.'
UNIQUE GATHERING OF GRANDMASTERS IN GRONINGEN Attracted by the scent of big money close to one hundred grandmasters flocked to Groningen to try their luck in the FIDE knock-out world championship. After three arduous weeks a nerve-racking blitz game produced Karpov's challenger.
NAJDORF'S LEGENDARY BLIND SIMUL On the evening of January 24, 1947, at the solemn and sumptuous Prestes Maia Gallery in Sao Paulo, Miguel Najdorf embarked on an unprecedented enterprise: a blind simul against 45 opponents. Herman van Riemsdijk unearthed all the games and tells the tale of this legendary performance
