KASPAROV & CO. VS. TOPALOV & CO. The first ever Advanced Chess match was held in Leon.
ANAND WINS MADRID IN A WINK Spending on average less than an hour per game Vishy Anand chalked up a crisp and clean victory.
KASPAROV TROUNCES ISRAEL IN CLOCK SIMUL 7-1! The Big Boss keeps gobbling up national teams.
THE STEPPE-FATHER OF CHESS Where will the participants of the 33rd Olympiad stay? Where will their planes land? Sarah Hurst travelled to Elista to find out.
INTERVIEW: MICHAL KRASENKOW Moving to a new country may work wonders for a chess player's career. Ask this Polish citizen.
PROVOCATIVE STATEMENTS AND A BIT OF BOASTING Hans Ree takes a look at the friendly match between Timman and Van Wely that was supposed to answer quite a few questions.
SOS - SECRETS OF OPENING SURPRISES Is it advisable to put your knight at the edge of the board?
DO YOU KNOW ALEXANDER NENASHEV? Four of his games analyzed by the Uzbek number one himself.
ALEKHINE'S GAMES Edward Winter reviews a monumental games collection.
LET SLEEPING DRAGONS LIE Sometimes you have to judge an opening in the ending.
SHIROV'S RECENT ENDGAME ADVENTURES Jan Timman on a grandmaster who has a special talent for composing endgame studies in his games.
