ContentNIC'S CAFE LETTERS KRAMNIK WINS AGAIN In Dortmund a chess tournament is an event where ten players play nine rounds and in the end Vladimir Kramnik wins. KRAMNIK SHIROV REVISTED Valery Salov, Public Relations officer of Alexy Shirov, contributes a highly personal match report on the Subcampeonato del Mundo of the World Chess Council SOKOLOV CLAIMS DUTCH CHAMPIONSHIP The Royal Dutch Chess Federation celebrated its 125th anniversary with the strongest national championship ever. FRANKFURT CHESS CLASSICS Jan Timman on Masters, Monkeys, Giants, but no Karpov. SOS - SECRETS OF OPENING SURPRISES An intriguing pseudo-sacrifice in the Scotch Four Knights. XIE JUN: MY CHILDHOOD The former Women's World Champion relates how she switched from xiangqi to our chess. YERMO ON THE ROAD Alex Yermolinsky's inimitable travelogue takes us from the traditional Keres Memorial in Estonia to Planet Goichberg in Philadelphia SARAJEVO REVIVES TRADITION Viktor Kortchnoi won in 1969 and in 1984. So, why shouldn't he win in 1998, too? RUSSIAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP Alexy Dreev reports how his team, Sberbank Tatarstan from Kazan, took the title. CHESS NOTES Edward Winter continues his acclaimed historical excursions and investigations exclusively for New in Chess |