ContentNIC'S CAFE LETTERS KASPAROV'S BLACK POWER TAKE LINARES
One month after Garry Kasparov played his proclaimed best tournament ever in Wijk aan Zee he bettered this performance with a stupendous victory in Linares. Winning seven games, of which no less than five with black, Kasparov finished two and a half points ahead of last year's winner Vishy Anand and Vladimir Kramnik. Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam was on the spot and saw the World Champion's Elo soar to a record 2839. 'I KNEW CAPA'
In a beautifully written memoir, rich with touching asides and keen observations, Genna Sosonko remembers his meetings with Olga Capablanca. S.O.S.
You thought Black has only one way to sacrifice a pawn in the Two Knights Defence? ENGHIEN-LES-BAINS
Joel Lautier won the strongest closed tournament in France since the 1988 World Cup in Belfort. In the process the former prodigy beat today's most talked about young ones, Bacrot and Ponomariov. THE RIGHT PERSON AT THE RIGHT PLACE
The ostensibly modest but murderously strong Simen Agdestein wondered if he was the right person to report on his victory in Cappelle la Grande. You'll find out why he was. HOW DOES IT FEEL TO PLAY AGAINST GOD?
Some felt that Vasily Ivanchuk resigned a bit prematurely in his two games against Kasparov in Linares. Jan Timman examines the final positions. KARPOV-PIKET DRAW BLOOD IN MONACO
Jeroen Piket capped a series of ten test matches generously sponsored by chess lover Joop van Oosterom with a hard-fought 4-4 draw against FIDE champion Anatoly Karpov. A NEW WINTER BOOK
Hans Ree reviews Edward Winter's new collection of chess miscellanea, Kings, Commoners and Knaves. CHESS NOTES
In the meantime Edward Winter himself tirelessly continues finding material for a next book. | 
