Kramnik and Kasparov declared themselves joint winners in Linares.
Alexey Shirov:
clock-like regularity.
Yet another example of the ubiquitous move g2-g4.
Food for thought.
If in Soviet times your chess lacked punch...
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At the end of ten long and tense rounds Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik shared the spoils at the seventeenth Ciudad de Linares tournament. The two K's also remained in charge of the proceedings after the last game had finished. In unison they overruled the tournament regulations that called for one winner, either by tiebreak or in the worst case by tossing a coin, and declared themselves joint winners.
An extensive report with great analysis including the `old notebook story' by FIDE champion Alexander Khalifman. SHIROV SHINES IN MONACO
Straight as an arrow Alexey Shirov went for overall first at the ninth Amber rapid and blindfold tournament. With clock-like regularity the Latvian Spaniard notched up his first nine(!) matches with the same 1,5-0,5 score.
An on-the-spot report including a brief talk with Anatoly Karpov on his case against FIDE. INTERVIEW: VLADIMIR KRAMNIK
The Brain Games World Chess Championship match against Garry Kasparov will net him a pleasant or an outright delectable chunk of a two million dollar prize-fund. Yet, Vladimir Kramnik is so thrilled about the prospect that he confides to Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam: `I can tell you, I would even play for free.' THE JUMP
The history of chess is not only a history of marshalls and generals. Chess also has its `tombs of the unknown soldier'. Genna Sosonko wrote a moving memoir about one such soldier, the tormented attacking genius Alvis Vitolins. SOS
Fond of the move g2-g4? Here's an idea that may take your opponent by surprise. THE BANKRUPTCY OF FIDE
Jan Timman read Kirsan Ilyumzhinov's Memorandum on the Commercialisation of FIDE and could only come to one conclusion. CHESS AND FOOD
You are what you eat. Gregory Serper explains what food may do to your chess. VAIN EXPECTATIONS OF MYSTICISM
Brimming with curiosity and anticipation, Viktor Bologan travelled to China to play his first tournament in a country that had always held a mysterious appeal to him. SADLER ON BOOKS
A friend of Matthew Sadler told him that his reviews could be a lot ruder. So starting from this issue..! SOVIET CHESS
Hans Ree reviews Andrew Soltis' monumental new book Soviet Chess, a cornucopia of stories connected with the greatest collective effort for the sake of chess that the world has ever seen. Plus our regular features NIC'S CAFE, YOUR MOVE and Edward Winter's CHESS NOTES | 
