ContentLEKO CLAIMS FIRST LINARES TROPHY
Only time will tell how we will remember the 2003 Ciudad de Linares, but it is tempting to speculate. Was this the definite breakthrough of Peter Leko? The tournament where Teimour Radjabov first beat Garry Kasparov? The year when Kasparov caused a ruckus at the prize-giving? Or the moment when Kasparov's closest rivals finally shook off their paralysing respect for the 13th World Champion? An on-the-spot report by Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam and lots of riveting analysis by the players and their seconds. FIVE-WAY TIE IN ANIBAL OPEN
One of them was Ernesto ‘Che Guevara’ Inarkiev, whose sole regret was that he did not take the cup home to Kalmykia. INTERVIEW: TEIMOUR RADJABOV
'Chess is no longer the same as 20 years ago', says the 15-year-old boy from Baku, who caused a worldwide sensation when he inflicted Kasparov's first loss in Linares since 1997. BOLOGAN WINS AEROFLOT OPEN
A record number of more than 150 grandmasters took part in the second Aeroflot Open right in the heart of Moscow at a stone's throw from the Kremlin. Victor Bologan won the $ 5,000 first prize and the appetising bonus, an invitation to the Dortmund elite tournament this summer. SHIROV EXHIBITION IN REYKJAVIK
Looking for complications in each and every game, Alexey Shirov outplayed or rather outcalculated the opposition at the Hrokurinn Festival in Reykjavik. Bartlomiej Macieja marveled at the continuing revival of Icelandic chess. ANAND'S AMBER COME-BACK
Having skipped last year's edition, a determined Vishy Anand returned to the Côte d'Azur to demonstrate his combined skills in the twelfth Amber blindfold and rapid tournament. Vladimir Kramnik won the blindfold and in the process refuted the Sicilian. SOS: A WEAPON AGAINST THE SICILIAN
The move looks innocent and harmless but you better
be prepared! LOSING A DRAWN ENDING
Jan Timman looks at a rook ending that tends to be a theoretical draw, but causes more problems than expected even at the highest level. SADLER ON BOOKS STRONG OPINIONS
Hans Ree remembers Ludek Pachman, a strong grandmaster, a prolific chess writer and one of the most outspoken opponents of the repression following the invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. JUST CHECKING
Does Loek van Wely have a dream? Did they play your opening?In this issue games with the following openings were annotated by world class players: Siciian
Kramnik-Topalov, by Kramnik
Bologan-Milov, by Zviagintsev
Ponomariov-Kramnik, by Kramnik
Anand-Topalov, by Anand
Grischuk-Yakovenko, by Zviagintsev
Bologan-Granda Zuniga, by Bologan
Fressinet-Svidler, by Zviagintsev
Naer-Smirin, by Zviagintsev French:
Kasparov-Radjabov, by Radjabov
Kramnik-Radjabov, by Illescas
Leko-Radjabov, by Leko Caro-Kann
Morozevich-Anand, by Morozevich
Macieja-Kortchnoi, by Macieja Petroff
Shirov-Bacrot, by Macieja
Leko-Anand, by Leko
Leko-Anand, Linares 2003, by Timman Ruy Lopez
Kotronias-Inarkiev, by Inarkiev
Kramnik-Ponomariov, by Malakhov
McShane-Stefansson, by Macieja
Svidler-Kaidanov, by Zviagintsev Queen's Gambit Declined
Ovetchkin-Bologan, by Bologan Slav
Bareev-Topalov, by Bareev
Kortchnoi-Bacrot, by Macieja
Kortchnoi-Gretarsson, by Macieja
Korobov-Naer, by Inarkiev
Ponomariov-Vallejo, by Razuvaev Nimzo-Indian
Sokolov-Macieja, by Macieja Queen's Indian
Kasparov-Ponomariov, by Dokhoian Kings's Indian
Nakamura-Inarkiev, by Inarkiev English Opening
Vallejo-Leko, by Vallejo
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