At 13 years, 3 months and 27 days, Magnus Carlsen earned his final grandmaster norm.
‘Spanish torture’ expert Vladimir Kramnik led the NAO Chess Club to the French title.
Alexey Shirov: two Bundesliga brilliancies.
Alexander Morozevich: dazzling chess in Russian Team Championship.
SOS: Moro’s pet line in the Albin Counter-Gambit.
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The Sigeman tournament ended in a double Danish triumph when Peter Heine Nielsen caught front runner Curt Hansen in a dramatic last-round encounter. The press turned up in droves, both in Malmö and Copenhagen, but they had little interest in the winners. They came to see the amazing Magnus Carlsen, who made his first appearance as the youngest grandmaster in the world. In a talk with Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam, the boy wonder suggests that he will play better now that he’s secured the coveted title. HOT NEWS FROM DUBAI
The big moment for Magnus Carlsen came at the Dubai Open, where the Norwegian comet collected his third and final grandmaster norm less than three months after he had stunned the world with his first norm in Wijk aan Zee. Evgeny Vladimirov, one of his victims, reports. NAO AND FOREVER
For the second consecutive year the chic NAO Chess Club from Paris claimed the title of French Team Champions. Small wonder when you can call on the services of the three strongest French players and four super-grandmasters, including Vladimir Kramnik. IF THE TRUMPET SOUNDS
Genna Sosonko remembers Ludek Pachman, a strong grandmaster, but even more than that, a witness to and participant in events of the last century which are difficult to compare to any others in world history. BUNDESLIGA DECIDED IN TIE-BREAK
In a gripping tie-break match Porz beat Baden-Oos to claim the tenth league championship in the club’s history. An extensive review of the past Bundesliga season with marvellous analytical contributions from the main protagonists. A REVOLUTION IN RUSSIAN CLUB CHESS?
The first test for the newly created Russian Chess League were the Russian team championships in Sochi. Quite surprisingly the title was taken by Tomsk-400 led by an unstoppable and (what’s new?) highly creative Alexander Morozevich. S.O.S.: MORO’S IDEA IN THE ALBIN COUNTER-GAMBIT SADLER ON BOOKS BLESSED WITH FORCE AND ARTISTRY
Hans Ree spent many happy hours with Pal Benko, my Life, Games and Compositions. ONE GAME LEADS TO ANOTHER
Jan Timman delves into two attacking victories of the legendary Mikhail Tal. JUST CHECKING
Guess who Francisco ‘Paco’ Vallejo would have liked to be if he hadn’t been himself? Did they play your opening?In this issue games with the following openings were annotated by world class players: Sicilian
Rublevsky-Volokitin, by Rublevsky
Volokitin-Loskutov, by Volokitin
Carlsen-Vladimirov, by Vladimirov
Carlsen-Deepan, by Carlsen
Anand-McShane, by Anand
Hracek-Shirov, by Shirov French
Tal-Benko, by Timman Caro-Kann
Morozevich-Bologan, by Morozevich
Morozevich-Bareev, by Morozevich
Short-Vallejo, by Vallejo
Volokitin-Khenkin, by Volokitin Scandinavian Defence
Houska-Keitlinghaus, by Houska Ruy Lopez
Bacrot-I.Sokolov, by Bacrot
De Firmian-Nielsen, by Nielsen
Kramnik-Almasi, by Kramnik
Shirov-Bacrot, by Shirov
De Firmian-Carlsen, by Carlsen
Borriss-Graf, by Borriss Albin Counter-Gambit
Gelfand-Morozevich, by Bosch Slav
Carlsen-Nielsen, by Carlsen
Dreev-Geller, by Dreev Tarrasch Defence
Gelfand-Grischuk, by Gelfand Catalan
Krasenkow-Smagin, by Krasenkow
C.Hansen-Agrest, by C.Hansen Grünfeld Indian
Mamedyarov-Elianov, by Vladimirov
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