ContentKRAMNIK-LEKO: PART 1
At the Centro Dannemann on the shores of Lago Maggiore, Vladimir Kramnik and Peter Leko embarked on their long-awaited battle for the classical world championship. The 14-game contest started with a bang when Leko suffered a defeat with the white pieces on day one, but the challenger crawled back into the match with a hard-fought win in Game 5. Jan Timman annotated the two decisive games so far. NISIPEANU CLAIMS ‘MAYOR’S CUP’
The first ‘ordinary’ Indian super tournament was held in Pune, a modest Indian city of some four million(!) inhabitants, a little more than 100 kilometres away from super-giant Bombay. Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu and FIDE champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov finished shared first with the Romanian grandmaster taking the trophy on the tie-break. INTERVIEW: GARRY KASPAROV
At his home in Moscow the most successful player of the past twenty years spoke to Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam and looked back on the decades that lie behind us. A candid interview about the fights he fought, the ambitions he still has, his ever-expanding book project and his pessimism about the willingness of his rivals to give him a chance to win back the world title. ANAND’S SAO PAULO EXHIBITION
Playing with great gusto and energy Vishy Anand won his last five games to finish three(!) points ahead of his closest rival at the ‘Desafio Sao Paulo 450 Anos’. HEIN
Genna Sosonko pays tribute to legendary Dutch grandmaster and writer J.H. Donner (1927-1988), a unique phenomenon in the international chess community. VOLOKITIN UKRAINIAN CHAMPION
When top favourites Ivanchuk and Karjakin stumbled in the early rounds of this year’s knock-out championship, master attacker Andrey Volokitin took his chances to become the new Ukrainian champion. LAUSANNE YOUNG MASTERS
Luke McShane made his final foray into the world of junior chess to repeat his success of last year. S.O.S.: AN ANTI-ANTI-SVESHNIKOV SONJA GRAF
US champion Jennifer Shahade wrote a riveting portrait of Sonja Graf (1914-1965). ROWSON’S REVIEWS
Barely had he started as our new reviewer or Jonathan Rowson won the British championship. Obviously, there were a couple of books that played a role. VOODOO DOCTOR
Hans Ree read a big and beautiful new book about Reuben Fine and lets his thoughts flow freely. RECENT STUDIES
Of late Jan Timman has been playing more than making studies, but that doesn’t mean he did not make any at all! JUST CHECKING
Guess what are Kramnik’s and Leko’s biggest fears? Did they play your opening?In this issue games with the following openings were annotated by world class players: Sicilian
Ganguly–Sutovsky, by Ganguly
Volokitin–Efimenko, by Volokitin
Gormally–Rowson, by Rowson
Chanda–Sutovsky, by Chanda
Anand–Karpov, by Anand
Areschenko–Shishkin, by Areschenko
Grosar–Kozul, by Bosch
Cvorovic–Kozul, by Bosch
Barle–Kozul, by Bosch
Vojko–Zdenko Kozul, by Bosch
Fedorchuk–Olexienko, by Areschenko
Karjakin–Kuzubov, by Kuzubov
Anand–Morovic, by Vescovi
Chanda–Nisipeanu, by Vladimirov
Sutovsky–Kunte, by Sutovsky King's Fianchetto
Navara–McShane, by McShane French
Vescovi–Karpov, by Vescovi Caro-Kann
Anand–Leitao, by Leitao Petroff
Navara–Kosteniuk, by Navara
Leko–Kramnik, by Timman Ruy Lopez
Kuzmin–Malaniuk, by Areschenko King's Pawn Opening
Sutovsky–Azmaiparashvili, by Azmaiparashvili Vienna Game
Sutovsky–Nisipeanu, by Sutovsky Queen's Gambit Declined
Leitao–Milos, by Leitao
Leko–Kramnik, by Timman Slav
Vescovi–Anand, by Vescovi
Romanishin–Ivanchuk, by Efimenko Nimzo-Indian
Menchik–Graf, by Shahade Queen's Indian
Mamedyarov–Alexeev, by Mamedyarov
Milos–Karpov, by Vescovi Benoni
Rowson–Jones, by Rowson Keres Defence
Graf–Keres, by Shahade | 
