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Publisher: New In Chess, 2005
Edition: Magazine
ISBN: 90-5691-150-3
Pages: 108
Language: English

Arkady Naiditsch wins Dortmund Boris Gelfand and Andrey Volokitin won the Biel Chess Festival Kateryna Lahno European Women's Champion John Nunn has endgame news Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu European champion

Content THE WIZARD OF DORTMUND Although the story unfolded in the same week as the long-awaited publication of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the critics didn't fail to hail The Wizard of Dortmund as 'a captivating tale that will leave no chess fan unmoved even if the plot is hard to believe'. True, it's a bit of a tall tale. In his home-town Dortmund, 19-year-old Arkady Naiditsch faced nine grandmasters all stronger than him and despite the fact that five of his opponents belonged to the world top 10, the fearless hero triumphed over all of them. FIRST IMPRESSIONS OFTEN LIE Boris Gelfand and Andrey Volokitin won the invitational group of the Biel Chess Festival. There was criticism that the stars had acted a bit too peacefully. Yannick Pelletier, one of the participants and our man on the spot, definitely doesn't agree. SAKAEV WINS IN COPENHAGEN 'The city cafés, bars and restaurants are the interests of some players. Others prefer museums, picturesque parks with sunbathing beauties or the old harbour.' Nick de Firmian describes the summer charms of Copenhagen where the Politiken Cup was held for the 26th time. MOST UNUSUAL FUND-RAISING Three 2700-plus players, a dozen of other GMs, and 215 players overall gathered in the western Canadian city of Edmonton. Alex Shabalov reveals how the organizers managed to organize such a show in such a remote outpost. 10 YEARS OF ICC It's hard to imagine that only ten years ago the world had to make do without the Internet Chess Club. ICC stalwart Larry Christiansen celebrates the tenth anniversary of a phenomenal success and provides ample evidence why playing on the net is such fun. 'BRAVO, KATYA!' Fifteen-year-old Kateryna Lahno, the new European women champion, talks to Vladimir Barsky and analyzes her best games. ENDGAME THEORY John Nunn took a look at a number of new six-man endgame databases with pawns and made some remarkable discoveries. 'In fact, the impact of these new databases proved to be far more substantial than I expected.' IN CAUDA VENEMUM European champion Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu annotates the decisive encounter from the championship and 'the best game he's ever played'. S.O.S.: THE ALAPIN OPENING Why on earth should White play 2.Ne2 after 1.e4 e5? Jeroen Bosch will tell you. THE VICTOR KNOWS NO LUCK Hans Ree enjoyed many a pleasant moment at the Amsterdam Chess Tournament. 'LIKE TAL IN HIS EARLY YEARS' Jan Timman describes two adventurous games he played in the ACT. ROWSON'S REVIEWS NEW WORLD DISORDER Garry Kasparov evaluates Dortmund and makes his prediction for the world championship in San Luis. JUST CHECKING Guess what's Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu's dream. Did they play your opening? In this issue games with the following openings were annotated by world class players: Sicilian Timman-Al-Modiahki, by Timman Nakamura-Gelfand, by Gelfand Sigfusson-De Firmian, by De Firmian Naiditsch-Leko, by Naiditsch Naiditsch-Sutovsky, by Naiditsch Volokitin-Pelletier, by Volokitin Timman-Zhu Chen, by Timman French Shabalov-Shirov, by Shirov Nisipeanu-Milov, by Nisipeanu Petroff Adams-Topalov, by Adams Naiditsch-Kramnik, by Kramnik Shirov-Bluvshtein, by Shabalov Ruy Lopez Sutovsky-Kramnik, by Sutovsky King Pawn Kornev-Bakalarz, by Bosch Vienna Game Kosintseva-Lahno, by Kateryna Lahno Bird's Opening Danielsen-S.B.Hansen, by Danielsen Slav Elianov-Sokolov, by Elianov P.H.Nielsen-Bacrot, by Nielsen Bauer-Nakamura, by Pelletier Nimzo-Indian Beliavsky-Nisipeanu, by Nisipeanu Pelletier-Carlsen, by Pelletier Moiseenko-Bluvshtein, by Shabalov Sakaev-Schandorff, by Sakaev Topalov-Naiditsch, by Topalov Queen's Indian Ivanchuk-Moiseenko, by Ivanchuk Bacrot-Adams, by Bacrot Grünfeld Indian Sakaev-Kurnosov, by De Firmian Van Wely-Sutovsky, by Van Wely King's Indian Pelletier-Nakamura, by Pelletier Cheparinov-Stellwagen, by Ree C.Hansen-Tjomsland, by De Firmian Cmilyte-Lahno, by Kateryna Lahno