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NIC'S CAFÉ YOUR MOVE SEVEN WINS IN DORTMUND
He had come to Dortmund without any real ambitions. His main wish was to play a number of 'training' games with the classical time-control and to warm up for his match against Topalov. Vladimir Kramnik even confessed that in the last-round game against his old rival Peter Leko he had still not been thinking about winning the tournament. Yet, this is what happened when the Hungarian once again succumbed to the pressure. As a result Leko dropped to fourth place, while Kramnik caught up with Peter Svidler. Thanks to a better tie-break the classical world champion won Dortmund for the seventh time. THE RETURN OF THE LION KING
Only in the last round did he pause to take a draw, when overall victory was already his. In the previous nine rounds, Alexander Morozevich had played his patent bend-or-break chess in each an every game. For the third time, following his triumphs in 2003 and 2004, the Muscovite dare-devil won Biel one and a half points ahead of his closet pursuers. But he may not be entirely satisfied, as the two sensational defeats he suffered against runner-up Magnus Carlsen were his first ever losses in Switzerland's premier tournament. RUBLEVSKY BOUNCES BACK IN FOROS
'Ukraine with a population of 48 million, has millions of amateurs, hundreds of rated players, dozens of IMs and GMs, and some top players that the entire world knows about. But there were no strong tournaments in Ukraine. Fortunately things change.' Olena Boytsun reports on the first Aerosvit tournament. ON THE RISE: DAVID NAVARA
The most sensational jump in the new world rankings was David Navara's rockety rise from 50th to 14th place. KAMSKY WINS TIE-BREAK BLITZ
'Many of the basics have stayed the same... The toilet facilities are grossly inadequate, the elevators are interminable just before round times, and the arbiters protect themselves from the riff-raff behind a long, solid barricade.' Joel Benjamin, one of the nine players who finished in first place, describes the 34th World Open. A BRAZILIAN IN CHINA
In a Scheveningen match tournament in Taiyuan, an average Chinese city of about three million inhabitants, China beat a 'Rest of the World' selection 361/2-351/2. Our reporter Giovanni Vescovi wasn't too happy about his result. He definitely could have done better if there hadn't been this jinxed f5 square. INDIA'S YOUNGEST GM
At the age of 13 years, 3 months and 22 days, Parimarjan Negi became the second youngest grandmaster in history. MAKING SHORT WORK OF THE NAJDORF
Jeroen Bosch presents an SOS recipe against one of the most popular Sicilians. BUYING BOOKS IN DRESDEN
According to Hans Ree, Nazi chess ideologists were the most extreme idolaters of the chess player as a fierce warrior. GIVE US A CLUE
Playing charades with his extended family in Aberdeen, Jonathan Rowson hit on the theme for his new column. STIRRING UP MEMORIES
At the ACT, Jan Timman saw quite a few positions that reminded him of games he had seen before. FORM, FORMAT, RESULTS
Garry Kasparov looks at recent events and explains why Morozevich's uncompromising adventures in Biel pleased him more than the 'unconcealed lack of aggression' displayed by several players in Dortmund. JUST CHECKING
Does David Navara have a dream?
Did they play your opening?In this issue games with the following openings were annotated by world class players: Sicilian:
Adams-Gelfand, by Adams
Morozevich-Carlsen, by Cebalo
Negi-Kulaots, by Negi
Wang Hao-Vescovi, by Wang Hao
Benjamin-Stripunsky, by Benjamin
Benjamin-Smith, by Benjamin Ruy Lopez:
Timofeev-Zhang Zhong, by Timofeev
Bologan-Harikrishna, by Bologan
Volokitin-Morozevich, by Kuzmin
Leko-Aronian, by Leko Scotch:
Harikrishna-Mamedyarov, by Harikrishna King's Pawn:
Rublevsky-Mamedyarov, by Mamedyarov Queen's Gambit Declined:
Radjabov-Bruzon, by Radjabov Slav:
Berkes-Zhang Pengxiang, by Zhang Pengxiang
Navara-Dreev, by Navara Queen's Gambit Accepted:
Bologan-Rublevsky, by Rublevsky Nimzo-Indian:
Kramnik-Leko, by Kramnik
Ehlvest-Browne, by Benjamin Queen's Indian:
L’Ami-Timman, by Timman
Ivanchuk-Nisipeanu, by Ivanchuk Grünfeld-Indian:
Aronian-Svidler, by Svidler
Jobava-Svidler, by Svidler King's Indian:
Carlsen-Morozevich, by Carlsen Benoni:
Wang Yue-Jobava, by Vescovi
Milov-Nakamura, by Benjamin | 
