Publisher:
New In Chess, 2001
Edition:
Magazine
Pages: 96 Language: English
Rustam Kasimdzhanov: new FIDE World Champion.
Boris Spassky’s heroes: Alekhine and Chaliapin!
Antoaneta Stefanova hopes to give women’s chess a boost.
Alexander Motylev: Super Finalist.
SOS: 5.Nh3 – An edgy knight in the Budapest.
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KASIMDZHANOV KO'S TOP-SEEDS At the end of a nerve-racking and energy-draining four-week marathon, Rustam Kasimdzhanov toppled Michael Adams, the last top seed to cross his path, to become the new FIDE World Champion. But was it a good idea to have the championship in Tripoli in the first place?
PETROSIAN MEMORIAL The match between 'Armenia', led by Garry Kasparov, and 'The Rest of the World', led by Vishy Anand, was one of the most splendid chess spectacles in recent years. A superb venue at the luxurious Ararat Hyatt Hotel smack in the centre of Moscow, great players and a press room filled with legends made for an unforgettable event. The ROW won 18½-17½.
food for the 'copa cabana' He might read out a fragment from Bohartichuk's memoirs or quote from Capablanca's last will. Every time Boris Spassky came to the press room of the Petrosian Memorial, he would treat his audience to some food for thought. Or some food for the 'copa cabana' as he likes to say while tapping on his head.
WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP In Elista, Bulgaria's Antoaneta Stefanova became FIDE's radiant new chess queen. In Elista? Wasn't the Women's World Championship scheduled to be held in Batumi? Evgeny Atarov travelled to the Kalmykian capital and tells the story.
INTERVIEW: ANTOANETA STEFANOVA Tired she was, mainly tired, but gradually she also began to feel joy and pride about what she had accomplished. Recovering from a gruelling knock-out competition 25-year-old Antoaneta Stefanova talked about her win in the Women's World Championship that will make her a superstar back home in Bulgaria.
PRELUDE TO RUSSIAN SUPER CHAMPIONSHIP This year's Russian championship will be decided in a Super Final that we've long been dreaming of. Six elite players including Kasparov, Kramnik and Karpov have been invited and six more qualified in preliminary opens in Tomsk and St Petersburg.
SHIROV SUPERIOR IN SARAJEVO At the 34th edition of the Sarajevo tournament Alexey Shirov clinched first place with one round to go.
S.O.S.: TACKLING THE BUDAPEST GAMBIT
SADLER ON BOOKS Alas! The last column of our wonderful book reviewer!!
VASILY IVANCHUK EUROPEAN CHAMPION Jan Timman presents highlights from the European Championship in Antalya.
CULT OF LOVE Hans Ree read Birth of the Chess Queen.
JUST CHECKING Guess what is the new European champion's favourite colour?
Did they play your opening?
In this issue games with the following openings were annotated by world class players:
Sicilian Svidler-Gelfand, by Shipov Svidler-Kasparov, by Shipov Motylev-Shariyazdanov, by Motylev Leko-Anand, by Shipov Short-Movsesian, by Movsesian Tseshkovsky-Epishin, by Klimov
Pirc Parligras-Jobava, by Timman
French Adams-Akopian, by Shipov Kovalevskaya-Lahno, by Kovalevskaya
Petroff Shirov-Bologan, by Shirov
Ruy Lopez Kovalevskaya-Stefanova, by Stefanova Ivanchuk-Radulski, by Timman Shirov-Atalik, by Shirov
King's Gambit Ivanchuk-Nikolic, by Timman
Queen's Gambit Declined Bologan-Short, by Bologan
Slav Korotylev-Kharlov, by Korotylev Nybäck-Ivanchuk, by Timman Kuzmin-Dreev, by Dreev
Nimzo-Indian Ivanchuk-Navara, by Navara Sokolov-Bologan, by Sokolov
Queen's Indian Chiburdanize-Cmilyte, by Supatashvili Humpy-Xu Yuhua, by Humpy
Queen's Pawn Opening Vaganian-Adams, by Shipov
Dutch Defence Krasenkow-Nikolic, by Timman
Other Openings (1.d4 Nf6 2.d4 c6) Chiburdanidze-Stefanova, by Stefanova
