Publisher:
New In Chess, 2007
Edition:
Magazine
ISBN: 978-90-5691-199-7 Language: English
Morelia/Linares
Monaco
Zafra
Yakovenko
Frank Marshall
SOS
Rowson
Content
NIC'S CAFÉ
Anand on Top of the World ‘Chess is just difficult. You have to fight and take your points. I don’t think there is anyone towering above the others. I was simply alert and didn’t waste a single chance.’ Those were the modest words of Vishy Anand after he’d won the Morelia/Linares tournament and gained enough rating points to claim the number one spot in the world rankings for the first time in his rich career. Anand’s main rival turned out to be Magnus Carlsen, who finally started winning games in a super-tournament. The 16-year-old Norwegian even finished the Mexican leg as co-leader. In the end Carlsen shared second place with Alexander Morozevich, who took his unpredictability to a new level. The Russian left Mexico in bottom place, only to sweep the field in Spain with 5½ out of 7. Top-seed Veselin Topalov finally paid the price for the exertions of the match in Elista. The Bulgarian left Linares with the sole wish to rest and recharge his batteries.
Kramnik’s Monaco Come-Back Last year health reasons forced Vladimir Kramnik to cancel his participation in Monaco. For the sixteenth edition of the Amber blindfold and rapid spectacular, the World Champion returned with a vengeance. He dominated the event right from the word go and finished two points clear of runner-up Vishy Anand. The basis of Kramnik’s win was his stellar performance in the blindfold. In the rapid section, Anand was once again in a class of his own. As in previous years, John Nunn guides you through the highlights of this unique tradition. Vladimir Kramnik invites the readers of New In Chess to carefully check his analysis of ‘one of the most complicated games I ever played’.
A Tribute to Ruy Lopez With a performance rating of 3021, Gabriel Sargissian smashed the opposition at the Ruy Lopez tournament in Zafra, Spain. Among the participants was our reporter, Ivan Sokolov, who is one of the leading experts of the opening named after Ruy Lopez, although, as he frankly admits, even he has had crucial moments in his career when he mixed up variations.
Yakovenko Wins Poikovsky In the eighth Anatoly Karpov tournament in the Siberian town of Poikovsky, 23-year-old Dmitry Yakovenko outshone his rivals to finish one point ahead of the rest.
The Marshall Myth Many variations and lines carry Frank Marshall’s name. But how original was Marshall really? Olimpiu Urcan took a closer look.
Rowson’s Reviews ‘I am just about to become thirty and already I am fairly sure that playing chess is the second most pleasurable activity on the planet.’ Who wouldn’t agree with this conclusion that Jonathan Rowson draws in the early paragraphs of his new column?
S.O.S.: 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 f6!?
Encounters with Dick van Geet FIDE’s latest rulings on the world championship reminded Hans Ree of some events from his youth, when strange rules almost forced the competitors to play for a loss.
The Positional Exchange Sacrifice Jan Timman shares his fascination with a rather rare type of sacrifice.
No Longer Number Two Garry Kasparov welcomes Vishy Anand to the very exclusive club of players who have held the number one spot in the world rankings and puts Vladimir Kramnik’s newly acquired right to play a world championship match no matter what happens in Mexico into historical perspective.
Just Checking What is Levon Aronian’s greatest fear?
Did they play your opening?
In this issue games with the following openings were annotated by world class players:
Sicilian Anand-Van Wely, by Nunn Ivanchuk-Topalov, by Leon Hoyos Leko-Svidler, by Svidler
French Topalov-Morozevich, by Cheparinov
Ruy Lopez Anand-Kramnik, by Kramnik Sasikiran-Sargissian, by Sargissian Anand-Carlsen, by Anand Yakovenko-Sutovsky, by Yakovenko
Slav Aronian-Anand, by Aronian Leko-Carlsen, by Nunn Kramnik-Carlsen, by Nunn Carlsen-Topalov, by Carlsen
Queen's Gambit Accepted Ponomariov-Sokolov, by Ponomariov Sargissian-Granda Zuniga, by Aronian
Nimzo-Indian Rowson-Colin, by Rowson
Queen's Indian Morozevich-Leko, by Kasimdzhanov Ivanchuk-Aronian, by Nunn Leko-Carlsen, by Leko
