ContentKARPOV CONVINCING IN GRONINGEN TEST CASE
With a smooth victory, his 136th the statisticians say, FIDE champion Anatoly Karpov lived up to expectations in Groningen. Gata Kamsky felt a bit rusty after seven months of waiting and preparing for the big match in his Brooklyn home. The challenger had to settle for second place in the good company of energetic Ivan Sokolov. Game notes by Karpov, Kamsky, Sokolov, Svidler, Almasi, Leko and Van Wely. THE ULTIMATE TIME-CONTROL
World champion Garry Kasparov presents his idea of the ideal chess clock. INTERVIEW: ANATOLY KARPOV
`I am ready to play, but not under the ultimatum of Kasparov', says Anatoly Karpov as he gives his views on Campomanes' fall, Ilyumzhinov's rise, Kasparov's goal and Kamsky's complaint. TIME OF POSSESION
Alex Yermolinsky detected clear traces of American football strategy at the US Championship in Modesto. BELGRADE
In Belgrade Investbanka picked up the thread of a fine tradition. A thriving Vladimir Kramnik shared top honours with Boris Gelfand and happily remarked, `There is much more enthusiasm for chess here than in Russia.' Jan Timman, who reports, was duly impressed by Kramnik's third consecutive over-seventy percent score in a category 17 tournament. Game notes by Gelfand, Kramnik, Topalov, Shirov, Timman, Leko and Beliavsky. THE I-FILES
In the first episode of this new series Boris Gelfand confesses his passion for Dutch soccer. PLUS: Hans Ree on Ilyumzhinov's New Order, Hungarian and US Championships, and more. | 
