ContentNIC'S CAFE LETTERS LEKO'S LUCKY SEVEN
Seven rounds proved to be the ideal format for Lokalmatador Peter Leko at the category 19 Sparkassen Chess Meeting in Dortmund. KASPAROV TOP GIANT IN FRANKFURT
With Kasparov, Anand, Kramnik and Karpov as crowd-pullers the Frankfurt Chess Classic sounded like a dream. Again Kasparov was in a class of his own, beating all three opponents 2½-1½. Mouse vs. Tiger (with a Mouse)
Vishy Anand gobbled up Anatoly Karpov, 5-1 at an Advanced Chess match in Leon. GREG SERPER WINS WORLD OPEN
In Philadelphia everything looked pretty familiar to regular guest Gregory Serper until he played a blitz play-off in the middle of the night and emerged victorious. THE PRIDE OF GEORGIA
Sarah Hurst travelled to Georgia to meet former women's world champion Maya Chiburdanidze. S.O.S.
Have a look at the Malmö Variation and get some Scandinavian ideas. A GREAT TEACHER INSPIRES
Genna Sosonko reminisces about his former teacher and colleague, Vladimir Grigorievich Zak, the man who taught a young Boris Spassky to play the King's Gambit RUSSIAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP RUSTY RETROGRADE COGS
Three messages on his answering machine inspired Jan Timman to produce three new endgame studies. WHEN A SECOND COMES FIRST
Alexander Rustemov explains why working with Alexander Morozevich has done his chess no harm. MR. NOSTALGIA
Hans Ree reflects on the virtues of the past and the present. MASTER SECTION
Alexander Morozevich, Alexey Shirov and Boris Gelfand are the numbers 4 to 6 on the new Elo-list. Three games annotated by three great players. CHESS NOTES | 
