ContentDUTCH UNSTOPPABLE
Confidently and ruthlessly disposing of one rival after the other, Holland made a beeline for the gold medals at the European Team Championship in Leon. After a draw in the first round the Dutch team didn't look back and won all their remaining matches with remarkable ease. UKRAINE BESTS RUSSIAN FAVOURITES
At the World Team Championships in Yerevan both the pre-tournament favourites from Russia and the eager Armenian squad were left empty-handed when Ukraine rose to the occasion in a scintillating finale. CAUTION IN HOOGEVEEN TONY MILES 1955-2001
'After the war the situation changed little. Soviet grandmasters dominated the world arena, and kept generations of English players in a state of unlimited respect. This continued until Tony Miles appeared on the scene.', writes Genna Sosonko in a penetrating obituary of the first British grandmaster. THE END OF A UNIQUE TRADITION
The Veterans beat the Ladies 26-24 at the Clog Dance tournament in Amsterdam. Yet few, if any, of the participants cared about victory or defeat as a unique series of luxury events organised by Joop van Oosterom's Association Max Euwe came to a close. KASPAROV WRECKS ANOTHER NATION
In the Prague Castle Garry Kasparov took on the Czech national team, ironically led by 'tourist' Sergey Movsesian, in another of his famous clock simuls. This time The Wrecker won 5«-2«. REYKJAVIK
Jan Timman loves to play in Iceland and so does his friend Ivan Sokolov, who took first prize in the Johann Thorir Jonsson Memorial. WORLD CHAMPION BY POST
In the year that the Dutch chess community commemorated the centenary of the birth of Max Euwe, Holland finally welcomed another chess world champion. Gert Timmerman saw his patience and perseverance rewarded when his last opponent finally resigned a hopeless game. SOS: THE GUNSBERG VARIATION
It looks like a loss of tempo, but contains more venom than you'd expect! SADLER ON BOOKS A FRAGMENT AND TWO STUDIES A CHEATERS' PARADISE
It has often been said that chess and the Internet were made for each other. Hans Ree has his doubts, unless Free Fighting Chess is our future. JUST CHECKING
What kind of music is Sophia Polgar currently grooving on? Plus our regular features NIC'S Cafe and Your Move. Did they play your opening?In this issue games with the following openings were annotated by world class players: Sicilian
Sutovsky-Tiviakov, by Tiviakov
Leko-Ghaem Maghami, by Dreev
Svidler-Leko, by Svidler
Kasparov-Movsesian, by Dokhoian
Sutovsky-Navara, by Navara French
Bruzon-Kortchnoi, by Bruzon
Ponomariov-Vaganian, by Ponomariov Caro-Kann
Nedev-Dreev, by Dreev Petroff
Van den Doel-Greenfeld, by Van den Doel
Nijboer-Fressinet, by Nijboer Ruy Lopez
Stefansson-Timman, by Timman Vienna Game
Carleton-Timmerman, by Timmerman Queen's Gambit Declined
Galliamova-Hort, by Hort
Van Wely-Lutz, by Van Wely Slav
Kortchnoi-Galliamova, by Galliamova
Sokolov-Hector, by Sokolov
Yusupov-Dominguez, by Dreev Queen's Indian
Van Wely-Polgar, by Van Wely
Zhu Chen-Taimanov, by Zhu Chen King's Indian
Kortchnoi-Xie Jun, by Xie Jun
Van Oosterom-Timmerman, by Timmerman English Opening
Piket-Smirin, by Piket
Gunnarsson-Sokolov, by Timman
Kasimdzhanov-Ivanchuk, by Dreev
Kasparov-Oral, by Dokhoian | 
