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The Moscow Grand Prix saw the long-awaited return of Garry Kasparov to FIDE. The leader of modern chess, as our man on the spot, Sergey Shipov, describes him, smoothly and confidently worked his way to the final where he defeated the sensation of the tournament, another boy from Baku, 15-year-old Teimour Radjabov. SUPER-WOLF ZVIAGINTSEV
With a superbly effective blend of solidity and aggression Vadim Zviagintsev achieved his biggest success to date at the fourth Julian Borowski tournament in Essen. Six wins and three draws resulted in a stunning 2905 performance that may well herald the young Russian's breakthrough to the highest international level. MOVSESIAN HAS THE LAST LAUGH
Sergey Movsesian emerged victorious at the Bosna 2002 tournament. In a dramatic last-round tussle the Czech grandmaster painstakingly punished his direct rival Alexey Shirov for his over-optimism.
S.O.S.: A SURPRISE AGAINST THE PIRC
Jeroen Bosch suggests a weapon against the Pirc that is less harmless than it looks: 5.a3! CHESS AND WAR
Searching for similarities between historical battles and opening variations, Jesper Hall found that chess is a battlefield, too. MORE MOROZEVICH
Another entertaining game from one of our favourite contributors. THE BATTLE OF EKATERINBURG
In the Russian club championship Ladya Kazan pipped European champion Norilsky Nikel at the post. Eugeny Atarov paints a vivid picture of an event that is perhaps the most important fixture on the Russian chess calendar. SHORT GRABS HIS CHANCES
With economic and cunning play Nigel Short lived up to his billing as top favourite at the 10th Sigeman & Co tournament in Malmö. A FAMOUS FINAL POSITION
Inspired by an old Troitzky study Jan Timman began looking for a drawn position in which the player to move has rook, bishop and pawn and his opponent just the bare king! CAPTIVES OF THE TURK
Hans Ree read two new books about the famous 18th century chess automaton.'. SADLER ON BOOKS JUST CHECKING
He's one of the most popular chess writers on the Internet, but do you know what was Mig Greengard's best result ever? 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
Motylev-Makarov, by Motylev
Movsesian-Smirin, by Movsesian
Hector-Nielsen, by Timman
King's Fianchetto Kasparov-Radjabov, by Shipov French
Sveshnikov-Gurevevich, by Sveshnikov
Leko-Kortchnoi, by Leko
Lutz-Yusupov, by Krasenkow Caro-Kann
Zviagintsev-Dautov, by Zviagintsev
Lutz-Dautov, by Lutz Petroff
Stefansson-Timman, by Timman Ruy Lopez
Kasparov-Khalifman, by Shipov
Morozevich-Grischuk, by Morozevich Scotch Opening
Timman-Johannessen, by Timman Queen's Gambit Declined
Dreev-Sokolov, by Dreev
Epishin-Short, by Short Slav
Kortchnoi-Yusupov, by Krasenkow
Shirov-Movsesian, by Dreev
Kortchnoi-Luther, by Krasenkow
Dautov-Krasenkow, by Krasenkow Catalan
Fridman-Zviagintsev, by Zviagintsev Queen's Indian
Radjabov-Akopian, by Shipov
Akopian-Ulibin, by Akopian Grünfeld-Indian
Beliavsky-Smirin, by Shipov King's Indian
Sokolov-Radjabov, by Sokolov Other
Radjabov-Dizdarevic, by Radjabov | 
