Publisher: New In Chess, 2007
Edition: Magazine ISBN: 978-90-5691-197-3 Pages: 100 Language: English
Miguel Illescas deftly defended an early lead in Pamplona.
Surya Ganguly became the new Indian champion after 23 gruelling rounds.
Judit Polgar: ‘The problem is that sometimes chess players do not even notice how selfish they are.’
Alejandro Ramirez: Central America’s first ever grandmaster.
SOS: 3...h6 – sur place!
CONTENT
WHO'S COMPLAINING ABOUT HASTINGS? A couple of months before a wondrous drawing of lots marked the start of the 2003/04 Hastings Premier, Jonathan Rowson expressed his eagerness to write this year's report for us. Now we wonder, did the Scottish grandmaster have a hunch that he was going to win the event?
ILLESCAS PERSEVERES IN PAMPLONA Looking at the list of participants in Pamplona, Victor Bologan concluded that a couple of strong grandmasters, several local favourites and a few promising youngsters is a highly popular formula for tournaments these days.
GANGULY INDIAN CHAMPION The old Soviet adage 'mass participation leads to mastery' may well be the philosophy behind the Indian chess boom. After all, when was the last time we saw a marathon national championship of 23 rounds?
INTERVIEW: JUDIT POLGAR In the new world rankings Judit Polgar has reached yet another milestone. She occupies the eighth spot and her rating has shot up to a record 2728. Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam visited a contented First Lady of Chess at her home in Budapest.
THE SILICON DETECTIVE John Nunn teamed up with 'the silicon detective' to investigate an ending that is 'quite complex and often counter-intuitive'.
QUE? QUIEN? QUEZADA! Four world-class grandmasters had been invited to add some weight to the Carlos Torre Memorial in Merida, Mexico. Miraculously, none of them got a look-in as Cuban IM Yuniesky Quezada steered for a sensational victory.
INTRODUCING: ALEJANDRO RAMIREZ Meet the first ever Central-American grandmaster, 15-year-old Alejandro Ramirez, and play through two games he (and you?) will not easily forget.
NEW YEAR IN STOCKHOLM The Rilton Cup. A report by Nick de Firmian.
LESSONS FROM ONE GAME Mark Dvoretsky explains what instructive lessons can be learned from 'one-way traffic' games played by the champions of the past.
S.O.S.: LET'S WAIT AND SEE IN THE FRENCH
SADLER ON BOOKS
GOOD WRITER, WRONG SUBJECT Hans Ree read The Chess Artist by J.C. Hallman and concludes that the book fails the subject in quite an entertaining manner.
MACCUTCHEON REVISITED Jan Timman takes a closer look at an old variation in the French that seems to be regaining popularity.
JUST CHECKING Guess what is Ivan Sokolov's biggest fear?
Did they play your opening?
In this issue games with the following openings were annotated by world class players:
Sicilian Luther-Yuniesky Quezada, by Dreev Netzer-de Firmian, by De Firmian Sutovsky-Nakamura, by Sutovsky Cherniaev-Kotronias, by Rowson Quezada-Filippov, by Dreev Lobron-Taimanov, by De Firmian
French Gurevich-Short (Manila 1990), by Dvoretsky Winter-Alekhine (Nottingham 1936), by Dvoretsky Ramirez-Morozevich, by Ramirez Gashimov-Eingorn, by Bosch Aagard-Brynell, by De Firmian Timman-Feygin, by Timman Ganguly-Barua, by Ganguly Shaw-Eingorn, by Bosch Brodsky-Gurevich (Kharkov 1983), by Dvoretsky
Caro-Kann Sutovsky-Illescas, by Illescas
Petroff Sandipan-Humpy, by Vladimirov
Ruy Lopez Rowson-Gormally, by Rowson
King's Pawn Ravi-Harikrishna, by Vladimirov
Queen's Pawn McShane-Sutovsky, by McShane
Slav Milov-Luther, by Dreev
Nimzo-Indian Ramirez-Khenkin, by Ramirez Rowson-Epishin, by Rowson
King's Indian P.H.Nielsen-Kotronias, by Kotronias Humpy-Thipsay, by Vladimirov
English Opening T.R.Hansen-Gligoric, by De Firmian
