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Feelin' good – an interview with Eurotel winner Vishy Anand
08.05.2002 – On Sunday Anand won the Eurotel World Chess Trophy, arguably the strongest knock-out tournament ever held. After a string of mediocre restults this was an important victory for the Indian superstar and ex-world champion. In an interview conducted shortly after the final game Vishy gave us his impressions of the tournament. You will find it together with the key games here.
 

Two grandmasters and a computer in Corinth
08.05.2002 – From May 13 to 18 the Greek city of Korinthos (Corinth) is paying host to an interesting rapid chess event. First top GM Mikhail Gurevich, Elo 2641 and number 47 in the world, will take on the computer world champion Junior 7 in four 60-minute games. Then Gurevich will play six rapid chess games against the Greek champion Christodoulos Banikas. More
 

Peace in our time
06.05.2002 – The Prague negotiations described in our previous report have born fruit, all parties have presented a plan that sees the winner of the Einstein cycle and the winner of a special FIDE match between Ruslan Ponomariov and Garry Kasparov playing a match in November 2003 for the undisputed Chess World Championship title under the FIDE banner. The Unity Agreement has been signed, you will find the text of the document here.
 

The Five K's meet in Prague
06.05.2002 – Not since The Godfather I has there been such a high-powered family get-together. Today all the big makers and drivers are meeting in Prague to try to clean up the mess that is loosely called "the chess world". Astonishing new friendships have been forged, classical shuttle diplomacy was employed. Read all about it in John Henderson's front-line report. It also contains annotated games from the Eurotel final, won by Anand (remember?).
 

Vishy Anand win the Eurotel Trophy!
05.05.2002 – Requiring a win in game two of the final Anatoly Karpov achieved a vaguely promising position, only to see Indian superstar Vishy Anand hold effortlessly. In fact it was Anand who had winning chances when Karpov offered him a draw, effectively resigning the match. Results, games and reports are available on our special Eurotel coverage page, or play through the final game with live chat from the Playchess server.
 

Anand takes the lead in the Eurotel final
04.05.2002 – It was a magnificent display of chess strategy. Facing a defensive Petroff by Karpov, who made it quickly clear that he was playing for a draw, Vishy Anand methodically pushed his opponent off the board – much to the delight of the many visitors on the Playchess server who spent over five hours following the game. Report to follow. You can replay the game with Internet chat here.
 

04.05.2002 – ...they just lose their mating ability", writes John Henderson in his Eurotel report. "The exception to this rule, of course, is none other than tournament veteran Anatoly Karpov, who seems to be on the chess equivalent of Viagra." John tells about the strongest kibitzer round in the history of chess, and reveals the astonishing truth about who was cheering Karopov on in his game against Shirov. Join us tomorrow at 9:30 GMT on the Playchess server for the exciting Karpov vs Anand final.
 

A whopping 1 hour and 22 minutes of video interviews
03.05.2002 – ChessBase Magazine 87 is out – a CD with 1268 games in the main database, 402 of which are annotated by top experts. There are six tournament reports, 70 endgame analyses, 17 games in the strategy section and 25 in the tactics database. In addition: 6500 high-quality correspondence chess games and a whopping 1 hour and 22 minutes of video materila – interviews with John Nunn and Peter Svidler. And all of this for just € 19.95. Find out all about it here.
 

It's Karpov vs Anand in the finals!
02.05.2002 – Remember The FIDE world championship finals in Lausanne, 1998? Well, we're going to have a repeat, with Anand and Karpov qualifying for the final of the Eurotel World Chess Trophy. In an exciting round Anand eliminated Ivanchuk and Karpov showed Shirov that wile does not disappear with age. Reports, games and pictures are available on our Eurotel coverage page. Also check out John Henderson's report on the Einstein reunification plans and the reactions of the player in Prague to it.
 

Can computers understand abstract chess concepts? Apparently yes!
02.05.2002 – It was a remarkable game, especially when you consider that one side was an inanimate computing machine. A number of times computer chess world champion Junior made unusual strategic decisions that surprised top GM Alexey Dreev. The program seeming to understand abstract chess concepts, which led Dreev to remark after the game (which ended in a draw): "Junior played very well and in a very unusual style, considering that it is a computer program." You can replay the richly annotated game here.
 

Ivanchuk eliminates Kasparov in sudden death playoff
02.05.2002 – The tournament favourite Garry Kasparov was eliminated from the Eurotel World Chess Trophy in Prague in the final sudden-death game against Vassily Ivanchuk. In the other matches Karpov defeated Morozevich, Anand eliminated Sokolov and Shirov beat Topalov to go through to the semifinals. Games, reports and results are available on our Eurotel coverage page.
 

Final score: Mankind 5.0 – Machines 3.0
01.05.2002 – Three cheers for 2702 GM Ilya Smirin. With the black pieces this amazing computer killer was soon pressing against Deep Junior and in fact probably missed a clear win on move 39. But after a long match against the strongest chess programs in the world the human being did not have the strength to carry it home. Still, with a final 5-3 score he has become the "hero of humanity", as one visitor on the Playchess server called him. You can replay the game with online chat on our Javascript board or go to our special coverage page.