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Dortmund and the Germans
16.07.2002
– Our chess correspondent John Henderson, Scotsman by birth and choice, has spent
two weeks in Dortmund, annotating games and studying the Germans around
him. Here are his reports on the semifinal rounds one and two, entitled Wunderbar
and The last
chance saloon. All Dortmund reports are to be found on our Dortmund
index page.
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"Today a GM title is worth very little"
15.07.2002
– The U.S. vs China Summit match is currently being held in Shanghai, China (overall the Chinese are currently in the lead). Chris Heringer sat down with GM Yasser Seirawan to talk about chess, the Summit match, politics at the top levels, and more. You will fine excerpts of the conversation
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Peter Leko qualifies for final, Bareev beats Topalov
15.07.2002
– The first finalist in the Dortmund classical chess world championship qualifier
is Peter Leko. The 22-year-old Ungarian was able to win another black game against
Alexei Shirov to take the semifinal match with one game to go. In the other
game Bareev won for a second time in succession to take a 2:1 lead. Topalov
must win the last game with white. Results, games and pictures are available
on our Dortmund
coverage page.
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"I have learnt a lot from Kramnik"
14.07.2002
– After his 2002 defeat by Vladimir Kramnik in London, Garry Kasparov has changed his style and redirected his chess preparations. The world's strongest player talks about Deep Blue, FIDE, upcoming players ("Ponomariov, Grischuk and Radjabov") and his chances of regaining his title in a Sunday interview in the German newspaper FAZ.
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Bareev strikes back in Dortmund
14.07.2002
– After the two amazing black wins in round one of the Dortmund Candidates semifinals
today Evgeny Bareev struck back. Playing a Caro-Kann he ground down Bulgarian
GM Veselin Topalov in six hours of play. Peter Leko held his lead effortlessly
with the white pieces. Results, games and pictures are available on our Dortmund
coverage page.
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McDonald's and puberty
14.07.2002
– Eight are gone and four remain in Dortmund. Shirov beats Topalov, but was there
a conspiracy? Who has the edge in the semifinals? Who gets more free days, a
French fryer or a Dortmund player? Confused? We were too until we read Mig
on Chess #173.
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Dortmund semifinals begin with a bang
14.07.2002
– Nobody expected today's results. Peter Leko and Veselin Topalov both
won their games, against Shirov and Bareev. But more amazing: they did so with
the black pieces! Leko did it with a hot Sicilian, Topalov with pure tactical
brilliance. Results, games and pictures are available on our Dortmund
coverage page.
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Shirov beats Topalov, the rest leave Dortmund
12.07.2002
– In the tiebreak
games Alexei Shirov scored
1.5:0.5 against Veselin Topalov. Shirov will thus face Leko, while Veselin
Topalov plays Bareev in the semifinals. For the other players it is auf
wiedersehen, as John
Henderson reports.
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Topalov, Shirov, Bareev and Leko qualify
12.07.2002
– After the finish of the regular six rounds of the Dortmund
Chess Meeting the four qualifiers for the semi-finals are fixed. Topalov
and Shirov have to play a tie-break for first place (to determine the pairings
of the next round). Results, games and pictures are available on our Dortmund
coverage page.
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Junior wins the Computer Chess World Championship
11.07.2002
– After a thrilling
playoff Junior and its team Shay Bushinsky and Amir Ban finally took
the title in Maastricht. Junior won the first game with an impressive kingside
attack. The prestigious Shannon Trophy now moves to Israel. Shredder was second,
Brutus won the bronze medal, Quest ended fourth – a clean sweep for the
ChessBase programs. You will find extensive reports and pictures (and all the
games) on our special
coverage page.
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Boris Alterman's Kamikaze simul
11.07.2002
– Remember how Boris
Gulko, Ilya
Smirin and Mikhail
Gurevich played matches against the computer? Well those gentlemen took
on the machines one-on-one. Not so Boris ("Madman") Alterman, who
undertook to play a clock simul against eleven top programs. Well, he lost overall,
mainly on time. But he was winning on all the boards. Eric van Reem sent us
a report on this
incredible experiment.
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Learn to play the Dragon
11.07.2002
– This Thursday our GM trainer, Dorian Rogozenko, is going to tackle the Sicilian
Dragon – its historical background and how to play it. The lecture will
be held on the Playchess server, starting
from 19:00 GMT (= 21:00 hours Berlin/Paris time, 20:00 London or 3 p.m. NY).
Attendence is free.
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