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White to play and go insane
16.08.2002
– "Call it Fischerandom, Chess960, or just call it crazy, the Mainz organizers
seem determined to force this chess variant on us," write Mig Greengard
on the opening of the Mainz Chess Classic.
He also remarks on the fact that the organizers are promoting the Lolita aspect
of the match more than the games. Read all about this (and the trouble Mig got
himself into with his remarks on the Kasparov-Deep Junior match) in the latest
Mig on Chess
#177.
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Driving Miss Elli
16.08.2002
– Getting to a chess tournament can sometimes be a hazardous affair. Elisabeth Pähtz, who was scheduled to take a four hour trip
from Dresden to Mainz to attend the Mainz
Chess Classic got caught in Dresden's catastrophic
floods and had to practically swim over to Mainz. Alexandra Kosteniuk drove
ten hours to get there and had to immediately embark on a five-hour simul. Read
all about it here.
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Murder English style
13.08.2002
– Normally, as any chess novice will tell you, the king ia a terribly fragile piece.
It has to be secured and protected, you must castle into safety as soon as possible, and
protect it against the enemy forces. Unless, of course, you are English. In that case it does not apply. For some unfathomable reason English champions tend to use their kings as vicious attacking pieces.
Lev Khariton tells the story in his latest historical
chess column.
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More man vs machine in the Post
13.08.2002
– The Washington Post can't get enough of chess, with another story on man vs
machine appearing on Monday. "Both Deep Fritz and Deep Junior are excellent
programs", they write, "and, unlike Deep Blue, they are available
commercially through ChessBase, the world's leading chess software company in
Germany." We can only blush. The story by GM Lubomir Kavalek is here.
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Could this be the next FIDE president?
12.08.2002
– In November, at the Chess Olympiad in Bled, Slovenia, the next FIDE President will be elected. Incumbent Kirsan Ilyumzhinov will
be challenged by Ignatius Leong. The 46-year-old has been actively involved
in FIDE work for more than ten years. Since 1998 Mr. Leong has been a the Zone
President of a 14-country zone, geographically the largest in the world. His
ticket is described on the Ignatius
Leong web site.
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Kasparov rematch against the computer
10.08.2002
– Now the mainline newspapers have picked up the story. The Washington Post reports
the upcoming Jerusalem match between Garry Kasparov and Deep Junior, comparing
it to the Kramnik match against Deep Fritz. American GM Larry Christiansen has
called both humans "solid favorites" against the computers, the Post
reports.
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ChessBase Magazine Extra 88 now available
09.08.2002
– The latest issue, now being delivered to our customers, contains over 12,000
games from youth championships, round robin tournaments, opens, leagues, matches
and simuls (Kosteniuk, Kramnik). Over 100 tournaments plus two multimedia reports
with videos on the 125 year celebrations of the German Chess Federation and
the 12 hour blitz in Kuppenheim. Check it out in the ChessBase
Shop.
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Ruslan and Vishy and Elli and Sasha
08.08.2002
– The Mainz Chess
Classic begins on Wednesday next week. The Rheingoldhalle hosts a Duel
of the World Champions beween the current and former FIDE world champions
Ruslan Ponomariov and Vishy Anand, or what the organisers are calling Duel
of the Graces between Germany's top female talent Elisabeth Pähtz (17)
and the women's vice champion of the world Alexandra Kosteniuk (18).
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This time: the black side of the Karlsbad pawn structure
08.08.2002
– On Thursday our GM trainer Dorian Rogozenko will present part two of his lesson
on the "Karlsbad" pawn structure. This time tomorrow he will show
Black's counter-measures against White's plans (which were showed last Thursday).
The lecture will be held on the Playchess
server on Thursday, August 8th, 19:00 GMT = 21:00 Berlin/Paris, 3 p.m.
NY. You will find more about Rogozenko
here.
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News Flash: Kasparov to play Deep Junior
07.08.2002
– For the first time since playing the Deep Blue rematch in 1997, Garry Kasparov
will play publicly against a computer. This time it's Deep Junior, the current
computer world champion. The six-game match will take place in the famous King
David Hotel in Jerusalem. the dates are October 1 to October 13. Our correspondent
Mig has the inside
story.
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Pictures from Amsterdam
05.08.2002
– The weather outside was frightful, but the chess action at the Lost Boys tournament was delightful. Especially for Loek van Wely, who won it with 8.5/9! Unfortunately the tenth edition of this famous tournament will probably be the last. Reason enough for Anna Dergatscheva to pack up her digital camera and set out on the 250 km journey in her old car. From Amsterdam Anna send us this
illustrated report.
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Keene speaks out
05.08.2002
– He was instrumental in setting up the current chess situation. GM Raymond Keene, OBE, chess organizer and businessman, staged the Kasparov-Kramnik world championship in 2000, and also designed the Dortmund Qualifier 2002 and the upcoming Man vs Machine event in Bahrain. Of late he has not been in the limelight so much. Keene gives us his view on the current situation of world chess in
this exclusive article.
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