Publisher: New In Chess, 2008
Edition: Magazine ISBN: 978-90-5691-233-8 Pages: 106 Language: English
Bonn World Championship match
Interview Vishy Anand
Interview Vladimir Kramnik
Notes of an outsider
Germany’s greatest chess fan
Super Final Russian Championship
Kallithea European Club Cup
Jonathan Rowson's Book reviews
Hikaru Nakamura boosts Ego-Rating
Just Checking Igor-Alexandre Nataf
Content
NIC’s Café
Your Move
The Winner Takes It All The long-awaited world championship match between Vishy Anand and Vladimir Kramnik in the Art and Exhibition Hall in Bonn ended in a resounding victory for the Indian super-GM. Entering calculated risks and outfoxing his opponent with superb opening preparation, Anand took a close to insurmountable three-point lead in the first half of the 12-game match. Kramnik fought back in the second half, but his resurrection came too late to change the unambiguous 6½-4½ verdict.
Interview: Vishy Anand ‘When I woke up at nine I thought, only six more hours and then the game starts. I can’t take this waiting anymore.’
Interview: Vladimir Kramnik ‘I felt like I was unarmed, that everywhere novelties were waiting for me, in all openings.’
Notes of an Outsider ‘In time of plague you should make merry. In time of recession and heightened market volatility you want to fill your mind, clouded and depressed by negative information, with something magical, sublime and fabulous.’ Evgeny Bareev, co-author of the award-winning insider’s account of Kramnik’s first three world championship matches, From London to Elista, gives his take on the match in Bonn.
Germany’s Greatest Chess Fan Dr Peter Welz of Berlin has seen all the games in Bonn. What’s more, he missed not a single move. Meet a man with a rare passion for completeness.
Svidler’s Fifth Crown When he burst away with three wins from his first three games, Peter Svidler seemed to leave little doubt about who was going to win the Super Final of the Russian Championship. In the end the grandmaster from St. Petersburg did win his fifth title, but the road to victory was much bumpier than expected.
Top-Seeds Claim European Club Cup It’s been a while, if it ever happened, that the favourites were successful in both sections of the annual European Club Cup, but in Kallithea both the men of Ural Sverdlovskaya and the women of Monaco lived up to expectations.
Suitable Response to a Shaky Start His play in the opening rounds was a tad wobbly, but once he’d decided to wear a suit and tie, nothing could stop Nigel Short from claiming his third Commonwealth title anymore.
Nakamura Boosts Ego-Rating At the traditional rapid festival in Cap d’Agde in the South of France, Hikaru ‘Bulletman’ Nakamura beat the popular favourite Vasily Ivanchuk to be crowned the 2008 champion.
For Pleasure and Enjoyment Hans Ree relives the legendary matches between Kasparov and Karpov.
Dancing Queens Jan Timman shares his passion for endgames and studies.
An Old Cat Learns New Tricks Garry Kasparov congratulates Vishy Anand on his impressive victory in Bonn. ‘It will not be easy for the new generation of stars to take his crown. The Tiger of Madras may be an old cat, but he is still learning new tricks.’
Just Checking Guess who’s Igor-Alexandre Nataf’s favourite chess player of all time.
Did they play your opening?
In this issue games with the following openings were annotated by world class players:
Sicilian Alekseev-Timofeev, by Alekseev Anand-Kramnik (Bonn 11th matchgame), by Bareev Smirin-Grischuk, by Grischuk Short-Hossain, by Short Malakhov-Avrukh, by Malakhov
