New In Chess Magazine 2013 3

Et spesialnummer om denne Kandidatturneringen er jo høyst leseverdig, selvfølgelig inkludert intervjuet med Kasparov, men heldigvis er det også mye annet godt og annerledes stoff enn bare om dagens desiderte topper som møtes igjen og igjen...!

Sist i intervjuet oppsummerer Kasparov slik før Magnus sin match mot Anand: "Those who say that Magnus will win easily are doing him a great disservice. It's all or nothing and that is a big challenge. The psychological pressure will just grow every month and he will have to cope with it." og litt tidligere naturlig nok: "His opening preparation should be be more precise."

Spennende stoff er blant annet Willy Hendriks sin artikkel med kommentarer til kommentarer om sin suksessrike og naturlig litt omstridte fjorårsbok "Move First - Think Later". Det er forfriskende med meningsutvekslinger om og refleksjoner rundt hvordan sjakkspillere velger trekkene sine!

En mangslungen og leseverdig artikkel av Jimmy Adams fra Monaco-turneringen i 1967, om skjønnhetspremiepartiet og forsåvidt også skjønnhetsprinsessen Grace.

INNHOLDET i dette nummer 3, med korte kommentarer:

NIC’s Café

Your Move

Carlsen Is Caissa’s Darling The London Candidates’ will be remembered as one of the truly great chess tournaments in history. In a surreal finish Magnus Carlsen edged out Vladimir Kramnik to earn the right to challenge World Champion Vishy Anand.

Interview: Garry Kasparov The 13th World Champion shares his thoughts on Carlsen’s miraculous escape to the World Championship match, Kramnik’s ‘best tournament of his life’ and, of course, Ivanchuk.

The Beautiful Game Jimmy Adams tells the story of the beauty prize at the 1967 Monte Carlo Chess Festival.

The Next Step Pavel Eljanov presents his view on the 3-move draw he made to win the Reykjavik Open.

Terror Tourism This time his travels took our globetrotting columnist Nigel Short to Northern Ireland and Iran.

Ukraine Takes Gold At the Women’s World Team Championship in Astana rating favourites Ukraine lived up to expectations.

Beware: Brilliancy! Yochanan Afek retains a keen eye for baffling moves.

Move or Method Willy Hendriks’ debut Move First, Think Later caused quite a stir. The author answers his critics.

History Repeating Find out if you’d like to read the books Luke McShane has been reading.

Dark Times Hans Ree reread Tartakower’s newspaper articles on AVRO 1938, possibly the ‘most elite tournament’ of all time.

Svidler’s Repertoire Jan Timman takes a closer look at the openings Peter Svidler played in London.

Just Checking Who would Anastasia Karlovich like to invite to dinner?

Did they play your opening?

In this issue games with the following openings were annotated by world class players:

Sicilian - Carlsen-Gelfand, by Nielsen - Carlsen-Ivanchuk, by Giri

French - Svidler-Ivanchuk, by Timman

Ruy Lopez - Carlsen-Svidler, by Svidler - Svidler-Carlsen, by Giri

Queen's Gambit Declined - Gelfand-Aronian, by Giri

Slav - Cheparinov-Eljanov, by Eljanov

Grünfeld Indian - Kramnik-Svidler, by Timman - Khurtsidze-Muzychuk, by M.Muzychuk

King's Indian - Aronian-Radjabov, by Giri - Svidler-Grischuk, by Timman - Svidler-Radjabov, by Timman

Benoni - Ni-Zhukova, by Zhukova