New In Chess Magazine 2013 4

Da kom verdens ledende sjakktidsskrift og dets suverene redaktør endelig hit. Vi ser 13 store flotte sider om og omkring kjempeturneringen Norway Chess med all fortjent heder til Kjell Madland og medarbeidere.

Fotografiene er som alltid glimrende. Turneringsvinner Karjakin er innfanget i kontrollrommet på en gammel plattform på Stavangers oljemuseum, ikledd arrangmentets flotte sjakkgenser. Peter Svidler tar push-ups på Prekestolen, osv.

På forsiden er Topalov imidlertid fotografert hjemme i Bulgaria, der redaktøren holdt dette nummeret hovedintervju med den klare vinneren av Grand Prix-turneringen i Zug.

Dagens gamle historiske tilbakeblikk er en solid artikkel om en av de kanskje gåtefulle mesterne fra en svunnen tid, den geniale mexikaneren Carlos Torre som på 20-tallet inntok sjakkscenen med bravour, og så raskt forsvant igjen og levde tilbaketrukket i hjemlandet i over 50 år.

Ja, som alltid et leseverdig og severdig magasin, og denne gang altså litt moderne norsk sjakkhistorie i tillegg. Innholdsfortegnelsen gir som alltid et hyggelig inntrykk av dagens meny:

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NIC’s Café

Your Move

A Fine Art

Karjakin Stays in Control National hero Magnus Carlsen was the odds-on favourite in the first super-tournament on Norwegian soil, but it was another prodigy born in 1990 that called the shots. Sergey Karjakin won his first four games and stayed in the lead till the very last day of Norway Chess 2013.

Short Stories Nigel Short muses on an exhilarating month of clubbing.

Clear Winner in Zug GP Contributing editor Anish Giri travelled to Switzerland, where he tried hard to win a game and saw Veselin Topalov continue his inspired comeback.

Beware: Brilliancy!

Interview: Veselin Topalov ‘The Grand Prix was a big mistake. Not because it’s a bad idea, but because FIDE simply announced it without any bank guarantees.’

Aronian Wins Tale of Two Cities Russian billionaire Andrei Filatov and his business partner and multibillionaire Gennady Timchenko reiterated their belief in the happy marriage of chess and art with a grand Alekhine Memorial in Paris and St. Petersburg.

The Mystery Man What happened to Carlos Torre Repetto, Mexico’s greatest ever chess player, whose talent glowed like a meteor for one miraculous year?

K-Factor Triumphs in St. Louis Gata Kamsky and Irina Krush emerged as the new U.S. Champions.

Triple A Locations Thinking about chess venues proved to be a memory generator for Hans Ree.

Just Checking Who’s Jon Ludvig Hammer’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 Carlsen-Svidler, by Agdestein

Caro-Kann Karjakin-Mamedyarov, by Karjakin

Ruy Lopez Anand-Nakamura, by Agdestein Anand-Adams, by Adams

Queen's Gambit Declined Gelfand-Adams, by Gelfand

Slav Holt Kamsky, by Timman Hammer-Nakamura, by Agdestein Ding Liren-Aronian, by Ding Liren

Tarrasch Defence Aronian-Kramnik, by Aronian

Queen's Indian Aronian-Karjakin, by Agdestein

Grünfeld Indian Anand-Hammer, by Agdestein

King's Indian Zatonskih-Krush, by Krush

Queen's Pawn Kramnik-Fressinet, by Fressinet

English Opening Morozevich-Topalov, by Topalov Giri-Kasimdzhanov, by Giri Kamsky-Ramirez, by Timman