New In Chess Magazine 2011/6

Innhold

• NIC’s Café
• Your Move
• The Patriarch

• Classic Carlsen Best in Biel

  • Spoiling for a fight in each and every game, Magnus Carlsen triumphed and confirmed his number one position in the world. Perhaps the biggest sensation in Biel was the comeback of runner-up Alexander Morozevich. Faster than anyone could have dreamed of, the Russian daredevil is fighting his way back to the top.

• Interview

  • ‘Unless someone goes completely crazy we are not going to see the end of classical tournaments any time soon’, Magnus Carlsen reassured Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam.

• The Man behind the Curtain

  • Genna Sosonko portrays Boris Weinstein, co-author of David Bronstein’s book on Zurich 1953, and the man without whom the career of one of the most brilliant players of the past century would have been unthinkable.

• Mr. Dortmund’s Tenth Trophy

  • In his first event following the Candidates’ Matches, Vladimir Kramnik surprised fans (and even himself) by trouncing the field in Dortmund. Playing aggressive chess, the Russian finished a point and a half clear of the rest to earn his 10th Dortmund title.

• Brilliant Bureaucrats

  • Meet ‘the Popes of Chess Theory’, Laszlo Hazai and Peter Lukacs.

• Harmonious Armenia

  • Led by Levon Aronian, Armenia claimed first prize without a single defeat ahead of China and Ukraine at the World Team Championships in Ningbo. Top-rated Russia had another lacklustre result.

• Land of Hope and Former Glory

  • Nigel Short muses on the past, present and future of chess in Albion.

• The Champion on the Sofa

  • At the strongest Super Final to date, Peter Svidler became Russian Champion for the 6th(!) time.

• Peering beneath the Surface

  • Luke McShane tells us what he’s been reading lately.

• Hard Times

  • Hans Ree on Yuri Averbakh’s memoir Centre-Stage and Behind the Scenes.

• Hou Yifan’s Progress

  • Jan Timman asks himself the question if Hou Yifan has the potential to follow in the footsteps of Judit Polgar.

• Fix What Is Broken

  • ‘The amount of fight in a game of chess is determined not by the rulebook but by the amount of fight in the players’, writes Garry Kasparov.

• Just Checking

  • What will be the nationality of the 2050 World Champion according to Wang Hao?

• Did They Play Your Opening?

  • Sicilian
    • Hou Yifan-Yu Yangyi, by Timman
  • French
    • Smeets-Hou Yifan, by Timman
    • Kovalevskaya-Hou Yifan, by Timman
  • Ruy Lopez
    • Shirov-Carlsen, by Carlsen
    • Movsesian-Onischuk, by Movsesian
    • Ivanchuk-Leko, by Leko
  • Queen's Gambit Declined
    • Le Quang Liem-Kramnik, by Le Quang Liem
  • Slav
    • Aronian-Karjakin, by Aronian
  • Grünfeld Indian
    • Morozevich-Carlsen, by Morozevich
    • Kramnik-Giri, by Kramnik
  • Kings Indian
    • Kramnik-Ponomariov, by Ponomariov
    • Adly-Wang Hao, by Wang Hao
  • English Opening
  • Svidler-Nepomniachtchi, by Svidler