|
| 
|
Six years to the day
18.09.2001
– On September 11, 1995 New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani played the move 1.c4 to start the World Chess Championship match between Anand and Kasparov on the observation deck of the world Trade Center. Once the TV cameras were switched off, Anand corrected the move to 1.e4. "Wish we could do the same, switch off the TV screens and reverse what the barbarians have done," writes V. Krishnaswamy, who spent five weeks in the WTC, looks back in sorrow at the 1995 match in his
India Chess Diary.
|
| 
|
Karpov wins Najdorf memorial
18.09.2001
– Ex world champion Anatoly Karpov has captured clear first place (with the young boy from Baku, Teimour Radjabov, and veteran Viktor Korchnoi joint second) at the Najdorf Memorial in Buenos Aires. It was an important confidence booster for the 50-year-old Karpov as he begins preparations for the quadruple round robin with Kasparov and Kramnik in November in Moscow. Now we can really look forward to that one. Reports, games, downloads, pictures and commentary from Buenos Aires is provided here...
|
| 
|
The third coming of Bobby Fischer?
18.09.2001
– The story is not going away, in fact it is gaining momentum. Many people believe that Bobby Fischer has returned and is performing miracles on the Internet. Nigel Short said he was "99 per cent sure" he has had played Fischer. Tim rabbé, who was initially skeptical, has now seen the light. We have taken another closer look at the evidence. Check it out
more
|
| 
|
Europe vs Asia encounter in a fairly remote location
17.09.2001
– Europe vs Asia encounter in a fairly remote location
The rapid play encounter Europe vs Asia is currently under way (Sept. 16th-20th 2001) in the Batumi Opera House. Just getting to this remote location is quite an adventure, as the European team captain Alexander von Gleich reports. News, games and pictures from Batumi are available.
More...
|
| 
|
Kasparov says FIDE president possibly on verge of bankruptcy
17.09.2001
– On Sept. 13th the Russian periodical "Sport-Express" published an interview with Kirsan Ilyumzhinov entitled “FIDE is holding negotiations with Kasparov”. In it the FIDE president created the distinct impression that a participation by Kasparov
in the upcoming FIDE world championship was a distinct possibility. All hot air and wishful thinking, says Kasparov in an interview in Kasparov Chess...
|
| 
|
Why nyet? – Keene replies to Kasparov
14.09.2001
– Garry Kasparov's agent Owen Williams had turned down the proposed Brain Games qualifier in Dortmund (see below), now BGN chairman Raymond Keene has answered in an open letter of his own, explaining that one of Kasparov's major objection, a two-game semifinal, has been changed to four games. Will that sway the impetuous Kasparov? We will keep monitoring the situation.
|
| 
|
A silicon bloodbath?
14.09.2001
– Kasparov Chess posed ten
question, Braingames answered, but the lads from Israel and New York are not satisfied. "They either avoided or misunderstood several items," writes Michael "Mig" Greengard. "In the Kasparov-Deep Blue the
machine's biggest advantage was that it was a complete unknown to Kasparov. Now, however, we've gone too far in the other direction..." Mig also shares our skepticism about Fischer playing on the Internet (below). You can read the KC article here...
|
| 
|
Is Fischer playing on the Internet?
14.09.2001
– He won the world championship title in 1972, then retired to a hermit-like
existence of total obscurity. Now Bobby Fischer has been discovered
playing the game anonymously on the internet against fellow Grandmasters.
At least this is what Nigel Short thinks. After 50 games Short,
in a Telegraph
article, says he is "99 per cent sure" he has
been playing against the chess legend. Sorry, Nige, we believe the
mysterious Internet Fischer is a computer.
|
| 
|
Brain Games reply to Ten Tough Questions
14.09.2001
– The organisers of the Man vs
Machine event have replied to the ten questions posed on the
Kasparov
Chess web site. "The Bahrain rules were an attempt to
level the playing field," write BGN Match Director Raymond
Keene and Rules Commissioner Eric Schiller in a statement sent
to a large number of journalists and media outlets. "We
may not be perfect, and are still making adjustments, but these
were our honest conclusions for a genuine test between man and
machine."
|
| 
|
World Trade Center destroyed
12.09.2001
– Yesterday, in one of the most horrifying terrorist atrocities in history, the World Trade Center in New York was destroyed. We extend our deepest sympathies to the people of America. Our thoughts and feelings are with the victims and their families. The World Trade Center had a special meaning for chess. In 1995 the World Championship was staged on the Observation Deck on the 107th floor. We look back at in a
commemorative picture gallery.
|
|
|
