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Abhijit Kunte the new British Champion
04.08.2003 – He's not British but he is the winner of the 2003 Smith & Williamson British Championship and that's what matters. The 26-year-old Indian played solid chess and punished his opponents' errors in an efficient display. He survived a close call in the final round against Gallagher. This is the second consecutive Indian takeaway at the British, but eligibility changes mean it will likely be the last. More..
 

Alexander Morozevich sensational in Biel
04.08.2003 – Some of his moves look like typographical errors and so do some of his scores. The 26-year-old Russian scored 8/10 in the strong (avg. Elo 2640) Swiss round-robin. His performance rating was close to 2900 as he racked up six wins and four draws to finish 1.5 points ahead of Bacrot and Smirin. We also link to an forceful new interview with the winner. Report and games
 

Dortmund statistics: who will win
04.08.2003 – Five days ago we asked our visitors to predict who was going to win the Super GM in Dortmund. We agreed to accept predictions based on any of the great divination methods. Most used common sense, one, Jeff Sonas, ran a multi-million-game simulation to reach his conclusions. Here are the results.
 

The strongest native-born American woman
03.08.2003 – At 22 Jennifer Shahade, the 2002 U.S. Women's Champion, is the strongest American-born female chess player in history. In a profile, published in the latest edition of the Smithsonian magazine, Paul Hoffman, author and chess player, introduces us to a generation of female chess champions and the new, cool world of competitive chess.
 

Dortmund Round 3: Bologan leads after beating Anand
03.08.2003 – Maybe it's something in the water and only Anand is drinking it because everyone else in Dortmund traditionally drinks beer. Whatever the reason, Anand has now lost four of his last six games in the German city if you go back to his disastrous result in 2001. This time the damage was at the hands of Viktor Bologan and the Moldovan underdog is now the clear leader. But it's not champagne time yet. The other two games were drawn. Report and games
 

Dortmund Round 2: Radjabov shocks Anand with Black
02.08.2003 – Teimour Radjabov could make a habit out of this. What's so tough about those KKA guys? Sure he lost to Kramnik in round one, but he struck back by beating world #3 Vishy Anand with black in round two. In Linares he beat Kasparov, also with black. Name the last player to beat Anand and Kasparov with black in the same year in classical chess... Photos and games
 

Dortmund Round 1: Kramnik and Bologan win, Anand-Leko drawn
01.08.2003 – That Elo guy really knew what he was talking about. The rating favorites won in the first round and Anand-Leko was drawn. Kramnik offered his queen to Radjabov and won even though his offer was refused. Naiditsch blundered out of the opening and never came back against Bologan. The Pelikan/Sveshnikov Sicilian was played in two of three games. Games and analysis here with photos and onsite reports to come. Rapid review
 

Shredder living up to its name in Argentina
31.07.2003 – The ChessBase program by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen is maintaining a torrid pace in the VI Magistral de la Republica Argentina. It's score of 6/7 puts it 1.5 points over its closest challenger, who has a game in hand. In round six Shredder beat Valerga, who had drawn with Tiger and Hiarcs in previous editions of this intriguing Men vs Machine event. Report, games, photos
 

The Averbakh – ambitious and poisonous
30.07.2003 – In his Thursday lecture (at 21:00h MET = 20:00h London and 3 p.m. NY on Playchess.com) GM Dorian Rogozenko will present the ideas, main theoretical lines and some interesting games in Averbakh Variation. It is an aggressive and independent weapon against King's Indian Defence. The lesson is aimed at white players who wish to have an easy-to-learn, but ambitious and poisonous system against the KID.
 

The equitites man vs the chess champion
30.07.2003 – Belzberg Technologies Inc. of Chicago provides software for global access to equities and options markets. CEO Sidney Belzberg is a 2000-rated player. For the second time recently his company invited Garry Kasparov to give a simultaneous exhibition, this one in Chicago. Here are some impressions and a nice picture of the event.
 

Morozevich leads in Biel
30.07.2003 – Alexander Morozevich, Super-GM from Moscow, is in the lead at the Super-GM tournament at the 36th International Chessfestival in Biel (Switzerland). He is closely followed by the young French player Etienne Bacrot and Israeli Ilia Smirin. We bring you games, results and an illustrated report.
 

Who will win Dortmund?
29.07.2003 – We don't care if you use clairvoyance, omphilomancy, haruspicy – or just plain chess sense. We are asking you to predict the final standings of the Dortmund Chess Meeting, which starts on Thursday. Will one of the Super-GMs win, will the youngsters come in last? There are valuable prizes to be won for the most accurate predictions.