A biocomputer has solved a chess problem. Michael Adams tells his side of the story in the Deep Junior controversy. Shelby Lyman profiles Alexander Morozevich, a true chess original. A blind player in India sees hope in chess. Le Monde interviews Joel Lautier on his chess career.
- Stephen Leary
Joel Lautier Interview
A lengthy interview with Joel Lautier in the French newspaper Le Monde. Lautier regrets that chess is underdeveloped in France. To play well, "it is necessary to have the same state of mind as in the martial arts, to be able to react constantly, to be flexible. But to eliminate all that is rigid is difficult for a human being," he said. What would be the result from a perfect game of chess?
"Personally, I think that it is a draw, because the play is extremely well balanced. One cannot win only because one has a move in advance. What would be beautiful, would be to prove that in fact black wins, as if to have to play the first move forces white to deteriorate his position, to reveal himself."
[In French.]
Biocomputer Solves Chess Problem
A computer built from RNA (which is made up of strings of bases similar to DNA) has solved a chess problem. Its success is a step forward for nucleic acid computers, which are increasingly being touted as a future alternative to silicon chips.
Blind Player Sees Hope in Chess
Rajesh Mafatlal Oza lost his eyesight when a cataract operation failed.
"We wanted to give Rajesh some recreation after he lost his sight and chess was the obvious choice," said his father. Since then, Rajesh just wants to play more and more chess, and "be a ranked player in the country so that I get a chance to represent the country." His goal is to be a member of the Indian team that competes in the Individual World Chess Championships for the Blind.
The Week In Chess
Michael Adams writes an open letter about his match with Deep Junior.
He defends himself from accusations of "poor sportsmanship" leveled at him by Deep Junior's programmers & operators, and gives his account of events leading to the forfeit of the computer program.
Daily coverage of Linares with on-the-spot reports.
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El Pais
Leontxo Garcia reports on Linares, and interviews Kasparov, who professes his innocence in the forfeiture of Deep Junior during his KasparovChess Grand Prix. Analysis of the Karpov-Bacrot match. Discussion of the controversial FIDE commercialisation document.
[In Spanish.]
Florencio Campomanes
In his Manila Times column, Campomanes presents his notes on the recent FIDE meetings in Morocco. A women's championship tournament may be held in China in August. The "White Castle" Grand Prix will be implemented either this year or next.
Lubomir Kavalek
In his weekly column, Kavalek writes that Vishy Anand could claim the title of the fastest-thinking grandmaster in the world. He has also triggered a chess boom in India & large numbers of people are learning the game & following his results.
Robert Byrne
In his weekly New York Times column, Byrne disputes the notion that the current FIDE Champion, Alexander Khalifman, is one of the world's top players. The FIDE runner-up, Smbat Lputian, was 13th out of 14 at Corus.
"An official challenger for the world championship makes a mockery of the term by faring that badly."
Shelby Lyman
In his weekly column, Shelby profiles Alexander Morozevich, a grandmaster noted for his originality. "In the chess world of today, there are moves made by humans, moves made by chess computers and the moves of Morozovich."
He doesn't smoke, drink, watch TV, or read newspapers.
KasparovChess.com
Coverage of the Linares tournament. An interview with GM Emil Sutovsky. Analysis of the Grob Attack. Results from recent international tournaments.
Ban Lifted on 2 Indian Players
In India, a court lifted a ban on two top chessplayers: N. Sanjay and Aravinda Shastry. The Karnataka Chess Association had banned the players last summer after they were accused of physically abusing an arbitrator during a game. The judge ruled that the decision to ban the two was arbitrary.
SmartChess Online
Anatoly Karpov annotates games of Wilhelm Steinitz. Steve Lopez writes a profile of Joseph Henry Blackburne. Ron Henley annotates the Karpov-Bacrot match as well as Linares.
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