FIDE attempts to repair Kenya chess rift, Larry Evans named Chess Journalist of the Year, interview with Morozevich, profile of IM Ganguly.
- Stephen Leary
Kenyan Chess Rift
FIDE is attempting to mend a rift between the 2 main factions in the Kenya Chess Association. A reconciliation committee has been appointed.
USCF 2000 Cramer Awards
The USCF has announced the 2000 Cramer Award Winners. Chess Journalist of the Year: Larry Evans; Best State Magazine: Chess Horizons; Best Newspaper Column: Robert Byrne.
IM Surya Ganguly Profile
"Meet Surya Sekhar Ganguly, chess International Master and brown belt holder in the Shotokan style of karate. Brain and brawn may be strangers. Not so for Ganguly, for whom confidence, concentration, discipline and killer instinct have flown into his `wits and pieces' game, ever since he took up the martial art."
Chathurangan
Wipro International updates, results from Benasque and Dortmund, Sasikiran is World Junior No. 6.
British Chess Magazine
Smith & Williamson Young Masters, Lawrence Cooper's 30th birthday blitz, several UK tournament results.
Chess Cafe
Review of "Storming the Barricades" by Christiansen, Edward Winter on Frederick Edge.
El Pais
Leontxo Garcia's reports this week:
Marin of Rumania won Benasque; Deep Junior finished with an even score against the elite at Dortmund; A Deep Junior programmer sees the program as the best in the world in 5 years; Tregubov's victory at the first European Championship.
[In Spanish.]
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Morozevich Interview
"A former Russian champion, Morozevich lives in Moscow. His ominous style of play has effectively been spotted by his elite colleagues. So he is now spreading his net of surprises to throw more punch into his natural flair for aggressive tactical play."
Lubomir Kavalek
In his weekly Washington Post column, Kavalek discusses the recent tournament in Dortmund, won by Kramnik and Anand. "Without the machine's games, Anand would have emerged best among the humans, although he blundered a better game away and lost to Kramnik." He analyses Kramnik-Junior 6 and Kramnik-Huebner.
Robert Byrne
In his weekly New York Times column, Byrne recaps the Frankfurt Giants tournament, won by Anand. He analyses Anand-Shirov, a French Steinitz.
Shelby Lyman
In his weekly column, Shelby says the specter of cheating by computers haunts the future of the game. He quotes Kramnik: "Computer prompting can change the situation drastically at crucial moments in chess. I believe that man's play is twice as strong if he makes use of a computer. When a large sum of money is at stake, one can have suspicions concerning any big tournament, including the world championship."
About.com
GM Peter Svidler annotates a game played by About.com forum members, a look at knight forks, chess resources online.
KasparovChess.com
Results from Dortmund, European Championship--interview with the winner, GM Tregubov, Kasparov Computer Quiz winners.
TWIC
Results from Dortmund, Tan Chin Nam Cup, Veterans vs Ladies, North Sea Cup, Golden Cleopatra Chess Festival, etc.
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