The Corus Tournament is featured on most websites. Live
action can be found at Kasparovchess.com, ICC, chess.net, and
the home site,
chess.lostcity.nl/corus/. Kasparovchess.com continues to
grow, adding columns & features. The Dean of American Correspondence
Chess Walter Muir has died. A winner has been announced for Chess Cafe's Holiday Quiz. A Spanish website discusses the importance of
vitamins for playing a good game of chess. The USCF has opened a
"members only" area of their website.
- Stephen Leary
Chathurangam
An interview with Anand. He discusses Bobby Fischer, and some
up-and-coming junior players. A report on the 2nd Asian Championships
running from 10-21 January.
Kasparov Chess
Live online coverage of the Corus Wijk aan Zee tournament.
Kasparov annotates his game with Piket & admits he had an illusion
that his advantage was much bigger than it really was.
GM analysis of games. Radjabov's victory in the KasparovChess
Cadet Grand Prix. Many columns have been added: chess & the
stock market, how to become a professional chessplayer, how to
beat your computer, etc.
The Week In Chess
John Henderson reports on the Corus tournament with results, photos & commentary. Owen Williams, Garry Kasparov's manager, responds to Feng-hsiung
Hsu's letter. He claims Kasparov is ready, willing & able to play
a serious match against a computer--under the right conditions.
Hsu responds to Williams' letter. A new TWIC TV show.
Terra Ajedrez
An article on the importance of various vitamins which are needed
to play a good game of chess. Reports on the Corus tournament. [In Spanish.]
Lubomir Kavalek
In his weekly column, Kavalek analyses the Leko-Khalifman match.
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U.S. Chess Federation
The USCF announced this week a "members only" area of their website.
This currently includes live coverage of the Corus tournament. The
National Open will be held 17-19 March in Las Vegas. The U.S.
Amateur Team Championships will be held in February at various
locations. The University of Maryland Baltimore County A retained the top college chess title by dominating the 1999 Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Championship, held December 26-29 in Toronto, Canada.
El Pais
Leontxo Garcia is reporting daily on the Corus tournament,
focusing on Kasparov so far. An interesting article on
Kasparov's draw with Piket, in which Garry felt he should
have won, but no one else could find the winning line.
[In Spanish.]
Chess Mail
Announces the death of the Dean of American Correspondence Chess,
CC-IM Walter Muir.
SmartChess Online
GM Ron Henley annotates games from the Corus tournament. He comments
on the recent cancellation of the U.S. Championship: American chess
has been mismanaged. Promising young players such as Ilya Gurevich
and Patrick Wolff have left the game & entered the business world.
British Chess Magazine
Photos & games from the recent Hastings tournament. A report on the
4th South Wales Masters. This is the official website of the
upcoming 2nd White Rose Chess International.
The Chess Cafe
The answers & winners of the Holiday Quiz have been announced.
Canada's Pierre Bourget finished in first place with an 82%
score. Tim Harding takes a look back at chess in the year 1900.
Tim Krabbe writes about how he got started as a chessplayer.
CorrespondenceChess.com
V. Palciauskas now has his own home page on this website. Information
on the recent death of Walter Muir in The Campbell Report.
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