New In Chess Magazine 2013 5

Den fortjente Moskva-vinneren Boris Gelfand fronter NIC Magazine nummer 5. Magnus spilte ikke helt opp til sitt beste, men slo i alle fall Anand og Kramnik og kommenterer sistnevnte parti ganske grundig.

Se ellers innholdsfortegnelsen for å få inntrykk av de mange godbitene denne gang.

Matthew Sadler er tilbake i den store bokspalten, som han tidligere skrev med suksess i flere år. "Sadler back in the saddle" som Luke McShane entusiastisk kommenterte da han fikk vite hvem som overtar spalten etter ham, da McShane nå har blitt altfor travel med sivil jobb...

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Battle of the Generations

As Boris Gelfand deservedly claimed one of his biggest successes ever, the rest of the old guard at the Tal Memorial failed dramatically. Struggling from day one, Vishy Anand and Vladimir Kramnik sensationally ended up at the bottom of the table. Magnus Carlsen finished in second place, but the Norwegian criticized his play as 'too indifferent'. Hikaru Nakamura proudly led the field after six rounds and then collapsed completely.

Interview: Boris Gelfand

At 45 years of age and buoyant after one of his finest successes ever, Boris Gelfand happily cites Viktor Kortchnoi, who told him a long time ago that he reached the pinnacle of his career at 47.

Variations on Famous Themes Classic studies tend to be inspiring, as Jan Timman shows.

Beware: Brilliancy!

Dressed to Kill Nigel Short shines his light on the new FIDE proposals for a dress code.

A Letter and a Word all by himself Genna Sosonko recounts the eventful life of Igor Ivanov (1947-2005).

Thessaloniki GP The fourth leg of the 2012-13 FIDE Grand Prix ended in 'by far the best result of my career' for Cuban GM Leinier Dominguez.

Total Chess in Leon Contributing editor Anish Giri tested his strength in three time-controls against the inimitable Vassily Ivanchuk.

Sadler on Books How's your middlegame?

In a Blaze of Light Like many chess players, Hans Ree not only admired Mikhail Tal; he loved him.

Just Checking Who is Sergey Shipov's favourite chess player of all time?

Did they play your opening?

In this issue games with the following openings were annotated by world class players:

Sicilian Carlsen-Svidler, by Agdestein

Caro-Kann Karjakin-Mamedyarov, by Karjakin

Ruy Lopez Anand-Nakamura, by Agdestein Stavanger 2013 (4) Anand-Adams, by Adams

Queen's Gambit Declined Gelfand-Adams, by Gelfand

Slav Holt Kamsky, by Timman Hammer-Nakamura, by Agdestein Stavanger 2013 (9) Ding Liren-Aronian, by Ding Liren

Tarrasch Defence Aronian-Kramnik, by Aronian

Queen's Indian Aronian-Karjakin, by Agdestein

Grünfeld Indian Anand-Hammer, by Agdestein

King's Indian Zatonskih-Krush, by Krush

Queen's Pawn Kramnik-Fressinet, by Fressinet

English Opening Morozevich-Topalov, by Topalov Giri-Kasimdzhanov, by Giri Kamsky-Ramirez, by Timman