The Very Latest Developments

The April 2001 Update!

There has been an awful lot of chess activity recently, and it has been very difficult whittling-down all those games to find the most important!

I know the tournament was played to celebrate his 70th birthday, but Black's present of a gift point to Korchnoi in APR01/01 seems too generous!

APR01/02 could be entitled 'old lion swindles youngster' but not quite.

APR01/03: 'he who mates first...'.

Even in dull lines White can sometimes castle queenside, and lever-open the kingside, as in APR01/04.

Despite the enormous advantage in rating, Black gets blown away in the miniature APR01/05.

There were pieces flying everywhere in the complicated Reversed Dragon of APR01/10.

APR01/07: Black sacrifices a pawn for the initiative, and ... White attacks!

Even super-GMs don't like having their king exposed to attack- see APR01/08.

The Mikenas strikes again in APR01/06.

APR01/09 illustrates, if illustration were indeed necessary, that it doesn't pay to ignore your development.