11/11/2002 – A fighting Hungarian squad scored 3-1 against China but were unable to catch up with the Russians, who took gold. Hungary got silver and Armenia bronze. In the women's section it was China, Russia and Poland. We bring you all results and a very colourfully illustrated final report by Anna Dergatscheva.

11/10/2002 – Who is better known, Garry Kasparov or Vladimir Kramnik? Who is more popular, Kasparov or Pamela Anderson? And which is the best known game: Chess, checkers or football? One entertaining way of finding out is to use Googlefight.

11/10/2002 – Have you ever visited a chess forum or the Usenet, only to recoil in horror after being viciously criticised or insulted by other visitors? The perpetrators of such attacks are known as "Flamers" and are the daily reality of news groups, even in such a sedate area as chess. Mike Reed has put together a remarkably witty, insightful and beautifully illustrated taxonomy of 'Flame Warriors'.

11/9/2002 – The eastern German chip manufacturer "Zentrum Mikroelektronik Dresden" (ZMD) are showing their products at the Electronica in Munich. CEO Thilo von Selchow is a great friend of Garry Kasparov, who is going to be at the ZMD stand on November 13. It is not the first time the chip manufacturer and the chess champion have got together. More

11/8/2002 – While Garry Kasparov is chalking up a 3000 Elo performance on board one for the leading Russian team a Slovenian group is singing the praises of the game. Sample: "Chess! Black and White, checkered board's what we play on, your queen and my king can't meet, that's for sure. Closer and closer, your knight took my pawn..." The song and results are here.

11/8/2002 – The top boards treated us to the most boring day of the 35 Olympiad in Bled. Russia vs Israel: all games drawn, Hungary (in hot pursuit) vs Armenia: all draws. The longest game was 17 moves, the shortest 12. Germany vs England also produced four draws, but at least Adams-Lutz lasted 35 moves. We bring you (yawn) games, results and many interesting links here.

11/6/2002 – Seldom before has a chess Olympiad been held in a more beautiful place. The Slovenian town of Bled has a lake surrounded by mountains and palaces. Our roving reporter Anna Dergatscheva in on location and has sent us a large number of very fine pictures from the Olympiade, including a special section on female players, like Almira Skripchenko on the left. You will find Anna's illustrated report here.

11/6/2002 – He is by his own admittance a "patzer-level" Shogi player. But chess grandmaster Joel Lautier, whose mother is Japanese, recently took on three of the best Shogi players in Japan in a clock simul. In chess naturally. It was not, however, a trivial task. Japan's top Shogi player, Yoshiharu Habu, is of IM strength. More

11/5/2002 – It was a tense affair, with three-time rapid chess winner Vishy Anand losing the first of two games against Anatoly Karpov at the Corsica Open. But the Indian superstar came back strongly with a fine win in game two. After that the first two tie-break games were drawn, but then Anand showed his strength in the blitz, winning both games to take the title. This should take him to the top of the Rapid Rating List. You will find the results and games here.

11/5/2002 – It was a great shame. Last Friday one of the candidates of the Austrian version of "Who wants to be a millionaire?" blew a lot of money by not knowing which program had played against Vladimir Kramnik in Bahrain. High Paul, Wide Andy, Near Peter or Deep Fritz? Mon dieu, she didn't know! The correct answer would have got her $5000 and a ticket into the next round. More...

11/4/2002 – Does the picture look familiar? For the third time in recent months we see Anatoly Karpov in the final of a world-class rapid chess event. After the Eurotel Trophy and the recent Cap d'Agde event the 12th world champion is now facing Vishy Anand in the final of the Corsica International Open. The games will be played on Monday, November 4th. More

11/3/2002 – 50 GMs from 32 different countries and a total of 350 players. Of these 16 qualified for the prestigious Masters, including Vladislav Tkatchiev, who displayed a stratospheric performance of 2807. The flamboyant Vlad joins Anand, Shirov, Karpov, Dreev, Jussupov and other top players in the quarterfinals today. You can watch live coverage at the on Europe-Echecs website, who have provided us with this report from Corsica.