This Volume brings a selection of 526 fully annotated games and 549 game fragments from Ohrid, Esbjerg, Dortmund, Portorož, Biel, Shanghai, Buenos Aires, The China – Russia Summit, Batumi, Amsterdam, Panormo and many other tournaments and events held between June 1st and September 30th, 2001.
Annotated by the top players themselves and sifted by the capable hands of Chess Informant's Editorial Board, the games have been thoroughly refined to reduce the number of accidental errors and miscues to the minimum. As usual, major contributions come from the Top 100: Kramnik, Anand, Morozevich, Leko, M. Adams, Ivanchuk, Van Wely, Kasimdzhanov, Shirov, Gelfand, Smirin, Karpov, Svidler, Ki. Georgiev, Ju. Polgar, Dreev, N. Short, Bologan, Beliavsky, Grischuk, Sutovsky, Al. Onischuk, I. Sokolov, Lautier, Je. Piket, Motylev, Zvjaginsev, Korchnoi, Sakaev, Rublevsky, Jussupow, S. Movsesian, Z. Almasi, Dautov, Ehlvest, Lputian, Rustemov, P. Tregubov, Milos, Nisipeanu, Gulko, Chuchelov, Avrukh, M. Gurevich, Kobalija, Istratescu, V. Milov, And. Sokolov, J. Timman, Tiviakov, and L. Dominguez make their presence strongly felt in Chess Informant 82. Featuring all Chess Informant’s trademark sections, this Volume also presents the best from the creative output of Boris Spassky.