"I am a genius": Aronian in New In Chess # 05

"Of course I am a genius", says Lev Aronian, "a genius of the highest rank. And not only in chess." Issue 2007/05 of New In Chess, just out, carries a big piece about the Elista matches, which shows, among lots of other things, how Aronian managed to find the only losing move in one of his games against Magnus Carlsen. We bring you some other good stuff in this issue:

• British Champion Jonathan Rowson fights an accusation of abuse
• Hans Ree describes Bessel Kok's first meeting with a potential FIDE sponsor
• Sergei Movsesian confesses he would like to be a MotoGP rider
• on-the-spot reports from Dortmund, Havana, Paris, Foros, Sarajevo, Elista, and Bazna (Bazna?)
• a tricky new SOS
• KingLoek on Alexey Shirov
• and much more

Oh, and before we forget: exclusive game annotations by Kramnik (brilliant on his win in Dortmund), Ivanchuk (TPR 2877), Leko, Aronian, Gelfand, Carlsen, Alekseev, Grischuk, Van Wely, Khalifman, and many more. All this, 100 pages of chess delight, for only ?¢‚Äö¬¨ 8.95! Have a look at this remarkable issue.