The May-June 2001 issue features Ted Kleine's profile of GM Dmitry Gurevich. Yasser Seirawan & Boris Gulko give us an up-close look at Dmitry's near miss in the 2000 U.S. Championship.

ICB interviews Web journalist Mig Greengard and takes a second look at Bobby Fischer's 1964 simultaneous display at the Edgewater Beach Hotel.

Blair Machaj, Al Chow, and William Aramil cover Yelena Gorlin's repeat victory at the Illinois Denker Qualifier, while Chow also annotates a batch of games from the 2001 National Open.

Machaj modestly displays his first GM scalp; Alexander Stamnov wins the Greater Peoria Open.

And (it seems like yesterday) Tom Kirke tells us the Chicago Chess Club has moved to the Wild Onion!

Tim Krabbé, Frank Skoff, Wayne Zimmerle, Kevin Bachler, Tim Just, Dennis Bourgerie, Ron Suarez, and Bill Smythe contribute.