#1, July 29, WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP SET TO START IN LAS VEGAS
#2, July 30, GALA CEREMONY KICKS OFF 1999 WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
#3, July 31, WORLD CHESS FEDERATION PRESIDENT GIVES LAS VEGAS PRESS CONFERENCE
#4,
August 1, THE 1999 WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP HAS STARTED!
(results of Day 1)
#5,
August 1, DO OR DIE IN ROUND 1 OF THE 1999 WORLD CHESS
CHAMPIONSHIP
(results of Day 2)
#6,
August 2, YOUNG AMERICAN FIGHTS HIS WAY INTO ROUND 2 OF THE WORLD
CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
(results of Round 1:
US Players Shaked, Gulko, and Yermolinsky advance)
#7,
August 3, KAMSKY LEADS FOUR AMERICANS INTO ROUND 2 OF
THE WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
(results of Day 4,
Round 2 begins)
#8,
August 4, REVERSALS OF FORTUNE MARK ROUND 2 OF THE WORLD CHESS
CHAMPIONSHIP
(results of Day 5.
Gulko and Shaked eliminated. Kramnik and J. Polgar advance.
Shirov, Kamsky, Yermolinsky, and more go to Round 2 playoffs.)
#9,
August 5, OLDEST PLAYER THRIVES, YOUNGEST TAKES DIVE AT THE WORLD
CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
(Results of Round 2
playoffs. Shirov, Korchnoi, Topalov, J. Polgar among 32 who
advance. All Americans eliminated.)
#10,
August 6, SHIROV OF SPAIN LEADS THE WAY AT WORLD CHESS
CHAMPIONSHIP
(Results of Round 3's
first game. Shirov beats Milos. Other game 1 winners include
Ivanchuk over Shipov, Short over Beliavsky, Topalov over Psakhis,
and Georgiev with an upset over Svidler. All matches go to game 2
of Round 3 on Saturday.)
#11,
August 8, IT'S GETTING SERIOUS AT THE WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
(Down to 16 players. Shirov advances.)
#13,
August 9, SHIROV AND SHORT PROVIDE FIREWORKS AT THE WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
(Shirov wins game 1 against Short. All other players draw.)
#15,
August 11, JUDITH POLGAR REACHES QUARTERFINALS
OF WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
(Polgar's defeats Zvajinsev; feature updates on other games)
#16,
August 12, JUDITH POLGAR LOSES [Game 1 of Quarter Finals] TO RUSSIAN AT WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
The Quarter Finals begin.