Ehlvest found a shortcut to a victory.

Jaan Ehlvest is the best Estonian grandmaster. He comes from a land that gave the chess world several legendary figures. Paul Keres, a national hero, had his portrait placed on Estonian bank notes and certainly deserved to be a world champion, but somehow, at the last moments, always let his chances slip away. Grandmaster Lembit Oll, a mad chess genius, died tragically this year near the city of Tallin. Ehlvest played excellently in the 1988-89 World Cup tournaments, finishing fourth overall behind Garry Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov and Valery Salov. After that his best chess years went by and lately he played mostly in open tournaments. This year he won several of them in America, including the National Open in Las Vegas in March. Last month in Paide, Estonia, Ehlvest_s team from Parnu was eliminated from the European Club Championship by the team from St. Petersburg led by a current FIDE world champion Alexander Khalifman. But Ehlvest played a nice attacking game against Finnish master Tero Kokkila in the Reti Opening. One usually expects long maneuvering games when white plays the double-fianchetto, placing his bishops early on the longest diagonals. But Ehlvest found a shortcut to a victory, launching a powerful attack on the black king and scoring a full point in 29 moves.