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All the regular features of the UK's best-selling CHESS magazine and more! Regular features include: How Good is Your Chess? by GM Daniel King, Saunders on Chess, Find the Winning Moves, Never Mind the Grandmasters..., Studies, Home & Overseas News, Forthcoming Events Calendar and Book Reviews.
In this issue:
Editorial....................................................................................................................4
Malcolm Pein on the latest developments in the game
Stunning Shak........................................................................................................8
The 2021 Grand Chess Tour got underway in Bucharest
Moving Online.....................................................................................................14
Jonathan Blackburn reports from the 1st Welsh Online Champs
Back to the Board.............................................................................................18
Ben Graff was in erratic form and lovely every minute of it
How Good is Your Chess?..............................................................................20
Daniel King has been enjoying revisiting Fischer’s games
Summer Crossword..........................................................................................23
How will you fare with Avid Old Swan’s latest composition?
Off the Board Chess........................................................................................24
Andrew Smith explains all about his recently-published book
Studies with Stephenson...............................................................................25
Brian enjoyed a joint effort by two top contemporary composers
Find the Winning Moves.................................................................................26
Recent online positions and some from the Russian Teams to solve
Guildford Chess Club Celebrates 125 Years.........................................30
Nigel Povah has long been a member of this leading UK chess club
Performance Coaching in Competitive Chess......................................35
Benjamin Portheault explains about modern coaching methods
OTB Chess is Back!...........................................................................................36
News from the UK’s first major in-person chess events for a while
Never Mind the Grandmasters... ................................................................38
Carl Portman struggled to cope with playing Glen Parker online
60 Seconds with...Andrew Smith ..............................................................40
The experienced attacking player likes dogs and also to travel
Don’t think, FEEL!.............................................................................................42
Observations on rapidplay internet chess from Mike Donnelly
Rapid Regatta .....................................................................................................45
Aronian, So and Vachier-Lagrave have enjoyed speed success of late
Overseas News...................................................................................................48
Abhimanyu Mishra has become the youngest grandmaster ever
Solutions ...............................................................................................................52
This Month’s New Releases ..........................................................................53
Books from LeMoir, Martin, Taimanov and Timman are reviewed
Saunders on Chess............................................................................................58
John ponders famous quotes from Piaf, Sinatra and Brando
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