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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.
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Editorial....................................................................................................................4
Malcolm Pein on the latest developments in the game
Mountainous Marvels ........................................................................................8
Andrew Ledger witnessed the European Club Cup roll into Mayrhofen
Now European Champions Too!..................................................................14
Nigel Povah and Keith Arkell report from the European Senior Teams
Prison Prowess...................................................................................................17
Peter Sullivan on silver and bronze medals for the English sides
How Good is Your Chess?..............................................................................18
The venerable Scotch Gambit has caught Daniel King’s eye of late
Forthcoming Events.........................................................................................21
Will you be playing in London or at Hastings just after Christmas?
Never Mind the Grandmasters... ................................................................22
Carl presents an instructive game in his beloved French Defence
Checkmate! .........................................................................................................24
Ben Graff explains all about his new book for White Star
Stocking Fillers...................................................................................................26
Some handy tips for what to request for Christmas from Sean Marsh
B is for Basman ..................................................................................................30
Jonathan Manley recalls a great British player and chess presence
Remembering Mike...........................................................................................31
Blair Connell pays tribute to his former coach and friend
The Best of Basman .........................................................................................33
Mike Basman was renowned for his keen and deadly tactical eye
A Particularly Magical Game........................................................................34
James Essinger highlights one of Mike Basman’s greatest masterpieces
How to Beat a Grandmaster.........................................................................37
Paul Littlewood shows how Basman destroyed Adorjan’s position
60 Seconds With... Peter Lee......................................................................38
The former British Champion remembers “a great character”
Chess, Diplomacy and the Art of War.....................................................40
Adrian Harvey on how George Spreckley survived the Taiping rebellion
Find the Winning Moves.................................................................................43
Can you do as well as the players at the 4NCL and Scarborough?
Overseas News...................................................................................................46
Hikaru Nakamura is the FIDE Fischer Random World Champion
Home News..........................................................................................................48
Some great attacking games, and news from the first 4NCL weekend
Solutions ...............................................................................................................53
Full answers to The Best of Basman and Find the Winning Moves
This Month’s New Releases ..........................................................................54
Sean Marsh looks at Chess for Schools and two books on the Veresov
Saunders on Chess............................................................................................58
John discusses a couple of his chess-related dreams
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