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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
60 Seconds with...Barry Hymer....................................................................7
The co-author of Chess Improvement is clearly enjoying his chess
Nepo Nails It...........................................................................................................8
Dubov and Nepomniachtchi sacrificed in the Russian Championship
Champions!..........................................................................................................16
Gawain Jones and Michael Adams have both claimed inaugural titles
SPTW in Europe..................................................................................................18
Lorin D’Costa reports on the European Online Women’s Club Cup
How Good is Your Chess?..............................................................................21
Daniil Dubov’s reputation is riding high, as Daniel King explains
Beyond the Board.............................................................................................24
Sean Marsh reports from the London Chess Conference
ChessPlus!............................................................................................................25
Wood Green were stunned by ChessPlus Kingston in the 4NCL final
Parallel Processing............................................................................................26
...by way of Chess Curiosities and The Times, by James Plaskett
A Witness to History.......................................................................................30
Ben Graff was honoured to talk with Genna Sosonko
An Unusual Year .................................................................................................32
Keith Arkell explains how he adapted to life in 2020
Quiz Solutions ....................................................................................................34
How did you get on with Graham Phythian’s Christmas Quiz?
Find the Winning Moves.................................................................................36
Can you do as well as the players in the British Online Championship?
The Diceman Cometh ......................................................................................40
Steve Firth discovers chess is a game of chance
Never Mind the Grandmasters... ................................................................42
Carl Portman has had much to ponder of late
Sacrificing the Exchange...............................................................................44
Bill Forster has been weighing rooks against minor pieces
Readers’ Letters ................................................................................................47
87-year-old Michael Hemming has impressed with the knight’s tour
Women on Fire! .................................................................................................48
David Levens presents some fine attacking play
Home News..........................................................................................................50
David Howell triumphed at Hastings and Andy Horton annotates
Overseas News...................................................................................................51
Studies with Stephenson...............................................................................53
Brian presents two lovely, award-winning studies
Solutions ...............................................................................................................54
This Month’s New Releases ..........................................................................55
New fiction from Paolo Maurensig and a new tome on Bobby Fischer
Saunders on Chess............................................................................................58
John discovered the Isle of Man’s first international tournament
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