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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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In this issue:
Editorial....................................................................................................................4
Malcolm Pein on the latest developments in the game
An Inside View.......................................................................................................8
Sean Marsh reports from the London Chess Classic
A Huge Encounter .............................................................................................14
Jonathan Speelman on that pivotal sixth game in Dubai
Calamitous Collapse.........................................................................................18
The world championship match really was one of two halves
Uzbek & Kazakh Joy ........................................................................................20
Two 17-year-olds starred at the World Rapid & Blitz
A Killer King’s Indian ........................................................................................22
Gawain Jones got to make good use of his new KID repertoire
Find the Winning Moves.................................................................................26
Can you do as well as Nakamura, Navara, Shankland et al?
From Steinitz to the 21st Century...........................................................30
Craig Pritchett on his fascinating and impressive new book
Shared Harmonies.............................................................................................34
Ben Graff explores the relationship between chess, music & maths
How to Beat a Grandmaster.........................................................................36
Paul Littlewood continues to demonstrate just how to do so
The Candlestick Chess Problem .................................................................37
Geoff Chandler has been busy thinking about Cluedo
Christmas Chess Solutions ...........................................................................38
The full answers are revealed by Graham Phythian
60 Seconds with... Jonathan Tait...............................................................40
We catch up with the star editor, PGN compiler and author
How Good is Your Chess?..............................................................................42
Daniel King has been enjoyed Kupreichik: The Maestro from Minsk
Never Mind the Grandmasters... ................................................................46
Carl on how John Footner inspired him to try the Grünfeld
Remembering Jonathan Wells......................................................................48
David LeMoir pays tribute to a pillar of East Anglian chess
Home News..........................................................................................................50
Mark Hebden made 100% as Guildford Young Guns triumphed
Overseas News...................................................................................................52
Harry Grieve tied for first at the Roquetas de Mar Open
Forthcoming Events.........................................................................................52
Will you be playing anywhere in February?
Solutions ...............................................................................................................54
This Month’s New Releases ..........................................................................55
Notable new books by McDonald and Voronkov are reviewed
Saunders on Chess............................................................................................58
John is excited by the emergence of new chess communities
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