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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...Geert van der Velde.....................................................7
We catch up with the Play Magnus Group’s VP of Content
A Tale of Two Players.........................................................................................8
Wesley So shone while Carlsen struggled at the Opera Euro Rapid
Anish Giri: Choker or Joker?........................................................................14
Danny Gormally discusses if the Dutch no.1 was just unlucky at Wijk
How Good is Your Chess?..............................................................................18
Daniel King also takes a look at the play of Anish Giri
The Other Saga ..................................................................................................22
John Henderson very much enjoyed a new book by Fridrik Ólafsson
Find the Winning Moves.................................................................................26
Can you do as well as the players in Salamanca and the Opera Euro?
The State of Play ..............................................................................................30
Stephen Moss on how chess might improve upon OTB resumption
The Best Game of Macadams......................................................................31
Geoff Chandler reviews this new book by Quick Buck Publishers
The Big Rivalry ...................................................................................................32
Bill Forster reveals all about Anthony Kerr and Russell Dive
Studies & Winners.............................................................................................35
John Nunn triumphed in the British Online Solving Masters
Sharpening the Blade ......................................................................................36
Chess is not always a civilised game, as Steve Firth explains
The Queen’s Gambit - Accepted and Adored.......................................40
A personal view of the Netflix hit by a star-struck James Essinger
Hold the Front Page!.......................................................................................43
Ben Graff enjoys a trip down memory lane with his chess magazines
Never Mind the Grandmasters... ................................................................46
Carl Portman explains why we must learn from even painful defeats
Home News..........................................................................................................48
News on the British, 4NCL and London’s MindSports Centre
Overseas News...................................................................................................52
The Bunratty Blitz and FIDE-approved hybrid chess
Solutions ...............................................................................................................54
This Month’s New Releases ..........................................................................55
Sean Marsh reviews New in Chess’s works on education and Lasker
Saunders on Chess............................................................................................58
John compares the Ponziani Opening with one-day cricket
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