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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
60 Seconds With... Mateusz Bartel.............................................................7
We discover a little about the fighting Polish player and YouTuber
Victorious Vaishali...............................................................................................8
John Saunders reports on the FIDE Women’s Grand Swiss
Classy Caruana...................................................................................................14
Fabiano Caruana had quite the time of things in Saint Louis
A Late Surge from Serbia ..............................................................................18
England were up there for a long way at the European Teams
Hard Work Pays Off.........................................................................................22
Junior Tay caught up with the in-form England WIM Yao Lan
How Good Is Your Chess? .............................................................................26
Daniel King salutes Vidit Gujrathi’s success at the Grand Swiss
Christmas Chess Quiz .....................................................................................30
Some fun, festive and challenging positions from Graham Phythian
Forthcoming Events.........................................................................................32
Plenty of choice if you’re not sure where to play this January
A Life in Chess....................................................................................................33
Stewart Reuben continues to look back on his 70 years of organising
Off the Shelf.......................................................................................................36
Sean Marsh rounds up the remaining books which impressed him
Find the Winning Moves.................................................................................40
Tricky positions from the Terafinal and some other big tournaments
How To Trap Heffalumps...Quickly!..........................................................43
More from David LeMoir on how to beat higher-rated opponents
Never Mind the Grandmasters... ................................................................46
Carl very much enjoyed his visit to Carmarthen Chess Club
How To Beat A Grandmaster........................................................................49
Paul Littlewood examines a win by the ever-dangerous Jack Rudd
Overseas News...................................................................................................50
Hans Niemann was quite simply on fire as he racked up 8/9 in Zagreb
Home News..........................................................................................................52
Eldar Gasanov and Elis Dicen are the UK Open Blitz Champions
Solutions ...............................................................................................................54
All the answers to Find the Winning Moves and a certain study
This Month’s New Releases ..........................................................................55
Sean Marsh reviews a new book on the elusive Ding Liren
Saunders on Chess............................................................................................58
John pays tribute to a man who had a superb 2023: Michael Adams
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