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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
The First Time!......................................................................................................8
Anish Giri finally won at Wijk aan Zee after a dramatic final round
A Tough World ....................................................................................................16
It’s not an easy life for the weaker teams and players in the 4NCL
60 Seconds With... Yochanan Afek...........................................................21
We learn a little more about our Wijk aan Zee correspondent
How Good Is Your Chess? .............................................................................22
Daniel King has been working hard on the Anti-Sicilians of late
How to Beat a Grandmaster.........................................................................25
Paul Littlewood with a classic British win over a world champion
Find the Winning Moves.................................................................................26
Can you do as well as the players at the Harrogate 4NCL Congress?
Botvinnik in Britain...........................................................................................30
Bob Jones on the four tournaments the Patriarch played in the UK
Fighting Back!.....................................................................................................34
Ben Graff explores how we might better prepare for our opponents
Should I Bring My Own Pieces?..................................................................38
Steve Firth on stress, seasickness and the importance of a good set
Never Mind The Grandmasters... ...............................................................40
Carl on his various adventures at the Shropshire Congress
Forthcoming Events.........................................................................................42
A busy March weekend chess calendar for the UK
Quickdraw McGrab...........................................................................................43
Junior Tay muses on quick draws and if juniors draw prematurely
Overseas News...................................................................................................45
Alexandra Kosteniuk won at Munich and is set to change affiliation
New Format, But Same Winner ..................................................................48
Carlsen dominated as the 2023 Champions Chess Tour kicked off
Home News..........................................................................................................50
Success for Nigel Davies, Ameet Ghasi and Kajus Mikalajunas
Readers’ Letters ................................................................................................53
Did you know that blindfold checkers is very much a thing?
Solutions ...............................................................................................................54
This Month’s New Releases ..........................................................................55
Sean Marsh reviews two notable books from Ivkov and Sielecki
Saunders on Chess............................................................................................58
John takes us back to the 1960 World Student Olympiad
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