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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
Return to the Rock..............................................................................................8
John Saunders watched Zhansaya Abdumalik triumph at Gibraltar
A Short-Term Solution?.................................................................................14
Ravi Haria reports from Elstree and the European Hybrid Qualifier
An All-Night Slog ..............................................................................................19
Checkmate Covid -The Rematch was another 24-hour blitz marathon
He’s Back!.............................................................................................................20
Magnus Carlsen is most certainly no longer out of form
The Scandic Revenge.......................................................................................21
A classy Carlsen win reminded John Henderson of a classic encounter
Matching Magnus..............................................................................................24
Jonathan Pein gave it his all in two bullet games with the champ
How Good is Your Chess?..............................................................................26
The Kalashnikov has been under Daniel King’s microscope of late
A Room with a View.........................................................................................30
Steve Barrett had an unusual stay in the horse capital of the world
After The Queen’s Gambit...........................................................................31
Ben Graff explores two earlier classics: The Defense and Chess
Studies with Stephenson...............................................................................33
Brian has the starter position for the Winton British Chess Solving Ch.
‘Tal on Acid’ .........................................................................................................34
Julian M Way introduces the attacking genius that was Albin Planinc
60 Seconds with...Matthew Webb............................................................37
We catch up with one of the founder’s of Ilkley’s Chess Centre
Find the Winning Moves.................................................................................38
Can you do as well as the players in the Candidates and 4NCL Online?
Never Mind the Grandmasters... ................................................................42
Carl Portman remembers his youth and playing in a red leather jacket
Two Tournaments...Only One Winner......................................................44
The New in Chess Classic and FTX Crypto Cup went to the champ
Home News..........................................................................................................50
The latest results, OTB news and success for the Tigers & Sharks
Overseas News...................................................................................................52
The Grand Chess Tour is underway, as is the Challengers Chess Tour
Solutions ...............................................................................................................54
This Month’s New Releases ..........................................................................55
Viktor Moskalenko has another book out on the French
Saunders on Chess............................................................................................58
John enjoyed the Rock, despite having to interview the players
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