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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...Bruce Pandolfini ............................................................7
We discover all about the famous coach and Queen’s Gambit adviser
A Krushing Success .............................................................................................8
Irina Krush and Wesley So were victorious in the U.S. Championships
Escapism!..............................................................................................................14
Matthew Lunn headed for the Dolomites along with some friends
Magnusficent......................................................................................................18
Magnus Carlsen has produced the odd instructive effort of late
How Good is Your Chess?..............................................................................22
Daniel King looks at a wild and wonderful line of the King’s Gambit
Cryptic Chessword...........................................................................................25
A chess-themed crossword from Avid Old Swan
Find the Winning Moves.................................................................................26
The latest puzzles from the 4NCL Online and U.S. Championships
The Queen’s Gambit.........................................................................................30
John Henderson has been enjoying Netflix’s biggest recent hit
Christmas Stocking Fillers ............................................................................35
Some handy suggestions for Christmas from Sean Marsh
Giving Up Professional Chess......................................................................38
Jonathan Levitt reflects on retirement and his latest book
Never Mind the Grandmasters... ................................................................42
Carl on the opening surprise and his encounter with Kevin Winter
5,012 Days..........................................................................................................44
Steve Firth returned to OTB chess where some things never change
Chess... and my Bucket List! .......................................................................46
While inputting James Aitken’s games, Geoff Chandler was distracted
Readers’ Letters ................................................................................................48
Studies with Stephenson...............................................................................49
Home News..........................................................................................................50
The Caplin British Online Championships begin on December 18th
Overseas News...................................................................................................51
Rhys Cumming impressed as he made his first IM norm in Portugal
Solutions ...............................................................................................................52
Detailed answers to all the positions to solve this month
This Month’s New Releases ..........................................................................54
Works on the 2020 Candidates, Steinitz, and puzzles are reviewed
Saunders on Chess............................................................................................58
John on the dangers of transcribing games into Britbase format
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