CHESS Magazine - July 2026


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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

From Last to First!.......................................................................................8
Praggnanandhaa did the double over Carlsen at Norway Chess

How Good is Your Chess?..........................................................................12
Daniel King presents a victory by Harry Grieve, England’s newest GM

An Amazing Six Days.................................................................................16

Harry Grieve reveals how he obtained his third and final norm in Budapest

As Easy as ABC..........................................................................................18
Junior Tay on an easy-to-play system, A Blübaum Catalan (ABC)

60 Seconds with...Frederick Waldhausen Gordon......................................21
We learn a little about the 15-year-old IM and British Rapidplay Champion

Correspondingly Difficult.........................................................................22
Neil Hickman tries to get to grips with the theory of corresponding squares

How to Beat a Grandmaster.......................................................................24
Paul Littlewood looks at some fine attacking play by his England team-mates

Find The Winning Moves............................................................................26
Can you do as well as the players at the Welsh and the TePe Sigeman?

A New Blindfold Record?............................................................................30
John Knott reports on the extraordinary achievement of Axel Smith

James “Jimmy” Adams...............................................................................35
Remembering a popular, long-standing former Editor of these pages

Chess Problems as Personal Expression.....................................................36

NM Ilan Vardi explores his interest in problems and endgame studies

Bird of Prey...............................................................................................38
FM Julian Way on the incredible artistry of Henry Bird (1829–1908)

Never Mind the Grandmasters...................................................................40
Carl remembers the creative, ingenious and daring play of Mikhail Tal

Overseas News.........................................................................................42
Anastasiia Hnatyshyn sprang a big surprise at the European Women’s Individual

From the Queen’s Building to Queen Street..............................................48
Tim Paulden reports on a very special 50th Anniversary East Devon Congress

Home News...............................................................................................50
Weekend tournament results from the British Rapidplay up until mid-June

Forthcoming Events..................................................................................53
Will you be playing the Scottish, in South Wales or at the British coming up?

Solutions...................................................................................................54 

This Month’s New Releases........................................................................55
Sean Marsh enjoyed recent publications on the isolani and Max Euwe

Saunders on Chess.....................................................................................58
John on his relationship with chess books, databases and opening theory

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