{"product_id":"chess-magazine-june-2026","title":"CHESS Magazine - June 2026","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll 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 \u0026amp; Overseas News, Forthcoming Events Calendar and Book Reviews.    \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0478\/2876\/2775\/files\/CHESS-06Jun26-Web-sample.pdf?v=1780303316\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDOWNLOAD A FREE PDF SAMPLE OF THIS ISSUE-\u0026gt;\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this issue:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEditorial.......................................................................................................4\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMalcolm Pein on the latest developments in the game\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Clean Sweep, and a Close Shave!..............................................................8\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAndrew Ledger reports from an exciting final weekend of the 4NCL season\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e60 Seconds with... Axel Smith...................................................................13\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Swedish GM gave a huge blindfold simul and has a new book out\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSmall Margins............................................................................................16\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaul Littlewood reports from the World Senior Team Chess Championships\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Comeback...........................................................................................17\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarlsen won his final three games then the playoff in Malmo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Brightest Star?...................................................................................18\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarl Strugnell on the specialness of 14-year-old Turkish superstar Yagiz Kaan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eForthcoming Events..................................................................................20\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWill you be playing at Crewe, Edinburgh, the MindSports Centre or elsewhere?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStudies with Stephenson...........................................................................21\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrian pays tribute to the composing giant that is Harold van der Heijden\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow Good is Your Chess?..........................................................................22\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDaniel King looks at how Rameshbabu Vaishali likes to play on the front foot\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Beauty in Chess...................................................................................25\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJon Crumiller on Sir António Horta-Osório’s dazzling collection of chess sets\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFind The Winning Moves............................................................................26\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCan you do as well as the players at the final 4NCL weekend of the season?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnder the Hammer.....................................................................................30\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Henderson takes a look at the auction of Lothar Schmid’s collection\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChasing Dreams.........................................................................................34\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBen Graff thoroughly enjoyed being out and about at the Menorca Open\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMenorca Masterclass.................................................................................37\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDaniel Fernandez explains how he outplayed the 2024 World Rapid Champion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNever Mind the Grandmasters...................................................................40\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarl Portman on his last round game at the UK Armed Forces Championships\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow to Beat a Grandmaster.......................................................................42\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaul Littlewood looks at an impressive game by a young Jon Speelman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey 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