{"product_id":"chess-magazine-september-2026","title":"CHESS Magazine - September 2026","description":"\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0478\/2876\/2775\/files\/CHESS-09Sep26-Web-sample.pdf?v=1788949404\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eDOWNLOAD A FREE PDF SAMPLE OF THIS ISSUE-\u0026gt; \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this issue:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEditorial.......................................................................................................4\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMalcolm Pein on the latest developments in the game\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Changing of the 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Fernandez.........................................................20\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe learn a little about the grandmaster selected by England for the Olympiad\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow to Beat a Grandmaster.......................................................................21\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaul Littlewood shows how a fellow senior has dispatched some GMs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow Good Is Your Chess?...........................................................................22\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDaniel King on Jimmy Adams and the subject of his final book, Salo Flohr\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eForthcoming 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