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...Geert van der Velde.....................................................7 We catch up with the Play Magnus Group’s VP of Content A Tale of Two Players.........................................................................................8 Wesley So shone while Carlsen struggled at the Opera Euro Rapid Anish Giri: Choker or Joker?........................................................................14 Danny Gormally discusses if the Dutch no.1 was just unlucky at Wijk How Good is Your Chess?..............................................................................18 Daniel King also takes a look at the play of Anish Giri The Other Saga ..................................................................................................22 John Henderson very much enjoyed a new book by Fridrik Ólafsson Find the Winning Moves.................................................................................26 Can you do as well as the players in Salamanca and the Opera Euro? The State of Play ..............................................................................................30 Stephen Moss on how chess might improve upon OTB resumption The Best Game of Macadams......................................................................31 Geoff Chandler reviews this new book by Quick Buck Publishers The Big Rivalry ...................................................................................................32 Bill Forster reveals all about Anthony Kerr and Russell Dive Studies & Winners.............................................................................................35 John Nunn triumphed in the British Online Solving Masters Sharpening the Blade ......................................................................................36 Chess is not always a civilised game, as Steve Firth explains The Queen’s Gambit - Accepted and Adored.......................................40 A personal view of the Netflix hit by a star-struck James Essinger Hold the Front Page!.......................................................................................43 Ben Graff enjoys a trip down memory lane with his chess magazines Never Mind the Grandmasters... ................................................................46 Carl Portman explains why we must learn from even painful defeats Home News..........................................................................................................48 News on the British, 4NCL and London’s MindSports Centre Overseas News...................................................................................................52 The Bunratty Blitz and FIDE-approved hybrid chess Solutions ...............................................................................................................54 This Month’s New Releases ..........................................................................55 Sean Marsh reviews New in Chess’s works on education and Lasker Saunders on Chess............................................................................................58 John compares the Ponziani Opening with one-day cricket Click here to download a free PDF preview of this issue DOWNLOAD THE GAMES FROM THIS ISSUE: PGN FORMAT | CBV FORMATTo open these files you'll need a PGN reader or Chess software such as HIARCS Chess Explorer, Fritz, Komodo or Chessbase.
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