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. DOWNLOAD A FREE PDF SAMPLE OF THIS ISSUE-> In this issue: Editorial.......................................................................................................Malcolm Pein on the latest developments in the game 60 Seconds with...Szymon Gumularz..........................................................9We learn a little about the Polish Champion, who took on Gawain Jones A Match and Two Norms!...........................................................................10Jonathan Arnott reports on some high-quality chess in Sheffield Forthcoming Events..................................................................................15 How Good Is Your Chess?...........................................................................16Daniel King on the talent, rise and potential of Yagiz Erdogmus How to Beat a Grandmaster.......................................................................19Paul Littlewood recalls the attacking prowess of his father, John Littlewood Trying to Understand the Lasker-Reichhelm postion................................20Neil Hickman continues to investigate the theory of corresponding squares Find The Winning Moves............................................................................22A bumper 33 puzzles lest you’re feeling rusty and about to play this summer The Immortal Enigma.................................................................................26John Henderson grapples with a very (in)famous game, Anderssen-Kieseritzky ChessFest in Pictures.................................................................................30A visual recap of the goings on at the UK’s largest one-day chess event Is the Ratings System Broken?..................................................................32Ben Graff explores why ratings matter and whether the system is working Genius Ideas..............................................................................................35Geoff Chandler never passes by a charity shop Night Clubbing..........................................................................................36Edinburgh’s Keith Ruxton on the evolution of the second-oldest chess club Never Mind the Grandmasters...................................................................38Carl enjoyed a simul given by the Editor in Kenilworth, including a notable defeat Don’t Like Licking Stamps.........................................................................40Mike Donnelly recalls two strong OTB players suffering at correspondence An Unsung Hero.......................................................................................42Neil Pennock looks back on the Scarborough Chess Festival of 1926 As Easy as ABC: Part II.............................................................................44Junior Tay continues his coverage of Matthias Blübaum’s antidote to the Catalan Overseas News........................................................................................47Success for Alireza Firouzja, Danny Gormally and Mukhiddin Madaminov Home News...............................................................................................51Andrew Greet retained his Scottish title and Surrey the County Championship Solutions...................................................................................................53 This Month’s New Releases........................................................................54Sean Marsh very much enjoyed Salo Flohr: From Chess Fighter to Chess Writer Saunders on Chess.....................................................................................58John on Charles Wreford-Brown, chess, soccer and the World Cup
