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...Bruce Pandolfini ............................................................7 We discover all about the famous coach and Queen’s Gambit adviser A Krushing Success .............................................................................................8 Irina Krush and Wesley So were victorious in the U.S. Championships Escapism!..............................................................................................................14 Matthew Lunn headed for the Dolomites along with some friends Magnusficent......................................................................................................18 Magnus Carlsen has produced the odd instructive effort of late How Good is Your Chess?..............................................................................22 Daniel King looks at a wild and wonderful line of the King’s Gambit Cryptic Chessword...........................................................................................25 A chess-themed crossword from Avid Old Swan Find the Winning Moves.................................................................................26 The latest puzzles from the 4NCL Online and U.S. Championships The Queen’s Gambit.........................................................................................30 John Henderson has been enjoying Netflix’s biggest recent hit Christmas Stocking Fillers ............................................................................35 Some handy suggestions for Christmas from Sean Marsh Giving Up Professional Chess......................................................................38 Jonathan Levitt reflects on retirement and his latest book Never Mind the Grandmasters... ................................................................42 Carl on the opening surprise and his encounter with Kevin Winter 5,012 Days..........................................................................................................44 Steve Firth returned to OTB chess where some things never change Chess... and my Bucket List! .......................................................................46 While inputting James Aitken’s games, Geoff Chandler was distracted Readers’ Letters ................................................................................................48 Studies with Stephenson...............................................................................49 Home News..........................................................................................................50 The Caplin British Online Championships begin on December 18th Overseas News...................................................................................................51 Rhys Cumming impressed as he made his first IM norm in Portugal Solutions ...............................................................................................................52 Detailed answers to all the positions to solve this month This Month’s New Releases ..........................................................................54 Works on the 2020 Candidates, Steinitz, and puzzles are reviewed Saunders on Chess............................................................................................58 John on the dangers of transcribing games into Britbase format 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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