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 - Malcolm Pein on the latest developments in the game 60 Seconds with...GM Mihail Marin - The leading chess writer still loves to travel to tournaments How Good is Your Chess? - The Petroff remains under attack, as shown by Daniel King So Near, But Yet... - Luke McShane outplayed the world no.2, and almost won Monster Mash comes to Daventry - The Terafinal saw some epic battles, which Tim Wall enjoyed Finland, Finland, Finland - James Essinger reports from the country where he wants to be The Best of 2019 - Sean Marsh rounds up his favourite books of the past year Six of the Best! - Movie buff Michael Renouf on what to watch over Christmas The Christmas Quiz - Will you manage to solve our teasers over the festive period? Chess for Life - BH Wood’s former opponent Eugene Salomon is still playing at 91 The Wily Hendriks Experience - Did you know John Henderson is a Hendrix and a Hendriks fan? On the Comeback Trail - Bernard Hare enjoyed his first Scarborough Congress in many a year The Kan Crushed - Carl Strugnell continues to enjoy facing the Sicilian Never Mind the Grandmasters... - Carl continues to be rather annoyed by those who eat at the board Find the Winning Moves - Can you do as well as the players on the Isle of Man? Overseas News - Magnus Carlsen was utterly dominant at the Tata Steel Rapid Home News - All the latest results and the ECF Book of the Year winner This Month’s New Releases - Ben Graff very much enjoyed Jonathan Rowson’s new work Saunders on Chess - John rounds up the Classic and reflects on the London Conference
