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...Rajko Vujatovic ..............................................................7 The Pro-Biz regular certainly enjoyed his win against Garry Kasparov So Skilful..................................................................................................................8 Wesley So stunned Magnus Carlsen at the Skilling Open How Good is Your Chess?..............................................................................14 Daniel King looks at a very impressive victory by Jeffery Xiong Reviving 4...f5....................................................................................................17 FM Stefan Bücker presents a daring line against the Ruy Lopez Find the Winning Moves.................................................................................20 The latest puzzles from the 4NCL Online and Skilling Open Symphony in A Major......................................................................................24 John Saunders recalls when the Major Open didn’t play second fiddle Following our Heroes ......................................................................................26 Ben Graff explores why we might prefer flawed challengers Christmas Quiz...................................................................................................30 Some challenging positions and fun trivia from Graham Phythian Keep the Class in Classical ............................................................................32 Terry Chapman begs to differ with Magnus over classical chess Mindsports Centre: The Time is Now!.....................................................34 Hammersmith’s John White explains how chess needs to act Winter Warmers.................................................................................................36 Sean Marsh presents more of the best books of 2020 Two Problematic Cornishmen .....................................................................40 Bob Jones delved into the colourful life of Henry Adamson The Other Kind of Luck..................................................................................44 David LeMoir shows that resources can sometimes just appear Never Mind the Grandmasters... ................................................................48 Carl Portman imagines Hercule Poirot watching a chess game Murder in 22.......................................................................................................50 Can you solve this retrograde puzzle faster than Geoff Chandler? Home News..........................................................................................................51 There will be a Hastings GM event, but with a difference Overseas News...................................................................................................52 More from Skilling and success in China for Richard Rapport Solutions ...............................................................................................................54 This Month’s New Releases ..........................................................................55 Hacker on the Sicilian is reviewed, as are works by Gelfand and Nunn Saunders on Chess............................................................................................58 John on how Rubinstein was almost stunned by HG Rhodes 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.
