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...Sean Marsh ......................................................................8 We catch up with our star reviewer and leading CSC tutor A Terrible Commute...........................................................................................9 England struggled at the European Teams, unlike Ukraine and Firouzja The Christmas Saga..........................................................................................14 John Henderson revisits one of the best chess books of 2021 Off the Shelf.......................................................................................................16 Sean Marsh rounds up the best of the rest from the 2021 releases Chess in Staffordshire ....................................................................................18 Jonathan Blackburn has had much to muse over of late What Bobby Fischer means to me... and to us ....................................22 James Essinger delves into the talents and foibles of a chess genius How Good is Your Chess?..............................................................................26 Alexei Shirov’s recent fine form caught Daniel King’s eye Christmas Chess Quiz .....................................................................................30 Some fun and challenging puzzles, courtesy of Graham Phythian The Ghost of Christmas Past.......................................................................32 By Ben Graff All These Christmases.....................................................................................34 By Joel Odom Forthcoming Events.........................................................................................36 Find the Winning Moves.................................................................................38 Can you do as well as those on the UK circuit and in St. Louis? How to Beat a Grandmaster.........................................................................41 Paul Littlewood explains how he has beaten a few over the years Never Mind the Grandmasters... ................................................................42 Carl compares buying new clothes with our chess games One Good Idea is (frequently) Enough...................................................44 Sometimes we only need one idea, argues Amatzia Avni Gazumped and Deep Blue .............................................................................48 A gazumped Geoff Chandler had his thunder stolen Home News..........................................................................................................49 We remember ten-time British Champion Jonathan Penrose Overseas News...................................................................................................52 18-year-old Indian GM Arjun Erigaisi is a man going places Solutions ...............................................................................................................53 Answers to Find the Winning Moves and a Studies Competition This Month’s New Releases ..........................................................................54 Exciting new books on Bosboom and from Thinkers and Sadler Saunders on Chess............................................................................................58 John recalls Penrose and John Taylor, and looks forward to Gibraltar DOWNLOAD A FREE PDF SAMPLE OF THIS ISSUE-> DOWNLOAD THE GAMES FROM THIS ISSUE: [PGN DOWNLOAD] | [CBV DOWNLOAD]To open these files you'll need a PGN reader or Chess software such as HIARCS Chess Explorer, Fritz, Komodo or Chessbase. *CUSTOMER NOTICE - THERE IS A PRINTING ERROR ON THE COVER OF THIS ISSUE WHICH AFFECTS ALL COPIES. IT IS INDEED THE 2022 ISSUE HOWEVER PRINTED AT THE TOP OF THE COVER IS 2021 - APOLOGIES FOR ANY CONFUSION CAUSED.
