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....................................................................................................................4 Malcolm Pein on the latest developments in the game 60 Seconds With... Mateusz Bartel.............................................................7 We discover a little about the fighting Polish player and YouTuber Victorious Vaishali...............................................................................................8 John Saunders reports on the FIDE Women’s Grand Swiss Classy Caruana...................................................................................................14 Fabiano Caruana had quite the time of things in Saint Louis A Late Surge from Serbia ..............................................................................18 England were up there for a long way at the European Teams Hard Work Pays Off.........................................................................................22 Junior Tay caught up with the in-form England WIM Yao Lan How Good Is Your Chess? .............................................................................26 Daniel King salutes Vidit Gujrathi’s success at the Grand Swiss Christmas Chess Quiz .....................................................................................30 Some fun, festive and challenging positions from Graham Phythian Forthcoming Events.........................................................................................32 Plenty of choice if you’re not sure where to play this January A Life in Chess....................................................................................................33 Stewart Reuben continues to look back on his 70 years of organising Off the Shelf.......................................................................................................36 Sean Marsh rounds up the remaining books which impressed him Find the Winning Moves.................................................................................40 Tricky positions from the Terafinal and some other big tournaments How To Trap Heffalumps...Quickly!..........................................................43 More from David LeMoir on how to beat higher-rated opponents Never Mind the Grandmasters... ................................................................46 Carl very much enjoyed his visit to Carmarthen Chess Club How To Beat A Grandmaster........................................................................49 Paul Littlewood examines a win by the ever-dangerous Jack Rudd Overseas News...................................................................................................50 Hans Niemann was quite simply on fire as he racked up 8/9 in Zagreb Home News..........................................................................................................52 Eldar Gasanov and Elis Dicen are the UK Open Blitz Champions Solutions ...............................................................................................................54 All the answers to Find the Winning Moves and a certain study This Month’s New Releases ..........................................................................55 Sean Marsh reviews a new book on the elusive Ding Liren Saunders on Chess............................................................................................58 John pays tribute to a man who had a superb 2023: Michael Adams
