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 What Fanfare!.......................................................................................................................8 Junior Tay was on Sentosa Island, Singapore for Ding vs Gukesh Golden Gawain...................................................................................................................11 Gawain Jones triumphed at the XTX Markets London Chess Classic The Cream Rises to the Top.........................................................................................14 Andrew Ledger reports from the first weekend of a new 4NCL season How Good is Your Chess?.............................................................................................18 Daniel King on the match and revisiting a happier time for Ding Liren 60 Seconds with... Gawain Jones .............................................................................21 We catch up with the man of the moment in UK chess The Bodyguard Knight ...................................................................................................22 José Vilela on an important defensive mechanism Find the Winning Moves................................................................................................26 Some tricky resources to spot and enjoy over the holiday period Christmas Chess Quiz ....................................................................................................30 Graham Phythian’s brain-teasers will help you while away the hours Bon Chance .........................................................................................................................32 A Sherlock Holmes-themed short story from Carl Barlow III 1975 and all that............................................................................................................33 Ben Graff looks back 50 years with Kevin Thurlow and Roger de Coverly The Legacy of Rossolimo..............................................................................................36 Vladimir Lionter on Chess Forum and Nicolas Rossolimo in New York Sweden’s Man of Steel...................................................................................................38 Jonathan Manley has been enjoying the monumental Gideon Ståhlberg Off the Shelf......................................................................................................................40 Sean Marsh presents more of the best chess book publications of 2024 Forthcoming Events........................................................................................................42 Will you be playing the 4NCL, a congress or a rapidplay this January? Never Mind the Grandmasters... ...............................................................................44 Carl enjoyed learning about and exploring the games of Pia Cramling How to Beat a Grandmaster........................................................................................46 Paul Littlewood shows how Nikita Vitiugov overcame the King’s Indian Chess in the North Atlantic .........................................................................................47 Terry Chapman reports from Porto Santo and the World Seniors Home News.........................................................................................................................48 All the latest results, and we remember IM Adam Hunt (1980 - 2024) Overseas News..................................................................................................................51 Gawain Jones warmed up for the Classic at the Kilkenny Masters Solutions ..............................................................................................................................53 This Month’s New Releases..........................................................................................54 The latest reviews and information on the many recent chess publications Saunders on Chess...........................................................................................................58 John reflects on the world championship and the need for empathy
