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 The First Time!......................................................................................................8 Anish Giri finally won at Wijk aan Zee after a dramatic final round A Tough World ....................................................................................................16 It’s not an easy life for the weaker teams and players in the 4NCL 60 Seconds With... Yochanan Afek...........................................................21 We learn a little more about our Wijk aan Zee correspondent How Good Is Your Chess? .............................................................................22 Daniel King has been working hard on the Anti-Sicilians of late How to Beat a Grandmaster.........................................................................25 Paul Littlewood with a classic British win over a world champion Find the Winning Moves.................................................................................26 Can you do as well as the players at the Harrogate 4NCL Congress? Botvinnik in Britain...........................................................................................30 Bob Jones on the four tournaments the Patriarch played in the UK Fighting Back!.....................................................................................................34 Ben Graff explores how we might better prepare for our opponents Should I Bring My Own Pieces?..................................................................38 Steve Firth on stress, seasickness and the importance of a good set Never Mind The Grandmasters... ...............................................................40 Carl on his various adventures at the Shropshire Congress Forthcoming Events.........................................................................................42 A busy March weekend chess calendar for the UK Quickdraw McGrab...........................................................................................43 Junior Tay muses on quick draws and if juniors draw prematurely Overseas News...................................................................................................45 Alexandra Kosteniuk won at Munich and is set to change affiliation New Format, But Same Winner ..................................................................48 Carlsen dominated as the 2023 Champions Chess Tour kicked off Home News..........................................................................................................50 Success for Nigel Davies, Ameet Ghasi and Kajus Mikalajunas Readers’ Letters ................................................................................................53 Did you know that blindfold checkers is very much a thing? Solutions ...............................................................................................................54 This Month’s New Releases ..........................................................................55 Sean Marsh reviews two notable books from Ivkov and Sielecki Saunders on Chess............................................................................................58 John takes us back to the 1960 World Student Olympiad
