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 Praiseworthy Pragg ...........................................................................................................9 Yochanan Afek reports from the feast of chess that was Wijk aan Zee Clinching Victory..............................................................................................................14 Junior Tay examines how three recent champions triumphed Interview: Jacob Aagaard.............................................................................................16 While running masterclasses alongside the WCC, Jacob chatted with Junior The Odd Couples ..............................................................................................................18 Malcolm Pein reports on a hard-fought Pro-Biz Cup Find the Winning Moves................................................................................................20 Can you do as well as the players at the Caplin Hastings Masters? How to Beat a Grandmaster........................................................................................23 Paul Littlewood recalls a famous simul where Gary Lane did well How Good is Your Chess?.............................................................................................24 Daniel King on Nodirbek Abdusattorov and a new idea in the French “Only the Good Die Young”.........................................................................................27 Neil Hickman on Gordon Crown and a memorable Muzio Remembering Adam........................................................................................................30 Simon Williams pays tribute to IM Adam Hunt (1980 – 2024) A Little Intermezzo.........................................................................................................33 John Henderson has been enjoying the latest Sally Rooney novel Stewart Reuben ................................................................................................................34 John Saunders on the many contributions of Stewart Reuben My First Hastings Congress ........................................................................................36 Stuart Conquest recalls growing up in the East Sussex town A Sense of Adventure ....................................................................................................38 Julian Way tells the story of the first British Champion, Cecil De Vere Never Mind the Grandmasters... ...............................................................................40 Carl has been busy preparing for a return to OTB play Slaughter’s & Simpson’s................................................................................................42 Ben Graff looks back at London’s coffee house chess scene The Killer Wedge...............................................................................................................45 Malcolm Pein on the ultimate King’s Indian game with ...e5-e4-e3 60 Seconds... ICCF IM Nikos Ntirlis .........................................................................46 The leading chess author offers some philosophical words of wisdom Overseas News..................................................................................................................47 Vincent Keymer upset Carlsen and Caruana in the Weissenhaus Freestyle Home News.........................................................................................................................50 Success for Mark Hebden, Xue Haowen and all the latest results Solutions ..............................................................................................................................54 This Month’s New Releases..........................................................................................55 Sean Marsh continues to extol the virtues of 1 e4 and solving exercises Forthcoming Events........................................................................................................57 Saunders on Chess...........................................................................................................58 A letter from Mike Conroy made John recall Bernard Scott
