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.

DOWNLOADA FREEPDF SAMPLEOF THIS ISSUE->

In this issue:

Editorial …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..4

Malcolm Pein on the latest developments in the game

Awesome Aravindh……………………………………………………………………………………………….9

Yochanan Afek saw Aravindh Chithambaram triumph at Prague

Mixed Fortunes…………………………………………………………………………………………………..12

Terry Chapman reports as England triumph in the Over-65 World Teams

An Island First ……………………………………………………………………………………………………..14

Jose & Marcos Camacho Collados enjoyed the Isle of Wight International

How Good is Your Chess?…………………………………………………………………………………16

Daniel King pays tribute to the late, great Boris Spassky

How to Beat a Grandmaster…………………………………………………………………………….19

Paul Littlewood recalls a thrilling Dragon win by a young Jonathan Mestel

60 Seconds… Anthony Mathurin……………………………………………………………………21

We learn a little about the chess coach and Chess Masters expert

A First Immortal……………………………………………………………………………………………..22

Neil Hickman on a remarkable game played in India

The Real Paul Morphy………………………………………………………………………………………..24

Stewart Player examines views on Paul Morphy’s mental collapse

Find the Winning Moves……………………………………………………………………………………26

Can you do as well as the players at Cheadle and Wijk aan Zee?

The name is Boris, Boris Spassky……………………………………………………………………30

John Henderson recalls Boris Spassky (1937 2025), and his 007 link

A Minor Rivalry……………………………………………………………………………………………………36

David LeMoir takes a look at the history of Norfolk versus Hertfordshire

A Volunteer Crisis?…………………………………………………………………………………………….39

Asks John White of the London League and Hammersmith Chess Club

Never Mind the Grandmasters… …………………………………………………………………….40

Carl enjoyed flying alongside Martin Quinn

The Theory of Undevelopment……………………………………………………………………….42

Bernard Hare notes that Black doesnt always have to develop forwards

Overseas News……………………………………………………………………………………………………44

Caruana, Cumming and Maurizzi have been amongst the winners

Cheddleton Conquer………………………………………………………………………………………….47

Wood Green were stunned by Cheddleton at the third 4NCL weekend

Home News………………………………………………………………………………………………………….50

Success for Cambridge and Nikita Vitiugov, and we remember Kathy Hindle

Awesome Alexakis ……………………………………………………………………………………………..53

The Wood Green Invitational delivered two very impressive performances

Solutions ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………54

This Months New Releases………………………………………………………………………………55

Sean Marsh has enjoyed new works by Willy Hendriks and Semko Semkov

Forthcoming Events…………………………………………………………………………………………..57

Saunders on Chess……………………………………………………………………………………………..58

John fondly recalls what happened when Boris Spassky visited Gibraltar