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In this issue:

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

Malcolm Pein on the latest developments in the game

Veni, Vici, Vidit ………………………………………………………………………………………..8

John Saunders saw Vidit Gujrathi conquer the FIDE Grand Swiss

Two World Senior Champions!…………………………………………………………..14

Michael Adams and John Nunn triumphed; Terry Chapman reports

Hard-Fought!…………………………………………………………………………………………18

Sarah & Alex Longson on the Delancey UK Chess Challenge Terafinal

How Good Is Your Chess? …………………………………………………………………..22

Daniel King admires how the young Uzbek brigade got on in Qatar

60 Seconds With… Steffen Nielsen………………………………………………….25

We learn a little about the world champion of study composition

Find The Winning Moves……………………………………………………………………..26

Can you do as well as the likes of Anand and Mamedyarov?

The Sixteenth Game …………………………………………………………………………….30

Ben Graff looks back at one of the most famous of all chess games

Christmas Stocking Fillers ………………………………………………………………….33

Let Sean Marsh be your guide for Christmas requests or purchases

How To Trap Heffalumps…Quickly!………………………………………………….36

David LeMoir reveals how you might claim a higher-rated scalp

Forthcoming Events……………………………………………………………………………..38

Will you be playing at Hastings or in London over the festive period?

A Life of Chess: Part III ……………………………………………………………………….40

Stewart Reuben recalls Londons importance in the 1980s

Never Mind The Grandmasters… ………………………………………………………44

Carl pays tribute to one of his favourite writers, Savielly Tartakower

How To Beat A Grandmaster………………………………………………………………46

Paul Littlewood features Steven Joness first win against a GM

Overseas News………………………………………………………………………………………48

Instructive games from John Emms, Fabiano Caruana and Carissa Yip

Home News…………………………………………………………………………………………….53

Success for Bodhana Sivanandan, 3Cs and Alan Merry

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

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

Sean Marsh revisits a modern classic and looks at Vsevolod Rauzer

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

John discusses the term a won game