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In this issue:

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

Malcolm Pein on the latest developments in the game

A Brilliant British …………………………………………………………………………………………………..8

Gawain Jones won, Shreyas Royal and Matthew Wadsworth annotate

A Fistful of Pawns………………………………………………………………………………………………15

Luke McShane played an amazing game at the World Open

How Good is Your Chess?…………………………………………………………………………………18

Daniel King saw the Messi of Chess in action in Barcelona

Readers Letters …………………………………………………………………………………………………21

King and Pawn Endings: Part One…………………………………………………………………..22

Mike Read presents a fascinating king and pawn endgame

Find the Winning Moves……………………………………………………………………………………24

A bumper edition to warm you up for the new season

Studies with Stephenson………………………………………………………………………………….28

Brian reports on world solving gold medals for Great Britain

Epsom Chess Club………………………………………………………………………………………………30

Marcus Gosling on a new club who are already Surrey Champions

By Hook or by Rook! …………………………………………………………………………………………32

The Ginger GM, Simon Williams, made his Chessboxing debut

A Pint with Kevin………………………………………………………………………………………………..33

Geoff Chandler caught up with comedian Kevin James Doyle

The Nearly Men…………………………………………………………………………………………………..34

Ben Graff on Carl Schlechter, David Bronstein and Viktor Korchnoi

Never Mind the Grandmasters… …………………………………………………………………….37

Emanuel Lasker and the Cambridge Springs are praised by Carl

How to Beat a Grandmaster…………………………………………………………………………….40

Paul Littlewood pays tribute to star organiser and IM Nigel Povah

Best of British……………………………………………………………………………………………………..41

A breakdown of all the winners from the British Championships

Nature Read in Tooth and Claw……………………………………………………………………….42

Adrian Harvey on the no-holds-barred world of Victorian journalism

Chess Gladiator…………………………………………………………………………………………………..44

Julian Way celebrates the life and legacy of C. H. OD. Alexander

Mea Culpa, Mr Morrison! …………………………………………………………………………………46

John Henderson makes a small correction to the record

Forthcoming Events…………………………………………………………………………………………..47

Will you be taking in any of the regular September congresses?

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

Success for Daniel Fernandez, Le Quang Liem and Tan Zhongyi

Home News………………………………………………………………………………………………………….52

Andrew Greet is the 2024 Scottish Chess Champion

Solutions ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………53

This Months New Releases………………………………………………………………………………54

Sean Marsh enjoyed Elk & Rubys third volume on Korchnoi

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

John uncovered a gem while checking gamescores from Hastings