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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.
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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 doesn’t 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 Month’s 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
