CHESS Magazine - February 2019

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.

In this issue:

• 60 Seconds with...Chris Skulte - The captain of Celtic Tigers in the 4NCL certainly likes his chess
• Wars and Draws - A new format was trialled at the London Chess Classic
• Is Hastings Dying? - So pondered Danny Gormally after sharing first place there
• How Good is Your Chess? - Daniel King was very impressed by the AlphaZero vs Stockfish match
• Modern Chess: Part Two - Milos Pavlovic discusses the impact engines are having
• Find the Winning Moves - Can you do as well as the players at the Classic and Hastings?
• Never Mind the Grandmasters... - Carl Portman is fed up with the amount of clutter around the board
• The Life and Death of Grandmaster Blimp - Tim Wall reflects on a recent book on the Carlsen-Caruana match
• Dangerous Moments - Amatzia Avni on the theme embarras de richesses
• Christmas Quiz - All the answers to last month’s tricky questions and puzzles
• Studies with Stephenson - Brian presents an award-winning study by Oleg Pervakov
• A Fishy Tale - An novel attempt to create a rival to AlphaZero, by J. Corfield
• Hampstead Congress Comes of Age - Adam Raoof has been delighted by junior success at his events
• Overseas News - Daniil Dubov & Magnus Carlsen are the World Rapid & Blitz Champions
• Three-Way Go - It’s no surprise which teams are on 4/4 in the 4NCL
• Home News - The latest results and a tribute to popular FM Steve Berry
• Sean Marsh reviews Carsten Hensel’s work on Vladimir Kramnik
• Saunders on Chess - John remains dedicated to furthering his chess education