CHESS Magazine - June 2018

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:

• Magnus Carlsen: The Hat-Trick Hero of Shamkir - Steve Giddins enjoyed the fighting chess at the Gashimov Memorial
• Carry on Caruana... - Going straight from the Candidates to Grenke didn’t stop Fabiano
• Born in the USA - Sam Shankland, however, outstayed Caruana in the U.S. Championship
• The Battle for Second and Third in the 4NCL! - Guildford once again dominated, watched by Jonathan Rogers
• Playing Jesus Down Under - Phil Crocker took part in a tournament with some unusual openings
• Turing Back Time - Browsing the BBC News website led to an unexpected find
• The Greatest Chess Player Who (N)ever Lived - John Saunders stumbled upon a hoax in an old issue of CHESS
• You Never Know - Bob Jones explains what might lie in wait at a second hand bookshop
• Amateur Hour - Bill Forster enjoys his adventures with the Botvinnik Semi-Slav
• A Stunning Setting - The wonderful Harpa lured Matthew Lunn back to Reykjavik