CHESS Magazine – August 2020: The King of Lockdown

CHESS Magazine – August 2020
The King of Lockdown

Magazine, 60 pages

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:

• Editorial – Malcolm Pein on the latest developments in the game
• 60 Seconds with…Jack Rodgers – The Australian chart-topper likes to sacrifice and attack
• Carlsen Claims Chessable Masters – Appropriately enough Magnus triumphed in the third leg of his tour
• Chess24’s Coverage – David Smith discusses Svidler and co with some club players
• How Good is Your Chess? – Daniel King always enjoys watching Nakamura at rapid chess
• Internet Blitz – Danny Gormally discusses playing online and reveals his top tips
• Anti-Cheating in Online Chess – Alex Holowczak explains all about Ken Regan’s system and z scores
• Find the Winning Moves – Can you do as well as the world’s best and those in the 4NCL Online?
• A Hard Day’s Night – John Henderson reveals a link between the Beatles and the U.S. Open
• Looking Beyond the Chessboard – Ben Graff chats with Natasha Regan and Matthew Sadler
• Stay Home! Save Lives! Play Chess! – Steve Firth battles his lockdown tormentors, Stockfish and Troitzky
• You Too Can Be A Chess Author – David Lemoir has some handy advice for the budding writer
• Never Mind the Grandmasters… – Carl fondly remembers playing in a simul given by Alan Phillips
• Remembering A. R. B. – Bob Jones concludes his coverage of the life of A. R. B. Thomas
• James Mason’s Twinkling Eyes – An unexpected TV spot sent Geoff Chandler back to Fred Reinfeld
• The Club Champion Beats Lasker – Martin Quinn stumbled upon Plymouth CC’s Henry Adamson
• Readers’ Letters – Your thoughts on ARB, Indian chess rules, online cheating and Covid
• The Pride & Sorrow of South African Chess – Barry Hymer updates us on Donald Macfarlane’s life in the UK
• Solutions – The answers to all the puzzles and more on one of last month’s
• This Month’s New Releases – New works on art, Anand, Navara and Vilner are reviewed
• Saunders on Chess – John on the King’s Indian and an amazing Four Pawns Attack

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