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CHESS Magazine - September 2026
CHESS Magazine - September 2026
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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

A Changing of the Guard?...........................................................................8

Andrew Ledger reports from an exciting British Championship

Best of British...........................................................................................14

Two pivotal encounters, annotated by Shreyas Royal and Simon Williams

British Champions!....................................................................................19

A round-up of several other leading results from the British Championship

60 Seconds with...Daniel Fernandez.........................................................20

We learn a little about the grandmaster selected by England for the Olympiad

How to Beat a Grandmaster.......................................................................21

Paul Littlewood shows how a fellow senior has dispatched some GMs

How Good Is Your Chess?...........................................................................22

Daniel King on Jimmy Adams and the subject of his final book, Salo Flohr

Forthcoming Events..................................................................................25

Will you be playing any of the UK Open Blitz Qualifiers this month?

Find The Winning Moves............................................................................26

Can you do as well as the players at the Scottish International Open?

A Life in Chess...........................................................................................30

Ben Graff met the living legend that is Yasser Seirawan

Never Mind the Grandmasters...................................................................34

Carl has recently created a new room at home, the Staunton Suite

Castling into Fresh Air..............................................................................36

David LeMoir on why you don’t always need a well-protected king to go long

Project Sozin............................................................................................40

Junior Tay on some Sozin shenanigans and the Magnus a-pawn punt

A Happy ‘Tourist’......................................................................................44

Daniel Fernandez was pleased he elected to play at Vlissingen

Overseas News.........................................................................................48

Aronian, Praggnanandhaa, Sivanandan and the USA have enjoyed success

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

Danny Gormally and Jan Murawski have been amongst the winners of late

Studies with Stephenson...........................................................................53

Brian on Oleg Pervakov and an intricate minor piece ending

Solutions...................................................................................................54

This Month’s New Releases........................................................................55

Two companion books on attacking chess caught the eye of Sean Marsh

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

John takes a look at a forgotten surprise weapon for Black in the Sicilian

Launch DateSeptember 15, 2026
Days In Market39
VendorChess & Bridge
Variants2
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