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CHESS Magazine - August 2026
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...Szymon Gumularz
We learn a little about the Polish Champion, who took on Gawain Jones
A Match and Two Norms!
Jonathan Arnott reports on some high-quality chess in Sheffield
Forthcoming Events
How Good Is Your Chess?
Daniel King on the talent, rise and potential of Yagiz Erdogmus
How to Beat a Grandmaster
Paul Littlewood recalls the attacking prowess of his father, John Littlewood
Trying to Understand the Lasker-Reichhelm postion
Neil Hickman continues to investigate the theory of corresponding squares
Find The Winning Moves
A bumper 33 puzzles lest you’re feeling rusty and about to play this summer
The Immortal Enigma
John Henderson grapples with a very (in)famous game, Anderssen-Kieseritzky
ChessFest in Pictures
A visual recap of the goings on at the UK’s largest one-day chess event
Is the Ratings System Broken?
Ben Graff explores why ratings matter and whether the system is working
Genius Ideas
Geoff Chandler never passes by a charity shop
Night Clubbing
Edinburgh’s Keith Ruxton on the evolution of the second-oldest chess club
Never Mind the Grandmasters
Carl enjoyed a simul given by the Editor in Kenilworth, including a notable defeat
Don’t Like Licking Stamps
Mike Donnelly recalls two strong OTB players suffering at correspondence
An Unsung Hero
Neil Pennock looks back on the Scarborough Chess Festival of 1926
As Easy as ABC: Part II
Junior Tay continues his coverage of Matthias Blübaum’s antidote to the Catalan
Overseas News
Success for Alireza Firouzja, Danny Gormally and Mukhiddin Madaminov
Home News
Andrew Greet retained his Scottish title and Surrey the County Championship
Solutions
This Month’s New Releases
Sean Marsh very much enjoyed Salo Flohr: From Chess Fighter to Chess Writer
Saunders on Chess
John on Charles Wreford-Brown, chess, soccer and the World Cup
