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CHESS Magazine - July 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
From Last to First!
Praggnanandhaa did the double over Carlsen at Norway Chess
How Good is Your Chess?
Daniel King presents a victory by Harry Grieve, England’s newest GM
An Amazing Six Days
Harry Grieve reveals how he obtained his third and final norm in Budapest
As Easy as ABC
Junior Tay on an easy-to-play system, A Blübaum Catalan (ABC)
60 Seconds with...Frederick Waldhausen Gordon
We learn a little about the 15-year-old IM and British Rapidplay Champion
Correspondingly Difficult
Neil Hickman tries to get to grips with the theory of corresponding squares
How to Beat a Grandmaster
Paul Littlewood looks at some fine attacking play by his England team-mates
Find The Winning Moves
Can you do as well as the players at the Welsh and the TePe Sigeman?
A New Blindfold Record?
John Knott reports on the extraordinary achievement of Axel Smith
James “Jimmy” Adams
Remembering a popular, long-standing former Editor of these pages
Chess Problems as Personal Expression
NM Ilan Vardi explores his interest in problems and endgame studies
Bird of Prey
FM Julian Way on the incredible artistry of Henry Bird (1829–1908)
Never Mind the Grandmasters
Carl remembers the creative, ingenious and daring play of Mikhail Tal
Overseas News
Anastasiia Hnatyshyn sprang a big surprise at the European Women’s Individual
From the Queen’s Building to Queen Street
Tim Paulden reports on a very special 50th Anniversary East Devon Congress
Home News
Weekend tournament results from the British Rapidplay up until mid-June
Forthcoming Events
Will you be playing the Scottish, in South Wales or at the British coming up?
This Month’s New Releases
Sean Marsh enjoyed recent publications on the isolani and Max Euwe
Saunders on Chess
John on his relationship with chess books, databases and opening theory
