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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.
In this issue:
Editorial
Malcolm Pein on the latest developments in the game
Going for Gold
Nigel Povah reports from the European Senior Team Chess Championships
So Stellar
Wesley So won the Sinquefield Cup for a second year in a row
60 Seconds with...Anna Cramling
The Swedish WFM and streamer recently spent a morning at the Chess Shop
Readers’ Letters
There’s nothing new when it comes to people’s favourite game of all time
Middlegame Masterclass
Milos Pavlovic annotates two strategic struggles from the summer
How Good Is Your Chess?
Daniel King pays tribute to Judit Polgar, who turned 50 back in July
Forthcoming Events
Find The Winning Moves
A bumper selection to help you warm up for the new season
Perfect Pragg
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa prevailed at a dramatic GCT Finals
My 70th Memorable Game
John Henderson recalls the game that made a 13-year-old Fischer famous
Eliminating Draws
Steven J. Brams and Mehmet Mars Seven suggest ‘Divide-and-Choose’
Never Mind the Grandmasters
Carl very much enjoyed a lively game at the British involving AP Smith
How to Beat a Grandmaster
Paul Littlewood was impressed by Peter Roberson in the British Championship
Malcolm Barker
Neil Hickman explains all about “A serious historical figure”
Castling into Fresh Air: Part 2
David LeMoir continues to explore some startling queenside castling
K is for Kingston
John Saunders reports from the Kingston Invitational
Home News
Success for Oleg Korneev, Ilia Malinovskii and Yevgeni Sprenger de la Iglesia
Overseas News
Tan Zhongyi was back to her best at the Cairns Cup
Solutions
This Month’s New Releases
Sean Marsh was delighted by the publication of James Sherwin’s autobiography
Saunders on Chess
John always looks forward to the Olympiad and also back to Tel Aviv, 1964
A Changing of the Guard?
Andrew Ledger reports from an exciting British Championship
Best of British
Two pivotal encounters, annotated by Shreyas Royal and Simon Williams
British Champions!
A round-up of several other leading results from the British Championship
60 Seconds with...Daniel Fernandez
We learn a little about the grandmaster selected by England for the Olympiad
Paul Littlewood shows how a fellow senior has dispatched some GMs
Daniel King on Jimmy Adams and the subject of his final book, Salo Flohr
Will you be playing any of the UK Open Blitz Qualifiers this month?
Can you do as well as the players at the Scottish International Open?
A Life in Chess
Ben Graff met the living legend that is Yasser Seirawan
Carl has recently created a new room at home, the Staunton Suite
Castling into Fresh Air
David LeMoir on why you don’t always need a well-protected king to go long
Project Sozin
Junior Tay on some Sozin shenanigans and the Magnus a-pawn punt
A Happy ‘Tourist’
Daniel Fernandez was pleased he elected to play at Vlissingen
Aronian, Praggnanandhaa, Sivanandan and the USA have enjoyed success
Danny Gormally and Jan Murawski have been amongst the winners of late
Studies with Stephenson
Brian on Oleg Pervakov and an intricate minor piece ending
Two companion books on attacking chess caught the eye of Sean Marsh
John takes a look at a forgotten surprise weapon for Black in the Sicilian
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
Daniel King on the talent, rise and potential of Yagiz Erdogmus
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
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
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
Success for Alireza Firouzja, Danny Gormally and Mukhiddin Madaminov
Andrew Greet retained his Scottish title and Surrey the County Championship
Sean Marsh very much enjoyed Salo Flohr: From Chess Fighter to Chess Writer
John on Charles Wreford-Brown, chess, soccer and the World Cup
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
Paul Littlewood looks at some fine attacking play by his England team-mates
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)
Carl remembers the creative, ingenious and daring play of Mikhail Tal
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
Weekend tournament results from the British Rapidplay up until mid-June
Will you be playing the Scottish, in South Wales or at the British coming up?
Sean Marsh enjoyed recent publications on the isolani and Max Euwe
John on his relationship with chess books, databases and opening theory
Chess Magazine (established 1935) is the UK’s best-selling chess publication.
Published monthly, each issue comprises 60 pages with coverage of all major chess tournaments, regular features on opening theory (mainline & offbeat) - interviews with top players, instructional articles by top players, tactics puzzles based on the latest games, features on chess history, chess studies & problems, book reviews, and much more! 12 issues delivered direct to your letterbox on a monthly basis.
Regular contributors include: Gawain Jones, Michael Adams, Daniel King, GM Danny Gormally, Simon Williams, Jon Speelman, Richard Palliser, Malcolm Pein, Paul Littlewood, Junior Tay, John Saunders, Carl Portman, and Ben Graff.
A Clean Sweep, and a Close Shave!
Andrew Ledger reports from an exciting final weekend of the 4NCL season
60 Seconds with... Axel Smith
The Swedish GM gave a huge blindfold simul and has a new book out
Small Margins
Paul Littlewood reports from the World Senior Team Chess Championships
The Comeback
Carlsen won his final three games then the playoff in Malmo
The Brightest Star?
Carl Strugnell on the specialness of 14-year-old Turkish superstar Yagiz Kaan
Will you be playing at Crewe, Edinburgh, the MindSports Centre or elsewhere?
Brian pays tribute to the composing giant that is Harold van der Heijden
Daniel King looks at how Rameshbabu Vaishali likes to play on the front foot
The Beauty in Chess
Jon Crumiller on Sir António Horta-Osório’s dazzling collection of chess sets
Can you do as well as the players at the final 4NCL weekend of the season?
Under the Hammer
John Henderson takes a look at the auction of Lothar Schmid’s collection
Chasing Dreams
Ben Graff thoroughly enjoyed being out and about at the Menorca Open
Menorca Masterclass
Daniel Fernandez explains how he outplayed the 2024 World Rapid Champion
Carl Portman on his last round game at the UK Armed Forces Championships
Paul Littlewood looks at an impressive game by a young Jon Speelman
Key Encounters
Some more of the best chess from the FIDE Candidates and the TePe Sigeman
Hans Niemann won the opening leg of the 2026 Grand Chess Tour in Poland
Popular weekenders took place in Belfast, Blackpool, Bournemouth and elsewhere
Sean Marsh enjoyed the return of Neil McDonald, with his new book on strategy
John on Eugene Colman and his contribution to the Two Knights Defence
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