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British Chess Magazine (October 2023)
The October issue of BCM is brimming with insightful comments, opinions, and analysis, along with tournament reports. BCM's GM Alex Colovic delves into one of the most significant questions in chess: How to handle winning and losing? Additionally, in a separate article, Colovic examines the role and place of intuition in chess and whether it always proves effective. Dive into our special reports from the World and European senior championships, where England delivers a remarkable performance in both events! In this issue, you can also find the concluding part of BCM's exclusive interview with Henrik Carlen, where he discusses how his son influenced the world of chess and how he will be remembered. Furthermore, Milan Dinic explores the ascent of China as a chess powerhouse, from its tentative steps in the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution to becoming a dominant force on the global chess stage. All this and more awaits you in the October issue of BCM!
There are plenty of fighting draws as well, where both players are trying their best in order to win the game, but it finally ends in draw. This kind of extremely tense battles is exactly what the book is about.
Igor Lysyi: “I worked hard at mastering 1…е7-е5 for Black….
British Chess Magazine (January 2023)
British Chess Magazine (January 2024)
In the phase of the game, the endgame, strange things happen. Material advantages don’t bring home the expected fruits, wins vanish, draws slip away, and frustrations build. Why is it that when things are supposed to be simpler, they become slippery and nearly impossible to handle with any kind of accuracy? And why do players such as Rubinstein, Capablanca, Andersson, Karpov, and Carlsen seem able to drum up resources out of nothing, make the lives of their opponents miserable, and win things that looked drawn and draw things that looked lost? Many factors are at play, but an accurate assessment of the remaining resources, both present and latent, allows these players to make better plans and maximize the potential for a positive outcome.
In this book, experienced authors, IM Lakdawala and FM Hansen, look at this phenomenon and help the reader better “read” the positions to understand what measures are needed in a given position.
Along with numerous practical examples, and endgame studies with practical application, there are also many exercises for the student to work through, either on their own or with a coach.
British Chess Magazine (May 2023)