CHESS Magazine - September 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. DOWNLOAD A FREE PDF SAMPLE OF THIS ISSUE-> 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