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British Chess Magazine
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British Chess Magazine : August 2008Cover photo: Vasyl Ivanchuk wins the MTel Masters in SofiaAerosvit Foros - BCM’s man in Ukraine, Mikhail Golubev, was on the spot to see Magnus Carlsen’s spectacular tournament success at the super-tournament in Foros. • Speelman on the Endgame South Wales International (by Jack Rudd) • Karen Asrian Memorial Rapidplay • FIDE Rating List, July 2008 • Chess Questions Answered (with Gary Lane) • News in Brief
Spot The Continuation Quotes and Queries (with Chris Ravilious)
Problem World (with David Friedgood) |
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British Chess Magazine : July 2008Cover photo: Vasyl Ivanchuk wins the MTel Masters in SofiaMTel Masters - Vasyl Ivanchuk came to Sofia and showed he had not read the script by depriving Veselin Topalov of his fourth successive triumph. Ian Rogers annotates Ivanchuk's games. • Speelman on the Endgame The Kavalek File (with Lubosh Kavalek) • Letter to the Editor • King’s Tournament, Bazna • Bronstein: Genius of Attack (by Efstratios Grivas) • Games Department (by Danny Gormally) • Coulsdon Easter Tournament • News in Brief
Spot The Continuation Quotes and Queries (with Chris Ravilious)
Endgame Studies (with John Beasley) |
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British Chess Magazine : June 2008Cover photo: Harriet Hunt at the 4NCL4NCL Final Weekend - no surprises at the British Team League’s season finale: Guildford-A&DC teams finished first and second. But there were some excellent games played. • Speelman on the Endgame European Individual Championship • FIDE Grand Prix, Baku • News in Brief
Spot The Continuation Quotes and Queries (with Chris Ravilious)
Problem World (with David Friedgood) |
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British Chess Magazine : May 2008Cover photo: Michael Adams, winner of the Ruy Lopez tournament in MeridaRuy López, Mérida - Michael Adams put his reputation on the line when he played in a tournament commemorating Ruy López in the Spanish province of Extremadura, but he came through with flying colours. And the old Spanish opening was prominent in the play. • Speelman on the Endgame Russian Team Championship • FIDE Ratings, April 2008 • Melody Amber Tournament • News in Brief
Spot The Continuation Quotes and Queries (with Chris Ravilious)
Endgame Studies (with John Beasley) |
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British Chess Magazine : April 2008Cover photo: Vishy Anand, winner of the Morelia/Linares tournamentMorelia/Linares - Vishy Anand did most of the hard work in Mexico and took things easy on the tournament’s transfer to Spain. Ian Rogers reports from the ringside and also comments on fifteen ways to lose a chess game. • Corus Wijk aan Zee ‘B’ Section 4NCL, January and March 2008 • Chess Questions Answered (with Gary Lane) • News in Brief
Spot The Continuation Quotes and Queries (with Chris Ravilious)
Problem World (with David Friedgood) |
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British Chess Magazine : March 2008Cover photo: Magnus Carlsen, joint winner of the 2008 Corus Wijk A tournamentCorus Wijk aan Zee - the younger generation displaced their elders this year, but not by much. Magnus Carlsen was front runner for the first half but was then pegged back by Leko and Anand. But he still fought back to share first with Levon Aronian. Ian Rogers reports. • Gibtelecom Masters Speelman on the Endgame • News in Brief
Spot The Continuation Quotes and Queries (with Chris Ravilious)
Endgame Studies (with John Beasley) |
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British Chess Magazine : February 2008Cover photo: Bobby Fischer (1943-2009)Hastings - not a vintage year as regards the battle for first place (more of a pillow fight, actually) but there is much entertainment to be had from games up and down the field. John Saunders summarises the action, while Steve Giddins takes us through the games.
Speelman on the Endgame • Mihail Marin on Portisch (Part 2) • Chess Questions Answered (with Gary Lane) • News in Brief
Spot The Continuation Quotes and Queries (with Chris Ravilious)
Problem World (with David Friedgood) |
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British Chess Magazine : January 2008Cover photo: Gata Kamsky and Alexei Shirov contest the final of the FIDE World CupFIDE World Cup - 128 players (and a few camp followers) trekked to Siberia in the middle of winter to play a knock-out chess tournament. They must be completely mad. Ian Rogers helps to make sense of the chess while Gulag survivor Tara MacGowran (i.e. Michael Adams' wife) shows us the pictures. Brrr!
Speelman on the Endgame
4NCL, November Weekend • British Rapidplay Championship • Games Department - (with Sam Collins) • News in Brief
Spot The Continuation Quotes and Queries (with Chris Ravilious)
Endgame Studies (with John Beasley) |
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British Chess Magazine : December 2007Cover photo: Peter Svidler, in superb form in the European Team Championship.European Team Championship - it was just like old times in Crete as Russia won both open and women’s events. Mark Lyell travelled with the England team and annotates some of the best games, while Lubosh Kavalek analyses two trenchant encounters.
Essent Hoogeveen • Chess Questions Answered • The Kavalek File • Half a Century Ago: 1957 • European Club Cup • News in Brief
Spot The Continuation Quotes and Queries (with Chris Ravilious)
Problem World (with David Friedgood) |
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British Chess Magazine : November 2007Cover photo: Vishy Anand wins the world championship tournament in Mexico CityWorld Championship - Ian and Cathy Rogers were in Mexico to see the title tournament unfold. All the action, results, photos in a comprehensive extended report, plus an interview with the dethroned Vladimir Kramnik and some background on the new champion.
4NCL, September weekend • Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International • FIDE Rating List, October 2007 • News in Brief
Spot The Continuation Quotes and Queries (with Chris Ravilious)
Endgame Studies (with John Beasley) |
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British Chess Magazine : October 2007Cover photo: Gawain Jones at the Staunton MemorialUK vs China - Liverpool hosted a prestigious match between representatives of UK and China at St George’s Concert Hall in the city centre. BCM’s editor John Saunders reports on the match and the open tournament while Steve Giddins annotates the match games. Read the October 2007 new book reviews
The Kavalek File (with Lubosh Kavalek) • News in Brief
Spot The Continuation Quotes and Queries (with Chris Ravilious)
Problem World (with David Friedgood) |
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British Chess Magazine : September 2007Cover photo: Jacob Aagaard and Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant - 2007 British ChampionsBritish Championship - Danish-born, Scottish-registered Jacob Aagaard did well to win the British Championship at his first attempt despite reverses at the hands of young English IMs, one of whom, Stephen Gordon, has annotated some games for our delectation. Read the September 2007 new book reviews
Biel
News in Brief
Spot The Continuation Chess Questions Answered (with Gary Lane) Quotes and Queries (with Chris Ravilious)
Endgame Studies (with John Beasley) |
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British Chess Magazine : August 2007Cover photo: Kramnik wins in Dortmund, Ivanchuk wins in ForosDortmund - Vladimir Kramnik likes Dortmund so much he is even thinking of living there. Once again he won the annual summer tournament there. Next stop Mexico. Peter Doggers was on the spot and covers the action in the main section and the veteran’s match. Read the August 2007 new book reviews
Dutch Championship
News in Brief
Spot The Continuation FIDE Ratings, July 2007 King's Tournament, Bazna
Games department (with IM Sam Collins) • Quotes and Queries (with Chris Ravilious)
Problem World (with David Friedgood) |
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British Chess Magazine : July 2007Cover photo: Qualifiers for the World Championship Final: Aronian, Gelfand, Grischuk and LekoCandidates
Matches - FIDE
successfully turned the clock back when they put on old-style World
Championship Candidates matches, in Chess City (Elista, Kalmykia).
Mikhail Golubev was on the spot for
BCM during the first round of matches, while Ian
Rogers covers the four final round encounters.
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British Chess Magazine : June 2007Cover photo: Gawain Jones qualifies as a grandmaster4NCL
- Guildford-ADC
are champions (of course) and runners-up. It was never really in
doubt, but there was still plenty to enjoy, plus promotion/relegation
excitement, at the final weekend of the season. Steve
Giddins reports on the action at Wokefield Park.
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British Chess Magazine : May 2007Cover photo: Tatiana Kosintseva wins the European Women's ChampionshipDresden
- the European
Individual Championships were held in Dresden. Many middle-ranking
grandmasters made the pilgrimage in pursuit of qualifying places
at next years FIDE World Cup, plus a goodly squad of titled
English players. It had a bit of everything (good and bad).
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British Chess Magazine : April 2007Cover photo: Magnus Carlsen at Morelia/LinaresMorelia/Linares
- Ian Rogers saw some exciting chess
in Mexico, with Carlsen leading the way. Morozevich shone brightly
in Linares, but the overall master was Vishy Anand.
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British Chess Magazine : March 2007Cover photo: Teimour Radjabov tied for first at Corus Wijk aan ZeeCorus
Wijk aan Zee -
Ian Rogers was BCMs man at the
ringside as the Kramnik-Topalov feud simmered and the tournament
itself faced up to an uncertain future as regards sponsorship. But
lots of excellent chess got played as well...
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British Chess Magazine : February 2007Cover photo: David Howell becomes a GM at 16Hastings
- the traditional
Christmas/New Year tournament has been shorn of its stars but there
is still an enjoyable winter chess holiday to be had on the South
coast. Ambitious young Brits took some impressive scalps, but at
the end the East European scooped the main prizes. Steve
Giddins was on the spot to witness the action (as well as
some last-round inaction).
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British Chess Magazine : January 2007Cover photo: Kramnik's big blunder against Deep Fritz 10Kramnik
v Deep Fritz -
the end for professional chess as we know it? Or a new beginning
for human chess? All the moves of the Man versus Machine match in
Bonn, with annotations by Lubosh Kavalek,
plus some grandmaster opinions on matches against computers. |
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British Chess Magazine : Bound Volume, 2006The 2006 bound volume
has coverage of all major events, plus articles, letters, problems,
studies, quotes and queries, book reviews, history, colour photos
and much more. Featured articles: Russia pips China for the World
Team Championship Shakriyar Mamedyarov wins the world junior
championship Jonathan Levitt reviews Chess for Zebras
by Jonathan Rowson Aronian wins FIDE World Cup
Chess as a feminist issue: Cathy Forbes reviews Jennifer Shahade's
book Chess Bitch Sergey Rublevsky wins the Russian
Championship Anand and Topalov share the honours at Corus
Wijk Chandler wins the Queenstown Classic, Georgiev wins
in Gibraltar Aronian wins Morelia/Linares Peter Leko
interviewed by Ian Rogers John Watson on the US Championship,
won by Alexander Onischuk Kholmov: Steve Giddins pays homage
Armenia win the Turin Olympiad, Ukraine win the Woemn's Olympiad
Topalov wins the Mtel Masters Figurine Notation? No
thanks, says John Roycroft Mikhail Golubev on the Foros Supertournament
Jonathan Rowson wins his third straight British Championship
Kramnik and Svidler share first in Dortmund Ivan Sokolov
wins the Staunton Memorial Short wins the EU Championship
Controversy and excitement at the World Championship reunification
match in Elista Judit Polgar crushes Veselin Topalov in Hoogeveen
Mikhail Tal and William Winter remembered .. and much,
much more. Contributors and annotators include Ian Rogers, Lubosh
Kavalek, John Watson, Mikhail Golubev, Sam Collins, Chris Ravilious,
Steve Giddins, John Roycroft, Gary Lane, Cathy Forbes, Bernard Cafferty
and many others. All bound in an attractive maroon cloth-bound hard
cover and fully indexed. Your bookshelf would be incomplete without
it! 672 pages, hardcover (note: the image shown above
is not the front cover of the book, which is bound in plain maroon
hard covers, with 'British Chess Magazine 2006' gold blocked on
the spine)
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British Chess Magazine : December 2006Cover photo: Judit Polgar ties for first at HoogeveenEssent
Hoogeveen - seven
days after the end of the world championship match, Veselin Topalov
was back in action in the Netherlands. But Judit Polgar and Shakhriyar
Mamedyarov shared the honours. Steve Giddins
and Ian Rogers were both on
the spot. |
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British Chess Magazine : November 2006Cover photo: Undisputed world champion Vladimir KramnikWorld
Championship -
ALL THE GAMES and action from the thrilling Kramnik-Topalov match
in Elista, with annotations by Ian Rogers,
Lubosh Kavalek and John
Saunders, plus ringside accounts of all the controversy.
29 pages of chess at its best (and worst!). |
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British Chess Magazine : October 2006Cover photo: Jan Timman playing at the Staunton Memorial TournamentStaunton
Memorial - super-grandmasters
from the Netherlands and the UK crossed swords in this strong event
in London. We have an on-the-spot report from Steve
Giddins. |
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British Chess Magazine : September 2006Cover photo: Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant finishes second at the British ChampionshipDortmund
- Five games, five
draws Vladimir Kramnik seemed to be sleepwalking through
the tournament. But then the Russian giant woke up. |
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British Chess Magazine : August 2006Cover photo: Kateryna Lahno and Irina Krush at the Turin OlympiadWomens
Olympiad - With
China sending what was more or less their junior squad, things seemed
set fair for the first-ever Russian success at the Turin Womens
Olympiad. However, there was to be many a slip... we feature all
the results and action. |
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British Chess Magazine : July 2006Cover photo: Gabriel Sargissian at the Turin OlympiadTurin
Olympiad - stung
by their second place to Ukraine in 2004, Russia beefed up their
squad for the 2006 Olympiad. The good news was that they finished
ahead of Ukraine this time, but the bad news... read all about the
action in Turin (some of it was quite violent). |
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British Chess Magazine : June 2006Cover photo: Luke McShane at the 4NCL 4NCL
Final Weekend - as usual, the 4NCL came to a conclusion with
a big match between Wood Green 1 and Guildford-ADC 1. Out came the
managers cheque-books and two mighty teams did battle. Steve
Giddins has a full report on the clash of the titans. |
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British Chess Magazine : May 2006Cover photo: Xu Yuhua wins the women's world championship US
Championship - once again San Diego, California, was the
venue for the US Championship. The format was new, though: two Swiss
tournaments with the winners meeting in a rapidplay play-off. John
Watson was there to follow the action. |
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British Chess Magazine : April 2006Cover photo: Levon Aronian wins in Linares Linares/Morelia
- this years Linares started in Morelia, Mexico, before ending
in Andalucia. Topalov suffered a fiasco in Mexico, but came storming
back in Linares. Ian Rogers reports
on the intercontinental supertorneo. |
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British Chess Magazine : March 2006Cover photo: Michael Adams at Wijk aan Zee Corus
Wijk aan Zee - Michael Adams became the first player to down
the new world champion, but Veselin Topalov soon raced into the
lead. In the end, Topalov shared the honours with Vishy Anand. Steve
Giddins was there to sample the unique Wijk atmosphere. |
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British Chess Magazine : February 2006Cover photo: Levon Aronian, world no.5 and FIDE World Cup winner Hastings
- With the Premier now a distant memory and the knock-out experiment
abandoned, the main event at this years Hastings was a conventional
swiss but with a high-tec solution when it came to the recording
of the games. Steve Giddins
tells all in his ringside report. |
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British Chess Magazine : January 2006Cover photo: Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, world junior champion World
Team Championship - One of the most exciting team tournaments
for years went right down to the wire in Israel in November. The
Chinese mens team were not expected to finish in the medals
but nearly snatched gold from the Russians. Full report and games. |
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British Chess Magazine : Bound Volume, 2005There is no better way
of keeping abreast of competitive chess than by collecting bound
volumes of British Chess Magazine. The 2005 bound volume
has coverage of all major events, plus articles, letters, problems,
studies, quotes and queries, book reviews, history, colour photos
and much more. Featured articles: Kasparov wins the Russian Championship,
Women's Olympiad, Hastings, Hikaru Nakamura wins the US Championship,
Leko wins Corus Wijk aan Zee, Kasparov wins Linares and then retires,
exclusive post-retirement interview with Kasparov , Bermuda, Melody
Amber, 50 Years of Quotes and Queries, 4NCL, Special Ukrainian edition
(July, edited by Ukrainian GM Mikhail Golubev), Topalov wins in
Sofia, interview with Sergey Karyakin, Adams vs Hydra Computer,
Naiditsch wins in Dortmund, Rowson retains British Championship,
Topalov wins FIDE World Championship ... and much, much more. Contributors
and annotators include Ian Rogers, Lubosh Kavalek, Mikhail Golubev,
Ruslan Ponomariov, Jonathan Rowson, Valeri Beim, Mikhail Podgaets,
Alexander Moiseenko, Alexander Vaisman, John Emms, Chris Ravilious,
Steve Giddins, John Roycroft, Colin Crouch, Gary Lane, Bernard Cafferty
and many others. All bound in an attractive maroon cloth-bound hard
cover and fully indexed. Your bookshelf would be incomplete without
it! 672 pages, hardcover (note: the image shown above
is not the front cover of the book, which is bound in plain maroon
hard covers, with 'British Chess Magazine 2005' gold blocked on
the spine) |
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