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  The Moves That Matter A Chess Grandmaster on the Game of Life Jonathan Rowson 352 pages | hardback | £20.00 London: Bloomsbury, 2019 Sarah Hurst   The Moves That Matter is the very personal story of Jonathan Rowson’s search for meaning in life and…

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50 Must Reads

Jimmy Adams, Baden Baden 1925 International Chess Tournament: The Arrival of Hypermodern Chess (Yorklyn: Caissa Editions, 1991)   Alexander Alekhine, My Best Games 1924–37 (London: G. Bell and Sons, 1939)   Frank Brady, Endgame: Thee Spectacular Rise and Fall of Bobby Fischer (London: Constable. 2011) David…

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Kingpin Chess Magazine, Issue 32

UK: £5.00  Europe: £6.00  RoW: £7.00    The Kingpin Questionnaire Peter Svidler Krusty the Clown Wins the Australian Championship Chris Depasquale Gary Lane’s Agony Column What’s in a Grade? Justin Horton Losing My Way to the GM Title Jonathan Rowson Do Not Adjust Your Chess…

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Kingpin Chess Magazine, Issue 28

UK: £4.00  Europe: £5.00  RoW: £6.00    The Kingpin Questionnaire Yasser Seirawan The Art of Not Preparing Nigel Davies Pawn Storm Richard Forster Gary Lane’s Agony Column Gary Lane Dispenses Invaluable Advice Gazza’s Gaffes Colin Crouch How Good Are You at Emulating Morphy’s Opponents? Chris…

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Kingpin Chess Magazine, Issue 27

  UK: £4.00  Europe: £5.00  RoW: £6.00    The Kingpin Questionnaire Eddie Gufeld lists his likes and self-likes Gary Lane’s Agony Column More no-nonsense advice from the well-informed IM Gary’s Handy Hints Gary Lane’s fail-safe guide to get the most from your chess Did Intel Break…

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Aside from being funny, Kingpin is often pretty controversial too, with many an allegation or insinuation strewn amongst its pages
James Plaskett, New Statesman

Spassky’s Toughest Simul

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The chess boom triggered by the 1972 Fischer–Spassky match enthused many talented youngsters, especially in Britain. Boris Spassky became an early casualty of the fallout from the ‘English chess explosion’ when he took on a schoolboy squad over 30 boards in 1979. The event was…

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“a must-read for everyone who doesn’t take chess too seriously; it’s especially a must-read for everyone who does take chess seriously!” ChessVibes “. . . very, very entertaining . . . some of the back issues were classics and I have some of them at home ….

Girl Power

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The 7th London Chess Conference Sarah Hurst When I heard that the theme of this year’s London Chess Conference was going to be ‘Chess and Female Empowerment,’ I wanted to be there. I didn’t know what chess and female empowerment was, exactly, but it sounded…

Pop Philosophy

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  The Moves That Matter A Chess Grandmaster on the Game of Life Jonathan Rowson 352 pages | hardback | £20.00 London: Bloomsbury, 2019 Sarah Hurst   The Moves That Matter is the very personal story of Jonathan Rowson’s search for meaning in life and…

James Pratt

I was told that Stein learnt his craft, in part, in gambling form. He would set up positions where he…
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Jerry W

Interesting comment on punctuality .. I regard those who habitually turn up late as rude, selfish tosspots who care more…
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Grunty

"impish smile" Just look at that face - isn't it that of a gnome? He had such magic inside, you…
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Toby Spiders

Excellent article. This must have felt so good to win for white.
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