Chess Magazine September 2021

In this issue:

Editorial....................................................................................................................4

Malcolm Pein on the latest developments in the game

Duda Dominates...................................................................................................8

The Polish no.1 defeated Magnus and Karjakin to win the World Cup

Coffeehouse Repertoire................................................................................14

Gawain Jones explains all about his exciting 1 e4-based project

How Good is Your Chess?..............................................................................16

Daniel King has once again been inspired by Baskaran Adhiban’s play

Guildford’s 25 Years in the 4NCL: Part One.........................................20

Nigel Povah and Roger Emerson chronicle the rise of their team

Find the Winning Moves.................................................................................26

Can you do as well as the stars of the two main chess tours?

It’s Coming Home.............................................................................................30

England came up short in the Euros, but ChessFest was a big success

Never Mind the Grandmasters... ................................................................32

Carl Portman explains all about his newly-published chess memoir

Remembering Dima ..........................................................................................34

Carl Strugnell remembers the strong GM Dmitry Svetushkin

A Good Bad Game.............................................................................................37

Geoff Chandler discovered an entertaining game of James Aitken’s

60 Seconds with...Carl Strugnell...............................................................38

We find out a little more about our thought-provoking contributor

Smile, it’s Korolkov!.........................................................................................40

Amatzia Avni presents some fun from a composing great

The Counter-Break II.......................................................................................42

Jose Vilela continues to show how you might meet a pawn break

The Dark Horse ..................................................................................................44

Michael Stokes on the inspirational Maori player Genesis Potini

Overseas News...................................................................................................46

Alexandra Kosteniuk proved too strong in the Women’s World Cup

Forthcoming Events.........................................................................................48

Might you be tempted by an OTB tournament this month?

Home News..........................................................................................................50

Peter Roberson stars, and we see who did well in the British Online

Solutions ...............................................................................................................53

This Month’s New Releases ..........................................................................54

Major new books from Jones, Kuljasevic and Short are reviewed

Saunders on Chess............................................................................................58

John on the