The revealing story behind a Fischer portrait from 1971
THE FISCHER COVER - UNCOVERED!
Solutions from Issue #12
WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS
Chess Riddle - Solution
Nine CHESS DETECTIVES!
Chinese No.1 victorious at Sinquefield Cup after an unforgettable tie-break
DING LIREN TOPS MAGNUS CARLSEN
GM Romain Edouard
A fruitful summer for Jeffery Xiong who reached another career milestone
A NEW MEMBER OF THE 2700 CLUB!
GM Jeffery Xiong
READERS’ VOICES
When do you see Xiong entering the top 10 in the world and what will he still need to do
in order to get there?
Interview with Jeffery Xiong
I GENUINELY LOVE CHESS!
Dusan Krunic
Liang wins U.S. Junior for the third time at age 16!
AWONDER’S PLAYGROUND
GM Alex Lenderman
Chess Journalists of America Awards
ACCOLADES FOR AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE
GM Jacob Aagaard invites you to his master class
ALL-ROUND TRAINING
Newly crowned Russian Champion dissects his key tournament victory against the main favorite
MASTERCLASS BY THE PROFESSOR
GM Evgeny Tomashevsky
Interview with Chess Artist
25 QUESTIONS FOR MARIA YUGINA
SHE PAINTS THE GAME
Jennifer Vallens
Fabulous Finishes
THE HISTORY MAKER PAL BENKO
Pete Tamburro
First All-women Tournament in Berkeley, CA
HOME OF OPPORTUNITIES
WGM Carla Heredia
Why do the Queen & Knight cooperate better than the Queen & Bishop?
A POWERFUL COMBO!
GM Pontus Carlsson
One of the biggest dilemmas in endgames
THE BISHOP OR THE KNIGHT?
IM Boroljub Zlatanovic
Musings of an American Grandmaster
SENIOR SUMMER: A SEASON OF BATTLES WITH OLD AND YOUNG
GM Joel Benjamin
Chess Tech
ADVANCE YOUR PLAY WITH CHESSBASE 15
Jon Edwards
Scholastic Chess
OPENING BITS
FM Josip Asik
History
LAST ROUND
Kester Svendsen
Book Reviews
FRESH LEAVES FROM THE BOOKSHELF
FM Carsten Hansen
Results from near
and far...
TOURNAMENT REVIEW
Where Grandmasters
advise young players
GM VLADIMIR GEORGIEV