Publisher: New in Chess, 2016, Pages: 106, Magazine
Contents
Madrid rivalries
NIC’s Café
Your Move
Infographic
Fair & Square
A most wanted win
One year after he finished dead last in the Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis, a solid and pragmatic Wesley So returned to win his first super-tournament and move into clear first place in the overall Grand Chess Tour standings.
Caspian Capers
Nigel Short relates his recent Iranian adventures.
‘Boring’ OCB’s
Parimarjan Negi shows that opposite-coloured bishops can be exciting.
All the difference
The Bilbao Masters Final ended in a triumph for Magnus Carlsen. Rallying after a first-round loss, the World Champion showed his best chess in months and won more games than all the other players combined.
Celeb 64: Pep Guardiola
Gyula Breyer
Jimmy Adams looks at the legacy of a unique and highly original mind.
Maximize Your Tactics
S.O.S.
Jobava’s twist to the Fort Knox.
Judit Polgar’s column
Winner with two names
In his Dortmund debut, MVL finished one and a half points ahead of his rivals (in only 7 rounds!).
Chess Pattern Recognition
Sadler on Books
Living out of a suitcase
Hans Ree read Ivan Sokolov’s new book in growing amazement.
Summer outside the city
Jan Timman returned to Helsingor, Denmark, for his favourite summer Open.
Just Checking
Which ‘feisty and clever woman’ would Jon Speelman like to invite for dinner?
Contributors to this issue
Jimmy Adams, Simen Agdestein, Jeroen Bosch, Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri, John Henderson, Vladimir Kramnik, Dylan McClain, Parimarjan Negi, Maxim Notkin, Arthur van de Oudeweetering, Macauley Peterson, Judit Polgar, Ruslan Ponomariov, Alejandro Ramirez, Hans Ree, Matthew Sadler, Nigel Short, Jonathan Speelman, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Wesley So, Jan Timman
