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

Malcolm Pein on the latest developments in the game

1066 And All That..............................................................................................8

Andrew Ledger reports from Hastings which made a welcome return

Magical Magnus .................................................................................................12

Magnus Carlsen is currently triple world chess champion

Sunny Sitges!......................................................................................................14

Tom Rendle enjoyed his visit to the super-strong Sunway Open

Christmas Quiz: Solutions.............................................................................16

Graham Phythian reveals the answers to his fiendish challenges

Forthcoming Events.........................................................................................18

60 Seconds With... Philip Hurtado............................................................19

We catch up with the co-author of Think Like a Super-GM

Never Mind The Grandmasters... ...............................................................20

Carl on the unexpected manner in which he beat a GM in a simul

Is it Lgal...............................................................................................................22

David LeMoir continues to inspire with some further xe5 blows

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

Can you do as well as the players at the World Rapid & Blitz?

Read All About It! .............................................................................................30

Ben Graff looks back at a noteworthy year and our 1973 pages

How Good Is Your Chess? .............................................................................34

Daniel King has a pivotal win for John Nunn from the World Seniors

A Key Encounter................................................................................................37

John Nunn himself on how he overcame the French Defence

Buenos Aires 1939: the putsch that did not happen.......................40

Richard Forster on the attempt to oust FIDE President Rueb

The Sanest Blindfold Chess Player............................................................43

Steve Firth remembers the great chess innovator Reuben Fine

Innovation in the 4NCL ..................................................................................46

Lorin DCosta saw She Plays To Win debut and set new ground

How to Beat a Grandmaster.........................................................................48

Paul Littlewood takes us back to the 2001/02 4NCL season

Home News..........................................................................................................49

Brandon Clarke played pretty much non-stop at Hastings

Overseas News...................................................................................................51

Nodirbek Abdusattorov dominated the Gashimov Memorial

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

This Months New Releases ..........................................................................54

Sean Marsh takes a look at a topical release on Hastings

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

John presents not one, but three chessboard calamities