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

Malcolm Pein on the latest developments in the game

The First Time!......................................................................................................8

Anish Giri finally won at Wijk aan Zee after a dramatic final round

A Tough World ....................................................................................................16

Its not an easy life for the weaker teams and players in the 4NCL

60 Seconds With... Yochanan Afek...........................................................21

We learn a little more about our Wijk aan Zee correspondent

How Good Is Your Chess? .............................................................................22

Daniel King has been working hard on the Anti-Sicilians of late

How to Beat a Grandmaster.........................................................................25

Paul Littlewood with a classic British win over a world champion

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

Can you do as well as the players at the Harrogate 4NCL Congress?

Botvinnik in Britain...........................................................................................30

Bob Jones on the four tournaments the Patriarch played in the UK

Fighting Back!.....................................................................................................34

Ben Graff explores how we might better prepare for our opponents

Should I Bring My Own Pieces?..................................................................38

Steve Firth on stress, seasickness and the importance of a good set

Never Mind The Grandmasters... ...............................................................40

Carl on his various adventures at the Shropshire Congress

Forthcoming Events.........................................................................................42

A busy March weekend chess calendar for the UK

Quickdraw McGrab...........................................................................................43

Junior Tay muses on quick draws and if juniors draw prematurely

Overseas News...................................................................................................45

Alexandra Kosteniuk won at Munich and is set to change affiliation

New Format, But Same Winner ..................................................................48

Carlsen dominated as the 2023 Champions Chess Tour kicked off

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

Success for Nigel Davies, Ameet Ghasi and Kajus Mikalajunas

Readers Letters ................................................................................................53

Did you know that blindfold checkers is very much a thing?

Solutions ...............................................................................................................54

This Months New Releases ..........................................................................55

Sean Marsh reviews two notable books from Ivkov and Sielecki

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

John takes us back to the 1960 World Student Olympiad