All the regular features of the UK’s best-selling CHESS magazine and more! Regular features include: How Good is Your Chess? by GM Daniel King, Saunders on Chess, Find the Winning Moves, Never Mind the Grandmasters…, Studies, Home & Overseas News, Forthcoming Events Calendar and Book Reviews.

In this issue:

• 60 Seconds with…Harriet Hunt – Britains no.1 female player has some sage advice
• Late Drama – Jon Speelman explores some of the endgames from the WCC match
• Caru Cant – Fabiano Caruana complicated well, but missed a big chance in Game 8
• Chess – A Spectator Sport? – Ben Graff visited the match to see if it trumped watching online
• Chess for Common People – Tim Wall shares the joys of the packed press room during Game 12
• A Royal Occasion – Peter Lord witnessed Shreyas Royals first clock simul in Uxbridge
• A Year in Review – Sean Marsh presents more of the best works of 2018
• No Moves – Matthew Lunn found his opponent tied up in knots from the opening
• How Good is Your Chess? – Daniel King was impressed by Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu
• White Christmas – John Henderson sits down to enjoy a Christmas classic
• Another Christmas Carol – A new ghost story of Christmas, by James Essinger
• Boxed History – Bob Jones presents the unusual story of not just one Walter Stephens
• Christmas Chess Quiz – In need of some festive distraction? Try and solve these puzzlers!
• Christmas Reading – Ben Graff presents his favourite chess memoirs
• Never Mind the Grandmasters… – Carl Portmans yule tiding greetings include some fine sorcery
• Find the Winning Moves – Can you do as well as the players at the opening 4NCL weekend?
• Overseas News – Ding Liren and Ju Wenjun both had Novembers to remember
• Home News – Gediminas Sarakauskas won the British Rapidplay in Ilkley
• Saunders on Chess – John reflects on the big match and ponders what might change