Chess Magazine - April 2026

Content:

• Editorial
• Malcolm Pein on the latest developments in the game
• 60 Seconds with... David Navara
• We learn a little about the popular 13-time Czech Champion
• Czechmate!
• Round 5 of the Prague Masters saw David Navara triumph in style
• Another for Abdusattorov
• Jorden van Foreest’s late collapse helped Nodirbek to triumph at Prague
• To the Far North!
• Simon Williams enjoyed the Arctic Chess Power Solutions Open
• Forthcoming Events
• American Success
• Yochanan Afek watched Andy Woodward win the Tata Steel Challengers
• The Secrets Behind Brilliant Brevities
• David LeMoir explains how to win a pretty miniature
• Find The Winning Moves
• Can you do as well as the players at Prague, Wijk and the Isle of Wight?
• Jan Timman’s Final Endgame
• John Henderson looks back on the colourful life of the Dutch legend
• The Fine Art of Jan Timman
• Yochanan Afek pays tribute to the world-class player and study composer
• Playing by New Rules6
• Stewart Player looks at the parallel lives of Flohr and Lilienthal
• The Mystery Story versus Chess
• Roger Williamson on the connections between chess and detective fiction
• Reader’s Letter
• An enlightening contribution on chess, checkers and Edgar Allan Poe
• How Good is Your Chess?
• Daniel King assesses Anish Giri’s chances at the Candidates
• Never Mind the Grandmasters
• Carl Portman presents an impressive win by Jovanka Houska
• How to Beat a Grandmaster
• Paul Littlewood looks at a how a South American reader defeated a GM
• News
• The latest results from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
• Overseas
• Frederick Waldhausen Gordon and Jonah Willow have been busy abroad
• Solutions
• This Month’s New Releases4
• Sean Marsh reviews the best book he has seen so far this year
• Saunders on Chess
• John spotted a rolling maul on one of the boards at the Varsity match