08 THE OKLAHOMA KID
Interview with Thomas Brodie-Sangster aka Benny Watts fram The Queen's Gambit
14 BETH HARMON HAS BECOME OUR CHESS DARLING!
Josip Asik, Editor-in-chief, and our dear readers and subscribers
18 A BATTLE THAT WILL MAKE ME STRONGER
GM Jeffery Xiong
25 Burke wins a nerve-wracking armageddon
A ROCKY-LlKE COMEBACK
32 A Conversation with a Ten Year Old Author
OLIVER BOYDELL
38 Nyzhnyk convincingly wins the prestigious Spice Cup open
SPICING IT UP AT ST. LOUIS
48 SCORING AGAINST THE SCANDINAVIAN
54 STORMING THE BARRICADES OF THE FRENCH WITH THE ADVANCE VARIATION
62 ALL-ROUND TRAINING
66 Key Advice For Mastering King's Indian Defense Middlegames
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE e4 SQUARE
74 A RARE QUEEN-DOWN FORTRESS WITH ALL 16 PAWNS
82 THE LAST RUY LOPEZ
85 A challenge to readers!
CHESS PUZZLES
86 From times gone by ...
American Chess Magazine 1897, Part III
HER PROBLEM
Dramatic Sketch
90 German tech giant ChessBase presents version 16 of their flagship software
NOVELTIES, REPERTOIRE, SURVEYS AND MORE
94 Book Reviews
FRESH LEAVES FROM THE BOOKSHELF
98 Where Grandmasters advise young players
GM JOHN FEDOROWICZ
