The Dean Allegro took place at Stewart's Melville College, Edinburgh on Saturday 1 October 2022

FIDE have announced a one-off uplift to Rapid and Blitz ratings where the level of those ratings is more than 100 points lower than the October 1 2022 Standard rating.

This is the second compilation that Steve Giddins has assembled from the pages of New in Chess …well-known chess names are asked all the traditional ‘what is your favourite’ type questions, and has put together a collection of forty-four of the most exciting games nominated.

What’s the first name that comes to mind when you think of the great attacking players? Tal? Alekhine? Kasparov? Of course, but the subject of this book, Rashid Nezhmetdinov, certainly deserves a place on the short leet.

FIDE ratings are updated on the first of every month. FIDE listing of all Scotland registered players both rated and unrated is available.

What it says on the cover: very detailed coverage of an area which surprisingly has hitherto not received much individual attention.

The Chess Scotland 100 Club is a lottery that anyone is welcome to join. Half the cash collected every month is returned as prizes, the rest goes into general fund raising for the association.

TRICKS, TRAPS, AND TIPS IN THE CHESS OPENING by Dean Ippolito

Hamilton Chess Club in association with The Bothwell Scarecrow Festival held a 6 round allegro on Sunday 11 September, 2022.

The magazine of the European Chess Union

Letter Of Condolence

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