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6 Juga’s Queen Trap

While visiting Norway Chess, Juga launched her most ambitious music video so far, Queen Trap.

8 NIC’s Café

David Navara, Demis Hassabis, Bernie Sanders and Daniel Dardha.

12 Your Move

A truly incredible move.

25 Celeb 64

Milos Forman.

14 Norway Chess

Norway Chess 2025 will be remembered for Magnus Carlsen’s frustrated bang on the table after he dramatically lost from a completely winning position against World Champion Gukesh. A determined Carlsen went on to win first prize anyway in the wildly exciting final rounds.

46 Rewriting chess history

The prevailing ideas about the development of chess largely originate from the books of giants such as Lasker, Réti and Euwe. Willy Hendriks makes a case for a modern evolutionary perspective on chess history.

58 Did Keres Donate Four Points?

The four games that Paul Keres lost to Mikhail Botvinnik in the 1948 World Championship Tournament have raised questions that have never been really answered. Estonian Aleksander Veingold looks at the evidence.

64 Tournament Roundup

With his third tournament victory in 2025, Praggnanandhaa has taken what looks like a decisive lead in the FIDE Circuit. The Indian player, who will turn 20 on August 10, is very close to securing a spot in his second Candidates tournament. He won the UzChess Cup in Tashkent.

70 James Altucher

Magnus Carlsen played my line.

72 How to Improve

One-on-one tutoring is highly effective. A good chess coach will teach you things you wouldn’t have thought of on your own.

75 The Killer Blow

Puzzles selected by Jacob Aagaard.

77 Fair & Square

Magnus Carlsen: ‘Can’t I just buy an island and then get WiFi and play chess from there?’

78 The Model Game

Modern top players use the Caro-Kann Defence to play for a win with Black.

82 The Scoresheet

Carlsen-Caruana, Stavanger 2025.

84 Sadler on Books

Five-star reviews for new books about chess greats Alexander Alekhine and Viktor Korchnoi.

90 Jan Timman

In an afterthought to his obituary of Boris Spassky, Jan Timman revisits three most remarkable games from the 10th World Champion’s early career. Altogether Spassky only collected a measly half point, but he might just as well have won all three of them.

98 Just Checking

Who is Nate Solon’s favourite chess player?

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