British Chess Magazine

The June issue of British Chess Magazine opens with a report on the Taliban’s fresh assault on chess in Afghanistan. In a wide-ranging interview, David Llada reflects on his unexpected journey from journalist to the game’s foremost photographer, while GM Raymond Keene delivers an incisive exploration of the ideological clash between Tarrasch and Nimzowitsch - a feud that still echoes in modern chess theory. Tournament reports, analysis, and historical essays round out a packed edition!

BRITISH CHESS MAGAZINE

The Taliban assault on chess • The global chess community must stand with Afghanistan’s players and not let them be silenced or forgotten.

A GIVER IN THE GAME OF TAKERS • Best known as the game’s foremost photographer, Llada reflects on his journey, the people he’s met, and the future of chess

FREUDIAN FEUD • RAYMOND KEENE, EXPLORES THE LIFELONG IDEOLOGICAL AND STYLISTIC RIVALRY BETWEEN TWO TITANS OF CLASSICAL CHESS THEORY: DR SIEGBERT TARRASCH AND ARON NIMZOWITSCH

Tournament report: JERSEY INTERNATIONAL OPEN

A LOOK AT SOME OF THE BEST GAMES FROM THE EUROPEAN SENIOR TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS

CAMACHO COLLADOS TRIUMPHS IN CARDIFF AS TACTICS TELL

IMMORTALITY • A PHILOSOPHICAL EXPLORATION OF POSSIBILITY VERSUS ACTION, SAFETY VERSUS RISK, AND LIFE VERSUS STASIS – SEEN THROUGH THE PRISM OF CHESS

How Do You Evaluate a Position?

PROBLEM WORLD

A CENTURY ON: VERA MENCHIK’S 1925 VICTORY IN HASTINGS OVER EDITH CHARLOTTE PRICE

RYDER’S GAMBIT AND THE RISE OF KATE FINN

Grandmaster Vlastimil Hort (12 January 1944 – 12 May 2025): A LIFE BEYOND THE 64 SQUARES

BRITISH CHESS SOLVING CHAMPIONSHIP 2025-2026

MICHELET MAGIC!