CLEARANCE - Rakhmanov's Secrets of Opening Preparation Silicone Chess Boards Chess Boards • How to build small

• How to build small advantages quickly to get a superior position

IMPRESSIONS FROM GIBRALTAR By GM Michael Adams

Fred places Josh under the tutelage of a strict chess teacher (Oscar ® winner Ben Kingsley)

a 10 year-old downtown girl finds an unlikely mentor in the form of an irascible chess-master

Have you heard about the humble teacher from New Jersey who crossed the Atlantic and won the famous Hastings tournament

CLEARANCE - Rakhmanov's Secrets of Opening Preparation Silicone Chess Boards Chess Boards • How to build smallAleksandr Rakhmanov was born on 28 August 1989 in Cherepovets, Russia, and started to play chess at the age of seven. He became and IM in 2006, a GM in 2007 and a FIDE trainer in 2020. His current rating is 2651. His peak ratings are 2676 (classical), 2721 (rapid) and 2704 (blitz). In 2007 he won a hat trick of bronze medals at the Russian, European and World U 18 championships. In 2017 he took 21st place in the World Rapid Championship in Riyadh and