Chess Life COLUMNS
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LOOKS AT BOOKS / REVIEWS By Dr. Alexey Root, WIM
CHESS TO ENJOY / ENTERTAINMENT By GM Andy Soltis
SOLITAIRE CHESS / INSTRUCTION By Bruce Pandolfini
BACK TO BASICS / READER ANNOTATIONS By GM Lev Alburt
ENDGAME LAB / INSTRUCTION By GM Pal Benko
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AUGUST PREVIEW / THIS MONTH IN CHESS LIFE AND CLO COUNTERPLAY / READERS RESPOND
FIRST MOVES / CHESS STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD USCF AFFAIRS / NEWS FOR OUR MEMBERS KNIGHT’S TOUR / TOURNAMENT TRAVEL TOURNAMENT LIFE / AUGUST CLASSIFIEDS / AUGUST SOLUTIONS / AUGUST MY BEST MOVE / PERSONALITIES
Cover Story
Two Weeks of Theater By FM Mike Klein
For Hikaru Nakamura, title number 3; number 4 for Irina Krush
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Tournaments Midlands Middlegame Play By Jamaal Abdul-Alim
A focus on top-level middlegame play at the Chicago Open
USCF National Championship Youth Triumphant! By Al Lawrence
13-Year-Old Michael Lim is 2012 U.S. Amateur Champ
2012 World Championship The Winner Takes It All By GM Ian Rogers
Anand edges Gelfand to retain World Championship title
U.S. Championship scenes. Top: GM Gata Kamsky talks to CLO editor Jennifer
Shahade in the interview room. Bottom left: New U.S. champions IM Irina Krush and GM Hikaru Nakamura receive kudos from USCF President Ruth Haring. Bottom right: The women’s event competitors at the opening cerremony.
AUGUST
ON THE COVER The U.S. Championship is our premiere event each year and our coverage this month reflects this. Beginning on page 16 we have 12 pages of games, photos, and analysis featuring our champions Hikaru Nakamura and Irina Krush.
Cover photo by Studio314 Photography. Photos this page courtesy of Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. 4 August 2012 | Chess Life
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