Chess Life APRIL COLUMNS
14 LOOKS AT BOOKS / A CHESS BIOGRAPHY
Remembering Capablanca & Blackburne By John Hartmann
16 CHESS TO ENJOY / ENTERTAINMENT Fischeriana
By GM Andy Soltis
18 BACK TO BASICS / READER ANNOTATIONS Reversed Openings!
By GM Lev Alburt
44 SOLITAIRE CHESS / INSTRUCTION The Great Gligo
By Bruce Pandolfini
46 THE PRACTICAL ENDGAME / INSTRUCTION Dirty Rotten Trades
By GM Daniel Naroditsky DEPARTMENTS
6 APRIL PREVIEW / THIS MONTH IN CHESS LIFE AND US CHESS NEWS
8 COUNTERPLAY / READERS RESPOND
10 FIRST MOVES / CHESS NEWS FROM AROUND THE U.S.
11 FACES ACROSS THE BOARD / BY AL LAWRENCE
12 US CHESS AFFAIRS / NEWS FOR OUR MEMBERS
50 TOURNAMENT LIFE / APRIL 71 CLASSIFIEDS / APRIL 71 SOLUTIONS / APRIL
72 MY BEST MOVE / PERSONALITIES THIS MONTH: GM PAL BENKO
26 OPENINGS / KISLIK VARIATION The Kislik Variation Reaches the Top
BY IM ERIK KISLIK Examining the main points of 11. ... exd4 in the Ruy Lopez
30 COMPUTER CHESS / HANDICAP CHESS The Return of Handicap Chess
BY GM LARRY KAUFMAN Everything old is new again
34 PROBLEMS / APRIL FOOLS’ DAY April Fools’ Day Problems
BY GM PAL BENKO
35 US CHESS AFFAIRS / 2015 YEARBOOK Our Heritage
2015 US CHESS YEARBOOK ON THE COVER
Few have supported chess as did the legendary Boston Globe columnist Harold Dondis. We remember him beginning on page 20.
ILLUSTRATION BY SCOTTY PHILLIPS FROM A PHOTO BY TONY CORTIZAS, JR.
40 INTERNATIONAL EVENTS / 2016 WIJK AAN ZEE Carlsen Wins 2016 Wijk aan Zee Super-Tournament
BY GM IAN ROGERS Caruana second at his Candidates warm-up, So fourth
2 Devoted0
Remembering Harold Dondis, 1922-2016 BY AL LAWRENCE
4 April 2016 | Chess Life
PHOTO CREDIT: TONY CORTIZAS, JR
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