PHOTO CREDIT: RICHARD SHORMAN
Chess Life OCTOBER COLUMNS
14 LOOKS AT BOOKS / BASIC CHESS OPENINGS FOR KIDS / CHESS ENDGAMES FOR KIDS
Openings & Endings for Scholastics By John Hartmann
16 CHESS TO ENJOY / ENTERTAINMENT Instructional? Maybe Not.
By GM Andy Soltis
18 BACK TO BASICS / READER ANNOTATIONS Chess Is For All Ages
By GM Lev Alburt
46 SOLITAIRE CHESS / INSTRUCTION An American Gem
By Bruce Pandolfini
48 THE PRACTICAL ENDGAME / INSTRUCTION Never Say Never
By GM Daniel Naroditskyi DEPARTMENTS
6 OCTOBER 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
52 TOURNAMENT LIFE / OCTOBER 71 CLASSIFIEDS / OCTOBER 71 SOLUTIONS / OCTOBER
72 MY BEST MOVE / PERSONALITIES THIS MONTH: WGM KATERINA NEMCOVA
ON THE COVER
Another link to the Fischer era has left us. GM Walter Browne, who won the U.S. Championship six times, died just after this year’s National Open. Al Lawrence (with a lengthy sidebar by Bruce Pandolfini) tells the story of “Mr. Six-Time” beginning on page 32.
WATERCOLOR BY SCOTTY PHILLIPS BASED ON A PHOTO BY TIM HANKS
4 October 2015 | Chess Life
20 US CHESS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS / 2015 U.S. JUNIOR CLOSED
Suddenly Chandra By Brian Jerauld
IM Akshat Chandra continues his rapid rise with a victory in the 2015 U.S. Junior Closed Championship
26 GRAND PRIX EVENTS / 2015 WORLD OPEN 100 Titled Players
by GM Arun Prasad Subramanian
Eight tie for first at the 2015 World Open; GM Aleksandr Lenderman champion on tiebreaks
32 COVER STORY / GM WALTER BROWNE
Remembering GM Walter Browne By Al Lawrence Six-time U.S. Champion Walter Shawn Browne, 1949-2015
40 OPENINGS / FRENCH ADVANCE Stunning Your Opponent in the French Advance:
The Unexplored 9. Nbd2 Gambit By FM Alisa Melekhina 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Nbd2!?
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