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Issue #52 — Timur Turlov

An exclusive interview with FIDE presidential candidate Timur Turlov, a 33-page feature rediscovering Samuel Reshevsky, and the inaugural Daniel Naroditsky Memorial.

Issued
August 2026
Issue
No. 4 of the year
Pages
84
Cover
Timur Turlov

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What’s Inside

  • p.8 — Exclusive Interview: Timur Turlov — Turlov's Big Bet on Chess — Leon Aris
  • p.12 — The Inaugural Daniel Naroditsky Memorial — The Chess World Comes Together — GM Kayden Troff
  • p.18 — The Magnificent Three (1): Shankland – Medina — GM Sarunas Sulskis
  • p.20 — Openings: Pragg at the Forefront of Opening Theory — GM Spyridon Kapnisis
  • p.28 — The Magnificent Three (2): Obregon – Mercado — GM Sarunas Sulskis
  • p.30 — Middlegames: Rooks as Torpedoes — GM Emilio Cordova
  • p.35 — The Prodigy, the Champion, the Survivor — Samuel Reshevsky, “Call Me Sam” — Pete Tamburro
  • p.36 — Rediscovering Reshevsky — Adam Whitaker, Frank Brady, Lev Alburt, Hanon Russell, Larry Kaufman & Pete Tamburro
  • p.50 — Crushing the Greats: Positional Genius — GM John Burke
  • p.60 — The Practical Mastermind: De-Fense! — GM Nikola Nestorovic
  • p.68 — All Things Chess: Who Will Lead FIDE Next? — FM Dylan Loeb McClain
  • p.70 — Chess Psychology: What's in a Number? — Dr. J. Corey Butler
  • p.72 — The Magnificent Three (3): Praggnanandhaa – Firouzja — GM Sarunas Sulskis
  • p.74 — Chess Story: Through the Lens of Chess — WCM Alice Chovanec
  • p.77 — Tournament Reviews — IM Grayson Rorrer

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