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;GDD=?=;@=KK>AF9D>GMJ2ML%JAG?J9F<=N9DD=QKF9HKO=:KL=JK>AF9D>GMJKLJ=9C June 2018 | USChess.org GM Fabiano Caruana America’s World Championship Candidate Winning in the Chess Opening Super Chess Kids NEW! 700 Ways to Ambush Your Opponent Win Like the World’s Young Champions! Nikolay Kalinichenko JLJ+".AEHJ;OK GJJ+".AEGL;OK *-/#)%2./*''0*)*/-+.)/-$&.; )4++-*#$)#..$(+-*3()/*-6*2)"./-.: '$)$#)&*'46.5+'$)./#$.)+').#$) $)./-20*)'(/-$')*/-*(*'"(.*)$)/ NEW! /#*+)$)")#*4+'6*2'#3)$(+-*3; (./-.92/.'/-*("(.+'6$)-)/2)-AGJ $/#/#$.+-.)/$)/#$.4''A*-")$7**&9 #(+$*).#$+.-*2)/#4*-';$/#(*-/#)GFF/./.; 3)/2-*2.'2+'6-.4$''4$)(*-"(.9)(*- ?4*)-2'#..$)./-20*)**&93-6(2#-*(A -+$'68 *-4$-)"*+'6-.; ()*-''+'6-.2+/* '*HFFF;@BIM Dirk Schuh Play 1...d6 Against Everything My System & Chess Praxis A Compact and Ready-to-use Black Repertoire for Club Players ! 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HAMMONS DRIVE, MIDDLETON WI 53582 Please see www.uschess.org/tournaments/2018/usopen/ for full information including updates, schedules, meetings, and other special events and happenings. www.uschess.org 3 On The Cover Chess Life After Fabiano Caruana won the 2018 Candidates tournament, Chess Life asked photographer Maria Emelianova to shoot a photo of Caruana draped in the American JUNE flag. Here she relates the behind-the-scenes story about finding an American flag in Berlin, Germany: COLUMNS The story behind the flag was that when I came to Baden-Baden [Germany], I realized there [was] absolutely no place to buy the flag, except online, and I was 16 CHESS TO ENJOY / ENTERTAINMENT Every Which Way simply too late. So my first idea was to check the Kuhlhaus (ed. note: the By GM Andy Soltis tournament’s event space), which has the flags in front of it all year round. I don’t speak German well and the guy at the desk there wasn’t speaking English, so my 18 BACK TO BASICS / READER ANNOTATIONS boyfriend Peter Doggers did the job. [Peter] first asked, “Do you happen to have a Colle-Zukertort, Ever Green By GM Lev Alburt U.S. flag?” [as] they didn't have [one] outside. And the guy said yes. Then [Peter] explained the story: Grenke tournament, Berlin Candidates, Fabi winning it, and, of 20 IN THE ARENA / PLAYER OF THE MONTH course, the idea that [Chess Life] wanted to execute. So then the guy calls his boss, Caruana versus Grischuk at the tells the same story again (in perfect German, of course), and then says, “Please wait Candidates here,” and disappears. So we felt like this [was] going well. And five minutes later he By GM Robert Hess appeared with a perfect (but huge) flag on the wooden pole! He took our passport 22 LOOKS AT BOOKS / SHOULD I BUY IT? details, we signed some form (they had a form for this case?!), and left with a flag! Decisions, Decisions By John Hartmann 44 SOLITAIRE CHESS / INSTRUCTION COVER STORY / 2018 CANDIDATES The Tragic Rudolf Charousek 26 By Bruce Pandolfini Caruana Wins Candidates Tournament in Berlin 46 THE PRACTICAL ENDGAME / INSTRUCTION BY GM IAN ROGERS The Devil is in the Detail Fabi is the first American in almost a half century to By GM Daniel Naroditsky compete for the unified world championship title. 36 COLLEGE CHESS / FINAL FOUR DEPARTMENTS UT-Rio Grande Valley Snaps Webster’s 6 JUNE PREVIEW / Final Four Streak THIS MONTH IN CHESS LIFE AND US BY AL LAWRENCE CHESS NEWS “Subtle trap” in the last game going decides the title. 7 COUNTERPLAY / READERS RESPOND 8 FIRST MOVES / CHESS NEWS FROM AROUND THE U.S. 9 FACES ACROSS THE BOARD / BY AL LAWRENCE 13 US CHESS AFFAIRS / NEWS FOR OUR MEMBERS 49 TOURNAMENT LIFE / JUNE 71 CLASSIFIEDS / JUNE 71 SOLUTIONS / JUNE 72 MY BEST MOVE / PERSONALITIES THIS MONTH: FRED WILSON 4 June 2018 | Chess Life The Uniteed States’ Largest Chess Specialty Retailer '''%! %!"$#&& 018 2 mpion US Cham SAM SHANKLAND 166 16 Hours of Hours of Content Content Small Steps to Giant Improvement The Shankland Method – Vol. 1 The Shankland Method – Vol. 2 B0145QT - $35.95 DVD-SHANK — $119.00 $89.00 DVD-SHANK2 — $139.00 $109.00 Pawn Play is among the most difficult aspects of US Champion Sam Shankland reveals his approach to Chess tactics win games, which is why we should work chess strategy, which is one reason few books have becoming a master calculator and finding the most forcing, on our tactical ability.