British Chess Magazine  |  May 2026
This issue of British Chess Magazine is a full 2026 Candidates Special, devoted to one of the most dramatic turning points in modern chess. We follow Javokhir Sindarov’s extraordinary unbeaten victory in Cyprus, where the 20-year-old Uzbek grandmaster scored a record-breaking 10/14 and earned the right to challenge World Champion Gukesh, while also tracing the tense, unpredictable race in the Women’s Candidates, where Vaishali Rameshbabu rose from the lowest seed to claim a remarkable triumph. With deep grandmaster analysis, critical moments, annotated games, opening ideas, endgame lessons and the stories behind the scores, this issue captures the tournament where experience stopped counting - and a new chess generation stepped fully into the spotlight.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in British Chess Magazine May 2026.