American Chess Magazine - Issue No. 20

08 THE OKLAHOMA KID

Interview with Thomas Brodie-Sangster aka Benny Watts fram The Queen's Gambit

14 BETH HARMON HAS BECOME OUR CHESS DARLING!

Josip Asik, Editor-in-chief, and our dear readers and subscribers

18 A BATTLE THAT WILL MAKE ME STRONGER

GM Jeffery Xiong

25 Burke wins a nerve-wracking armageddon

A ROCKY-LlKE COMEBACK

32 A Conversation with a Ten Year Old Author

OLIVER BOYDELL

38 Nyzhnyk convincingly wins the prestigious Spice Cup open

SPICING IT UP AT ST. LOUIS

48 SCORING AGAINST THE SCANDINAVIAN

54 STORMING THE BARRICADES OF THE FRENCH WITH THE ADVANCE VARIATION

62 ALL-ROUND TRAINING

66 Key Advice For Mastering King's Indian Defense Middlegames

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE e4 SQUARE

74 A RARE QUEEN-DOWN FORTRESS WITH ALL 16 PAWNS

82 THE LAST RUY LOPEZ

85 A challenge to readers!

CHESS PUZZLES

86 From times gone by ...

American Chess Magazine 1897, Part III

HER PROBLEM

Dramatic Sketch

90 German tech giant ChessBase presents version 16 of their flagship software

NOVELTIES, REPERTOIRE, SURVEYS AND MORE

94 Book Reviews

FRESH LEAVES FROM THE BOOKSHELF

98 Where Grandmasters advise young players

GM JOHN FEDOROWICZ