American Chess Magazine 7

• Sam Shankland talks to ACM: MAYBE IM BEING ASSISTED BY FISCHER’S GHOST!, written by Josip Asik
• SAM SHANKLAND Announces his games from US championship, by GM Sam Shankland
• READERS' VOICES
• Play it Smart: to seal the title, go for the exchange CARO-KANN, by GM Robert Hungaski
• Don't mess around!, by GM Zviad Izoria
• WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BIGTHE BIG 3?
• Fabiano Caruana: Play the board, not the opponent!, by GM John Burke
• Wesley So: no thrills no spills for so-so-solid wesley!, by GM Michael Rohde
• Hikaru Nakamura: slow start, missed opportunities, by GM John Fedorowicz
• 15-year-old girl displays sensational maturity in her first US Championship: A STAR IS BORN, by WIM Annie Wang
• READERS' VOICES
2018 Final Four of College Chess
A grand finale! by Chris Wainscott
WEBSTER UNIVERSITY no longer US collegiate team champions!, by GM Priyadharshan Kannappan
• Grenke Chess Classic: BLACK is still OK!, by GM Mackenzie Molner
• Chess Improvement with Susan Polgar: WARM-UP: CARLSEN-CARUANA, by GM Susan Polgar
• Chucky's Squares: The Chivalrous Knight, by GM Vassily Ivanchuk
• The Berlin Candidates
BEYOND THE BERLIN WALL
CARUANA − A DESERVED WINNER
The one and only prize the players wanted, by GM Jacob Aagaard
• The three pillars of endgame technique, by GM Alex Fishbein
• GEORGE N. CHENEY: An American Chess Story, written by John S. Hilbert
• Fresh Leaves from the Bookshelf, by FM Carsten Hansen
• When Google plays the French, by Jon Edwards
• Musings of an American Grandmaster, by GM Joel Benjamin
• Unknowns and Underdogs, by IM Danny Rensch
• Chess Parents Survival Guide, by Ryan Velez
• WHO IS IN ROLEX? , by Oyvind Von Doren Asbjornsen
• The beauty of chess composition: INSPIRED BY MILAN VUKCEVICH, by IM Piotr Murdzia
• IGORESSS Chess doubles, by IM Igor Khmelnitsky
• TOURNAMENT REVIEW
• Where Grandmasters Advise Young Players, by GM Alisa Maric