British Chess Magazine

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.

British Chess Magazine

THE CANDIDATES SPECIAL: SINDAROV, VAISHALI AND THE NEW CENTRE OF CHESS

CYPRUS 2026 - THE CANDIDATES WHERE EXPERIENCE STOPPED COUNTING SINDAROV and the silence of the favourites

THE CANDIDATES NOBODY COULD HOLD VAISHALI WINS THE TOURNAMENT OF SECOND CHANCES