BCM

The British Chess Magazine is the oldest continuously published chess magazine in the world. Recently it has been boosted by the appointment as co-editor of the Belgrade journalist Milan Dinic, who cut his teeth on the news journal Svedok (Witness). The last issue contained an interview with the entertaining and controversial Nigel Short, as well as excellent comments on some of Short’s wins from Bunratty, where he won first prize with 6/6.
 
Short-Hunt; Bunratty Masters 2017;
Queen’s Gambit Declined
 
1 Nf3 d5 2 d4 Nf6 3 c4 e6 4 Nc3 Be7 5 Bg5 Nbd7 6 e3 0-0 7 Bd3 b6 This is not good as the fianchetto of the queen’s bishop and … Nbd7 do not work well together. 8 cxd5 exd5 9 0-0 Bb7 The bishop is passively placed here and White has a free hand to develop an initiative on the queenside. 10 Rc1 Re8 11 Qa4 a6 12 Bf5 g6 13 Bxd7 Nxd7 14 Bxe7 Qxe7 15 Rfd1 Nf6 15 … c5 sets a trap but is a positional mistake.