Dear Readers, This is a big one. I don’t mean that just in the sense that this is a double issue – though, yes, it is a 48 page double issue. I mean that in the sense of what’s inside the double issue.

We have not one, not two, but three newly crowned state champions (two for the first time ever!) delivering analysis on some spectacular games. We have two superb game spotlights by GM Alexander Ivanov. We have a newly expanded Postal Hub – now a full page!

And perhaps most seriously, we have some very important news on the future of Chess Horizons on p. 7. So read on, friends, this is not an issue you’ll want to miss!

- Nathan Smolensky, Editor