American Chess Magazine 31

American Chess Magazine #31: The Mind of a Champion American Jon Edwards has just reached the pinnacle of his chess career by winning the 32nd ICCF World Championship and becoming a Correspondence Chess Grandmaster! For decades, Jon Edwards has been teaching chess, writing chess books and columns, conducting a website for aspiring players, and playing in correspondence chess competitions – constantly exploring the use of technology in chess and writing his regular column about it for American Chess Magazine. Our dear columnist shares his first-hand experience of the final stage of his long journey to winning the World Correspondence Chess Championship, offering some extremely valuable advice for cutting-edge players. That human guidance is still the key to success in correspondence chess is claimed in Jon’s own words: “Computers today are tactical monsters and positional masters, but they fall short in positions that involve long-term planning within fixed structures...” FM Grayson Ror