‘Not winning a tournament is not an option for me, unless it’s no longer theoretically possible’, says Magnus Carlsen in New In Chess 2011/8.

• Dramatic catch-up at Tal Memorial
• Hou Yifan retains World Title
• Arkady Dvorkovich: little known, immensely powerful
• Germany European Champions
• Zhao Xue’s crushing comeback
• The magic of showman Misha Tal
• Jan Timman’s passion
• Just Checking: Georg Meier
• SOS: g4/h4 in the Lasker Defence
• Short’s general rule of thumb