British Chess Magazine

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BCM has a unique focus on the British chess scene while covering major news and events internationally. Readers will enjoy coverage of the important annual Hastings and Gibraltar Masters tournaments and the British Chess Championship in particular. The chess world deserves a magazine like today’s BCM with its great content, great design, great photography, and simply great value. BCM will truly engage you and also provide real help to players eager to improve their play. We have deep authoritative analysis by leading GM and IM chess professionals. BCM’s goal is to entertain, inform and offer the best in high-class chess insight, stories and research. And a touch of glamour!

BRITISH CHESS MAGAZINE

The pivot to Asia: What Gukesh and Ding’s battle means for chess

TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY IN SINGAPORE: THE FIGHT FOR THE CHESS CROWN • THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN EASY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH, AND THIS ONE WON’T BE EITHER

THE CHESS KING FROM CHINA WHO DEFIES THE ODDS • THE WORLD CHAMPION, DING LIREN, IS A SYMBOL OF PERSEVERANCE IN CHESS. RISING FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS IN THE CHESS-LOVING CITY OF WENZHOU, HIS PATH TO THE WORLD THRONE IS MARKED BY NUMEROUS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND FIRSTS BUT ALSO BY CHALLENGES.

“A MATCH IS A MATCH”

FROM A SCHOOL IN CHENNAI TO THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH IN SINGAPORE • GUKESH DOMMARAJU, OFTEN REFERRED TO SIMPLY AS GUKESH D, IS THE YOUNGEST PERSON IN THE HISTORY OF CHESS TO BECOME THE CONTENDER FOR THE TITLE OF WORLD CHAMPION, ACHIEVING THIS AT JUST 17 YEARS OF AGE.

GUKESH DOMMARAJU: “I JUST WANT TO ENJOY THE EXPERIENCE”

LESSONS FROM HALF A CENTURY IN THE GAME

TOURNAMENT REPORT: NORTHUMBRIA FESTIVAL

TONY BUZAN - CHESS LOVER

Chess talents

The most frustrating annotated game ever!

CELEBRATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF FIDE AND OF SURREALISM (PART TWO)

PROBLEM WORLD

FROM THE SCOTCH TO THE RUY LOPEZ: UNCONVENTIONAL USES OF ...G5 IN CHESS

THE KNIGHT PAIR REVISITED