’some of the most varied, sometimes most interesting, and certainly least inhibited chess writing available today’ – Chess Cafe

Hear Kingpin editor Jon Manley talk to IM John Watson about Kingpin and chess at ICC Chess.FM

‘Very entertaining and informative . . . I lost a day’s wages to read it from cover to cover’
– Geoff Chandler, Chandler Cornered

Read the full review at Chandler Cornered

‘Publication of the British magazine Kingpin is always an eagerly-awaited event. Issue 40 has just appeared and  contains not only levity but also some deadly serious investigative journalism. Not to be missed.’
– Chess Notes

‘unquestionably the funniest chess magazine in the world’
– Chess Horizons

‘Both serious and funny, I recommend it to anyone who wants to smile as he reads.’
– Jeremy Silman, Inside Chess

‘one of my favorite magazines’
– Yasser Seirawan

‘Please, do people really believe what they read in Kingpin?
I am amazed! It’s like taking a satirical show and mistaking it for the news.’
- Raymond Keene, OBE Chess Café

‘an entertaining, irreverent chess magazine that takes you over to the lighter side with verve and panache’
– Chess Café

read Taylor Kingston’s Chess Cafe review

‘The joy of chess is nowhere celebrated to such climactic excesses as in Kingpin…’
– William Hartston, The Independent

‘razor sharp’
– CHESS Monthly

‘It seems to me that you haven’t quite achieved the manic, off-the-wall style of humour that Informator manages so well, but you run them a pretty good second.’
– Stephen Fry

‘my favourite magazine’
– Malcolm Pein, The European

‘combines an amusing style with solid instruction’
– Leonard Barden, Financial Times

‘…een mixture van absolute totale kolder en serieuze schaakinformatie…’
– Nederlands Dagblad

‘irreverent and entertaining’
– Daily Telegraph

‘Kingpin is the magazine I most enjoy … Gary Lane’s agony column is a must for all chess addicts.’
– Susan Lalic, Your Chess Questions Answered

‘Britain’s most entertaining chess magazine’
– Scotland on Sunday

‘Aside from being funny, Kingpin is often pretty controversial too, with many an allegation or insinuation strewn amongst its pages.’
– James Plaskett, New Statesman

‘Utterly irreverent … genuine wit … good instruction for club players.’
– William Hartston, The Independent

‘Undoubtedly the most interesting and witty chess magazine available…’
– Angus Dunnington, Yorkshire Post

‘I actually paid good money for No.9.’
– Tim Harding, Sunday Press

‘Its rather coarse satirical manner may not appeal to everyone – just the majority of us who enjoy sharp games and low humour.’
– George Botterill, New Statesman

‘… [its] satirical nature and penchant for sharp games makes it compulsive reading for the average club player.’
– Belfast Telegraph

‘attractive zany humour’
– Birmingham Post

‘leaves my game shiny, manageable, natural looking’
– Stephen Fry

‘the “Private Eye” of the chess world’
– Tim Harding, Sunday Press