I actually paid good money for No.9

the ‘Private Eye’ of the chess world

In the chess satire stakes @KingpinEd are masters of the art form … a veritable feast: irony, sarcasm, hyperbole

Publication of the British magazine Kingpin is always an eagerly-awaited event

[its] satirical nature and penchant for sharp games makes it compulsive reading for the average club player

Kingpin is not a chess magazine in the normal sense of the word

een mixture van absolute totale kolder en serieuze schaakinformatie

Its rather coarse satirical manner may not appeal to everyone – just the majority of us who enjoy sharp games and low humour

uses impiety and parody to hew down the conventions of publishing, even including mock testimonials

Scurrilous, funny, sometimes serious, sometimes libellous