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

I actually paid good money for No.9

The joy of chess is nowhere celebrated to such climactic excesses as in Kingpin

very, very entertaining . . . some of the back issues of Kingpin were instant classics

leaves my game shiny, manageable, natural looking

Britain’s most entertaining chess magazine

Scurrilous, funny, sometimes serious, sometimes libellous

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

combines an amusing style with solid instruction

irreverent and entertaining