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Kingpin Chess Magazine, Issue 32

UK: £5.00 Europe: £6.00 RoW: £7.00 The Kingpin Questionnaire Peter Svidler Krusty the Clown Wins the Australian Championship Chris Depasquale Gary Lane’s Agony Column What’s in a Grade? Justin Horton Losing My Way to the GM Title Jonathan Rowson Do Not Adjust Your Chess…

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Kingpin Chess Magazine, Issue 31

UK: £5.00 Europe: £6.00 RoW: £7.00 The Kingpin Questionnaire Pia Cramling is in time trouble Over the Limit Nigel Davies, substance abuser Gary Lane’s Agony Column Tony Kosten’s Diary Losing My Way to the GM Title Jonathan Rowson dons his hair shirt Capablanca and…

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Kingpin Chess Magazine, Issue 30

UK: £5.00 Europe: £6.00 RoW: £7.00 The Kingpin Questionnaire Bent Larsen Reflections from the Chelsea and Westminster Nigel Davies Chess and Sex: The Survey Stuart Conquest Winning with the Irish Pawn Centre?! Alex Baburin Gary Lane’s Agony Column Winning with Feng Shui Gary Lane…

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Kingpin Chess Magazine, Issue 29

UK: £5.00 Europe: £6.00 RoW: £7.00 The Kingpin Questionnaire Mickey Adams Sacrifice the Little Guys! Nigel Davies Red, Yellow, Green, Blue – and Black – are OK! Sarah Hurst Interviews Andras Adorjan When the Boss Takes Over Richard Forster From the Frying Pan Jonathan …

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Kingpin Chess Magazine, Issue 28

UK: £4.00 Europe: £5.00 RoW: £6.00 The Kingpin Questionnaire Yasser Seirawan The Art of Not Preparing Nigel Davies Pawn Storm Richard Forster Gary Lane’s Agony Column Gary Lane Dispenses Invaluable Advice Gazza’s Gaffes Colin Crouch How Good Are You at Emulating Morphy’s Opponents? Chris…

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Kingpin Chess Magazine, Issue 27

UK: £4.00 Europe: £5.00 RoW: £6.00 The Kingpin Questionnaire Eddie Gufeld lists his likes and self-likes Gary Lane’s Agony Column More no-nonsense advice from the well-informed IM Gary’s Handy Hints Gary Lane’s fail-safe guide to get the most from your chess Did Intel Break…

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Kingpin Chess Magazine, Issue 26

UK: £4.00 Europe: £5.00 RoW: £6.00 The Kingpin Questionnaire Colin Crouch Gary Lane’s Agony Column Gary Lane dispenses invaluable advice What’s the Difference between a ‘Good’ and a ‘Bad’ Performance? Glenn Flear on the vicissitudes of the tournament circuit The Voice of Reason…

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Kingpin Chess Magazine, Issue 25

£4.00 Europe: £5.00 RoW: £6.00 The Kingpin Questionnaire GM Patrick Wolff Forum Edward Winter Gary’s Agony Column IM Gary Lane Sexy Chess Openings FM Graham Burgess Computer Chess Rob van Gompel I Did It My Way! IM Nigel Davies The Closed…

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Kingpin Chess Magazine, Issue 24

£4.00 Europe: £5.00 RoW: £6.00 The Kingpin Questionnaire Susan and Bogdan Lalic Forum Edward Winter Gary Lane’s Agony Column Gary Lane Sexy Chess Openings Graham Burgess The Voice of Reason Nigel Davies Correspondence Chess Peter Millican Great Swindles of Our Time Malcolm…

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Kingpin Chess Magazine, Issue 23

£4.00 Europe: £5.00 RoW: £6.00 The Kingpin Questionnaire GM John Nunn Forum Edward Winter Gary Lane’s Agony Column IM Gary Lane Sexy Chess Openings FM Graham Burgess The Voice of Reason GM Nigel Davies Anagram Competition Results Play to Annoy Phil Crocker Revised…

No Regrets: Boris Spassky at 60

November 27, 2007· 9 Comments

Lev Khariton The attractive countryside of Meudon is a 15-minute train ride from Paris. Here I came to interview Boris Spassky just three days before his 60th birthday. He reminiscences about his life, his chess career, his rivals and friends. Dear Grandmaster, I should…

Arimaa, Computers and the Future of Chess

February 6, 2015· 7 Comments

Andy Lewis A common Arimaa starting position Anyone for a variation on chess? Is chess played out? This concern has been voiced periodically over the history of the game, and the challenges has never been more profound: over-refinement of opening-theory; perfection of endgame technique;…

Sarah Hurst: 20 Questions

January 8, 2015· 7 Comments

Sarah Hurst was a regular contributor to CHESS magazine in the 1990s and also edited the British Chess Federation’s newsletter, ChessMoves. Her fine book Curse of Kirsan: Adventures in the Chess Underworld is now available on Kindle at a bargain price. Since 2002 she has been translating…

We Need to Talk about Garry, Part 3

November 16, 2015· 5 Comments

Why Life Does Not Imitate Chess Part 3: The Visionary Followers of Garry Kasparov on Facebook will have noted that he has taken to styling himself as a ‘politician’. What’s his track record? All chess players will know about his campaign for FIDE president…

A History of Chess Theory

February 22, 2023· No Comments

Adrian Harvey Chess Theory From Stamma to Steinitz, 1735–1894 Frank Hoffmeister Foreword by Peter Heine Nielsen 492 pages | 83 illustrations | 407 diagrams | softback | $99.00 Jefferson: McFarland, 2022 This is a very substantial work that embraces all the major developments…

Michael Basman’s Questionnaire

November 3, 2022· No Comments

What is your earliest memory of playing chess? I went up to Selfridges with my dad and we bought a wooden set for 10s. 6d. He taught us to play chess that evening. I remember him showing us the knight move. What is…

Basman at the British

October 29, 2022· No Comments

Michael Basman Editor’s note: What is striking about these games is how each highlights different aspects of Mike’s playing style. As you might expect, there is his calling card – the outlandish opening 1 e4 g5 (‘totally bonkers’ –Nigel Short), but next is an epic…

B is for Basman

October 27, 2022· No Comments

In 1968, the American magazine Chess Review introduced Michael Basman as ‘another bright B’ in the tradition of famous British chess players represented by Bird, Blackburne and Burn. That’s some billing for a 21-year-old. Basman would never be the brightest chess star in this firmament…

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November 17, 2022

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October 23, 2022

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October 23, 2022

I already have all your back issues. Sometimes, I can even find them. But what I really want to know,…
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Paul Dargan

June 24, 2022

Many suffered because of Brian - people gave up the game to avoid being near him. Great shame that justice…
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