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

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

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

razor sharp

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

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

the ‘Private Eye’ of the chess world

irreverent and entertaining

those who are unfamiliar with Kingpin are missing out on a real delight: there are many good chess magazines around, but in my opinion Kingpin is the best out there

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