British Chess Magazine

BCM has a unique focus on the British chess scene while covering major news and events internationally. Readers will enjoy coverage of the important annual Hastings and Gibraltar Masters tournaments and the British Chess Championship in particular. The chess world deserves a magazine like today’s BCM with its great content, great design, great photography, and simply great value. BCM will truly engage you and also provide real help to players eager to improve their play. We have deep authoritative analysis by leading GM and IM chess professionals. BCM's goal is to entertain, inform and offer the best in high-class chess insight, stories and research. And a touch of glamour!

BRITISH CHESS MAGAZINE

THE UPS AND DOWNS IN THE LIFE OF A CHILD CHESS PRODIGY EXPLAINED BY A GRANDMASTER AND COACH • In the chess world, we can take a look at two types of parental upbringing. A dominant father (a former boxer) who took his teenage son to the USA and who was not a stranger to beating him when he was disappointed in him... A caring father, a harmonious and loving family who allowed the child to develop their own interest in chess...

The British Chess Championships 2023: MICHAEL ADAMS AND LAN YAO TAKE THE CROWN

MY SON, MAGNUS THE MAKING OF A CHESS PRODIGY • In an exclusive, in-depth interview, the father of one of the greatest chess players in history talks openly about his son’s path in life, the challenges and struggles, and how the whole Carlsen family dealt with it

QUEEN OF THE BOARD: JU WENJUN RETAINS HER CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE • HOW THE CHINESE PLAYER DEFEATED COMPATRIOT LEI TINGJIE TO WIN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH FOR THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE TIME

IT’S ALL ABOUT FINDING THE BALANCE BETWEEN EXPERIENCE AND MOTIVATION

THE MEDIUM IS THE OBSTACLE

CARLSEN’S DOMINATION AT FAST TIME CONTROLS CONTINUES

FISCHER SHOWED THE WAY IN THE RUY LOPEZ

NETFLIX SERIES THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT BECOMES A GAME • From TVs to phone, the famous series has now been transformed into a mobile game and released on Play Store

PROBLEM WORLD

THE ACCIDENTAL MAESTRO OR THE MAN WITH NO AMBITION • A REVIEW OF “THE WIZARD OF WARSAW: A CHESS BIOGRAPHY OF SZYMON WINAWER”, BY TOMASZ LISSOWSKI AND GRIGORY BOGDANOVICH, ELK AND RUBY PUBLISHING 2023

THE MINIATURES THAT PRODUCED NEW IDEAS IN CHESS

Endgame Studies