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

QUALITY over QUANTITY

REINVENTING THE CLASSICS: A MODERN TWIST ON CHESS HISTORY

THE CASABLANCA VARIANT IN CHESS IS LIKE A FORMULA 1 RACE IN THE RAIN

CHESS AS AN ECOSYSTEM: AN INITIAL EXPLORATION

FAMOUS CHESS MASTERS WHO (ALMOST) ENDED UP BEHIND BARS

Chess lovers invited to set Guinness world record

ENGLAND'S SENIOR CHESS TEAMS TRIUMPH AT EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

THE NUMBERS THAT CONTROL US: THE PARADOXICAL IMPACT OF RATINGS ON PERFORMANCES • WHEN A STRONGER PLAYER PLAYS A WEAKER PLAYER ON A REGULAR BASIS, THE STRENGTH OF THE STRONGER PLAYER DECREASES WHILE THE STRENGTH OF THE WEAKER PLAYER INCREASES

IS CHESS A SPECTATOR SPORT? • If chess players are taking half an hour to make some moves, how can you honestly enjoy watching it live?

THE REVERSE PROCEDURE! • Correspondence chess players have vast experience in setting, running and overall working with chess engines. Over the years Jon Edwards has established his own method that helped him win some important games and not only become World Correspondence Champion, but also able to find some crucial theoretical novelties.

Attacking patterns out of your Openings (Part II)

Endgame Studies

PROBLEM WORLD

JUDGING PROBLEMS IN BCM IN 2022 AND 2023

MINIATURES