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

INDIA DOMINATES THE CHESS OLYMPIAD IN BUDAPEST INDIA’S RISE TO CHESS SUPREMACY

Price update for BCM Subscriptions Effective 1st November 2024

CHESS COMES HOME TO INDIA

BCM exclusive: ALIREZA FIROUZJA on the Global Chess League and the future of chess • The 21-year-old Alireza Firouzja is one of the greatest starts in chess today. Marked by Magnus Carlsen as his most likely real successor, the Iranian-born Frenchman is the youngest player ever to have surpassed the 2800 rating, beating even the famous Norwegian.

HUNGARIAN HITS: A REVIEW OF “CHESS WARRIOR THE LIFE AND GAMES OF GEZA MAROCZY” • BY LASZLO JAKOBETZ, WITH A FOREWORD BY LAJOS PORTISCH AND COVER DESIGN BY SOFIA POLGAR, PUBLISHED BY RUSSELL ENTERPRISES 2024

QUOTES and QUERIES CHESS IN 1924 – A YEAR OF TRANSITION

THE TECH MAHINDRA GLOBAL CHESS LEAGUE – SECOND EDITION: RAPID CHESS REVOLUTION: INSIDE THE GCL’S SECOND SEASON

NAPOLEON & GOETHE THE TOUCHSTONE OF GENIUS

CELEBRATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF FIDE AND OF SURREALISM

THE STUDIES FROM THE WCSC

PROBLEM WORLD • Solutions are given on page 638

Patterns Out of Your Opening (PART VI)