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

What 2024 brought to chess

THE BIGGEST THING WITH CHESS IS NOT TO HAVE DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR • “FUNDAMENTALLY, CHESS IS A VERY BORING GAME.” “MANY IN THE CHESS ELITE ARE OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY.”

World Championship matches with the highest intensity

CHESS IN NEW YORK: A WALK THROUGH PARKS, CLUBS AND HISTORY

FOUR-TIME CHAMPION: CARUANA IN A LEAGUE OF HIS OWN • THE CHESS ASPECT OF THE EVENT ONLY CONFIRMED CARUANA’S SUPREMACY. HE SIMPLY PLAYED MUCH BETTER THAN THE REST DURING THE WHOLE EVENT

TOURNAMENT REPORT: GUERNSEY INTERNATIONAL OPEN A HOME SUCCESS

TOURNAMENT REPORT: FAGERNES INTERNATIONAL OPEN

ROPE TRICK

PROBLEM WORLD

CELEBRATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF FIDE AND OF SURREALISM (PART THREE)

THE RICH HISTORY OF THE SICILIAN DEFENCE

XMAS XCESS