New In Chess

New In Chess

Cover of 25th anniversary issue (2009, issue 7) depicting Magnus Carlsen on the cover
Editor	Jan Timman and Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam
Categories	Games
Frequency	8 per year
Founded	1984
Company	Interchess B.V.
Country	Netherlands
Based in	Amsterdam
Language	English
Website	www.newinchess.com
ISSN	0168-8782

New In Chess (NIC) is a chess magazine that appears eight times a year with chief editors Grandmaster Jan Timman and Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam. It began publication in 1984 and contains notes by top players and chess prodigies about their own games. Typical contributions are from players such as Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand, Péter Lékó, Judit Polgár, Magnus Carlsen, and Sergey Karjakin.

New In Chess also publishes Yearbooks four times per year that offer opening surveys and theoretical articles. NIC uses its own classification system for chess openings that continues to evolve in the effort to keep abreast of novelties. For example, FR 16.6 is the French Tarrasch with 10...g5 and a "Survey" by Tim Harding appeared in Yearbook 32 (1994). NIC also publishes books on opening theory and other chess topics.

In February 2021, it was announced that Play Magnus Group, bought the publisher of New in Chess, Interchess B.V.^[1]

In 2024 it was announced that New in Chess was sold to Quality Chess. ^[2]

See also

• List of chess books
• List of chess periodicals

References

1. "New In Chess magazine joins Play Magnus Group". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
2. "Grote veranderingen in de wereld van schaakuitgevers". www.schaaksite.nl. Retrieved 2025-01-02.

External links

• New In Chess