New In Chess 2025/5

This New In Chess 2025/5 is an English-language chess magazine issue with 100 pages of current coverage, analysis, training, history, book reviews and chess culture. It is a strong choice for readers who want one issue that brings together tournament chess and longer-form reading on the game.

Inside this issue

The main focus of this issue is Norway Chess 2025, including the dramatic reaction after Magnus Carlsen’s loss to world champion Gukesh and Carlsen’s eventual recovery to win the tournament in a tense finish.

The magazine also moves across a wide range of chess topics, from interviews and commentary to game analysis and historical writing. You’ll find material on Juga’s Queen Trap video, the NIC’s Café column and Your Move, which focuses on a truly unusual move.

For readers interested in chess history, there is Willy Hendriks’ article offering a fresh look at the development of chess, alongside Aleksander Veingold’s piece asking whether Paul Keres “gave” four points to Mikhail Botvinnik in the 1948 world championship tournament. It is the kind of issue that rewards both immediate reading and a second look later on.

Tournament, training and analysis

This issue also includes practical material for players. There is coverage of 2025 tournaments, including Praggnanandhaa’s success at the UzChess Cup in Tashkent and his strong position in the FIDE Circuit race. Training content includes a look at the value of individual work with a coach, The Killer Blow selected by Jacob Aagaard and The Model Game, which shows how leading modern players use the Caro-Kann to play for a win with Black.

Game lovers will also find The Scoresheet, featuring Carlsen–Caruana from Stavanger 2025. The issue is rounded out by columns, book reviews and Jan Timman’s article on early standout games by Boris Spassky.

For readers who follow the magazine regularly, this issue fits naturally alongside the wider New In Chess range.

Key details

• Product type: chess magazine issue
• Language: English
• Binding: softcover
• Page count: 100 pages
• Content: tournament coverage, analysis, training, history, book reviews and chess culture
• Featured event: Norway Chess 2025
• Included: one magazine issue