New In Chess 2025/8

This New In Chess 2025/8 issue is an English-language edition of the well-known chess magazine, bringing together tournament reports, interviews, training material and chess history in a softcover format with 106 pages.

What’s in this issue

The FIDE World Cup is a major focus, with coverage of Javokhir Sindarov’s victory over Wei Yi in the final and Andrey Esipenko’s qualification for the Candidates Tournament. The issue also opens with Kasparov versus Anand and includes a dinner conversation with Almira Skripchenko in the regular NIC’s Café column.

The interview section features Fabiano Caruana, who reflects on a strong year and on the increasingly fragmented world of modern chess, and Julio Granda Zuniga, who discusses his unusual path to a 2699 rating without the usual strict opening preparation.

There is also a moving article on Daniel Naroditsky, along with a piece on the public dispute surrounding Vladimir Kramnik’s accusations, which affected Naroditsky, David Navara and other players.

Tournament chess, training and history

From this issue onward, Boris Gelfand presents a review of the most interesting over-the-board events, selecting games and endgames that did not appear in the main tournament reports. That gives the magazine a broader view of the positions worth studying.

For readers who want practical study material, the issue includes The Killer Blow with exercises selected by Jacob Aagaard, How to Improve on using rating goals to focus training, and The Model Game on the Dutch Defence. Classic chess is represented too, with The Scoresheet featuring Mikhail Tal against Robert Byrne from 1966.

Beyond openings and tournament coverage, the issue also looks at how chess continues to serve as a testing ground for artificial intelligence in Is it a Human or a Machine?. Additional contributions come from Jan Timman, James Altucher, Sadler’s books section, and the closing Just Checking column.

Why this issue stands out

This is a strong choice for readers who want current chess coverage alongside material they can study. New In Chess 2025/8 works well as reading for an ambitious club player and as a collectible issue for anyone following professional chess, grandmaster interviews and AI-related chess writing.

Key details

• Product type: English-language chess magazine issue
• Publication: New In Chess 2025/8
• Language: English
• Binding: softcover
• Page count: 106 pages
• Content focus: tournament reports, interviews, training material, chess history and AI-related articles
• Included: one magazine issue