New In Chess 2018/5: The Club Player's Magazine

This New In Chess 2018/5: The Club Player's Magazine is a 108-page chess magazine issue that combines tournament reports, annotated games, tactical ideas, opening coverage and chess journalism for club players, trainers and serious chess readers.

What’s in this issue

The main feature focuses on Ju Wenjun, the new women’s world champion, with her own comments on selected games. The issue also covers Fabiano Caruana's win at Norway Chess, where he took advantage of a rare slip from Magnus Carlsen to secure the overall victory.

Sam Shankland appears after a strong run that included wins at the US Championship, Capablanca Memorial and American Continental Championship, while Wesley So is presented as the early leader of the 2018 Grand Chess Tour after strong results in Leuven and Paris.

Analysis, training and practical chess

This issue goes beyond tournament coverage. It includes Maxim Dlugy's piece on Hikaru Nakamura’s blitz play, tactical ideas from Judit Polgar, a Secrets of Opening Surprises article with a line against the Anti-Grünfeld, and regular sections focused on pattern recognition and tactical training.

For readers who like to learn from concrete examples, that mix is especially useful: alongside games and top-level commentary, you get material that supports positional understanding, calculation and opening knowledge.

Chess journalism and features

The magazine also includes a strong journalistic side. Pal Benko revisits games against Bobby Fischer for his 90th birthday and points out missed chances, Nigel Short writes about his attempt to become FIDE president, Jan Timman looks at the dramatic finish to the Bundesliga, and Hans Ree discusses Gennady Sosonko’s memories of Viktor Korchnoi.

There are also shorter features and regular columns, including Just Checking with Bassem Amin, Your Move with Alexander Grischuk, a piece on chess reaching Kathmandu, a graphic history of the women’s world championship, Fair & Square and Celeb64: Yoko Ono. Together they show the broad editorial range that has made New In Chess a familiar name for chess readers.

Key details

• Product type: chess magazine issue
• Publication: New In Chess 2018/5: The Club Player's Magazine
• Page count: 108 pages
• Content: tournament reports, game analysis, tactics, openings and chess journalism
• Featured players: Ju Wenjun, Fabiano Caruana, Sam Shankland and Wesley So
• Use: reading current chess events and studying annotated games
• Audience: club players, trainers and chess readers