New In Chess 2024/3

This New In Chess 2024/3 is an English-language issue of the respected New In Chess magazine, combining elite tournament coverage, historical features and practical study material in one 100-page softcover edition.

What’s in this issue

The main feature focuses on the Candidates Tournament in Toronto, where 17-year-old Gukesh came through a tightly fought event to earn the right to challenge Ding Liren for the world title. The issue also includes an interview with Gukesh, offering a closer look at his style, composure and ambition, plus a piece on women’s Candidates winner Tan Zhongyi.

Alongside the current events coverage, the magazine also looks back at chess history. Lasker’s Last Stand revisits the strong field at the 1924 New York international tournament, making this issue a good fit for readers who follow both modern top-level chess and classic events from the game’s past.

Analysis, commentary and chess beyond the board

Issue 2024/3 goes beyond results and headlines. It includes writing on Magnus Carlsen away from the tournament hall, commentary and quotations from Fair & Square, a feature on Demis Hassabis and DeepMind, and articles that place chess in a wider context — as business in the United States, as a meeting point with professional poker, and as a way into discussions about artificial intelligence.

There is also a report on David Navara defeating the Leela engine in a knight-odds match, together with James Altucher’s piece on how to beat your own children at the board. That mix makes the magazine useful not only for analysis, but also for readers interested in the culture around contemporary chess.

Study material and regular columns

For players who want something practical from the issue, there is plenty to work through. Arjun Erigaisi presents a model game with White in the fashionable Semi-Tarrascha, Maxim Notkin selects nine tactical exercises, and the Zwischenzug! column introduces the idea of aji — hidden possibilities in a position that may appear later in the game.

Regular favourites are here as well, including Your Move, The Scoresheet with Donald Byrne and Bobby Fischer’s 1956 game in Fischer’s own handwritten notation, Jan Timman’s piece on Nepomniachtchi’s escapes, and Matthew Sadler’s book section.

Key details

• Product type: English-language chess magazine issue
• Publication: New In Chess 2024/3
• Language: English
• Format: softcover magazine issue
• Page count: 100 pages
• Main coverage: Candidates Tournament in Toronto
• Interview subject: Gukesh
• Training content: tactical exercises and annotated games