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British Chess Magazine

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British Chess Magazine is the world’s oldest chess journal, published continuously since 1881. It appears monthly and is packed with in depth informative content about the Royal Game. You will find high quality games and analysis, reports on recent tournaments, articles and analysis about openings, interviews with famous players, authoritative and independent book and DVD reviews, instructional articles and regular features on problems and endgames. Articles about famous players present and past reveal the game’s greatest talents and rich history. BCM has a unique focus on the British chess scene while covering major news and events internationally. Readers will enjoy coverage of the important annual Hastings and Gibraltar Masters tournaments and the British Chess Championship.

BCM caters for players of all ages and strengths, from beginners to masters, and features men’s and women’s chess. BCM will help you improve your play and results - check your progress with our regular “Test Your Chess” feature written by our own International Master Shaun Taulbut. You can sharpen and test your attacking skills with our monthly “Spot the Continuation” feature.

BCM helps you find out where to buy chess books and equipment, and great pictures bring BCM to colourful life.BCM is a must read and great choice for players and enthusiasts of all ages and abilities – and makes a great present!
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June 2026 The June 2026 issue of British Chess Magazine is led by two striking stories of young talent at full speed. BCM follows Faustino Oro’s extraordinary rise from Covid lockdown beginner to grandmaster at 12, while also charting Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş’s emphatic 5-1 match win over Veselin Topalov and his record breaking climb past 2700. Alongside these portraits of a new chess generation, the issue looks at another English junior success through Kayal Vijay’s European Schools title, examines the coming FIDE elections and the battle for the most political office in chess. BCM rounds things off with the magazine’s rich regular mix of endgame studies, Problem World, and historical material, including a look back at Leopold Mitrofanov and a revisiting of London chess tradition.


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The June 2026 issue of British Chess Magazine is led by two striking stories of young talent at full speed. BCM follows Faustino Oro’s extraordinary rise from Covid lockdown beginner to grandmaster at 12, while also charting Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş’s emphatic 5-1 match win over Veselin Topalov and his record breaking climb past 2700. Alongside these portraits of a new chess generation, the issue looks at another English junior success through Kayal Vijay’s European Schools title, examines the coming FIDE elections and the battle for the most political office in chess. BCM rounds things off with the magazine’s rich regular mix of endgame studies, Problem World, and historical material, including a look back at Leopold Mitrofanov and a revisiting of London chess tradition.
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British Chess Magazine is the world’s oldest chess journal, published continuously since 1881. It appears monthly and is packed with in depth informative content about the Royal Game. You will find high quality games and analysis, reports on recent tournaments, articles and analysis about openings, interviews with famous players, authoritative and independent book and DVD reviews, instructional articles and regular features on problems and endgames. Articles about famous players present and past reveal the game’s greatest talents and rich history. BCM has a unique focus on the British chess scene while covering major news and events internationally. Readers will enjoy coverage of the important annual Hastings and Gibraltar Masters tournaments and the British Chess Championship.

BCM caters for players of all ages and strengths, from beginners to masters, and features men’s and women’s chess. BCM will help you improve your play and results - check your progress with our regular “Test Your Chess” feature written by our own International Master Shaun Taulbut. You can sharpen and test your attacking skills with our monthly “Spot the Continuation” feature.

BCM helps you find out where to buy chess books and equipment, and great pictures bring BCM to colourful life.BCM is a must read and great choice for players and enthusiasts of all ages and abilities – and makes a great present!

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British Chess Magazine

Great as always Reviewed 09 February 2021

British Chess Magazine

One of my favorite magazines. Reviewed 08 February 2021

British Chess Magazine

Excellent magazine...Missing Nick pert's Endgame column or Speelman endgame column; Any chance of a Sadler column
Regards
Reviewed 25 May 2020

British Chess Magazine

thanks Reviewed 08 April 2020

Very entertaining

Really interesting read for all those lovers of chess in Britain and elsewhere Reviewed 12 July 2019

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