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€19.95 When Wim Andriessen founded  Schaakbulletin in 1968 and shortly thereafter gave up his secure job at the college, many were quick to call him insane. Berry Withuis, a veteran of chess journalism, openly mocked him: "If you want to throw away your money in the Netherlands, you either waste it on women or create a chess magazine." After all, the local chess community was way too small to allow for a second publication to survive beside  Schakend Nederland, the official magazine of the local chess association. And indeed,  Schaakbulletin never really made any pro...

Giri paces Tata Steel Masters Edgar De Castro In the Netherlands, hometown GM Anish Giri continued to impress, posting an undefeated 7.5 out of 11.0 points to maintain the lead entering the penultimate round of the 2021 Tata Steel Masters Festival. With two rounds remaining at Wijk aan Zee, the prestigious tournament remains wide open among four players. Giri, 26, who is hoping to become the second Dutchman to win the title (since Jan Timman in 1985), halved the point with Norwegian world champion Magnus Carlsen for a 7.5 total, giving him a half-point lead ove...

Frank Scott's "The Queen's Gambit" with Anya Taylor-Joy as Beth Harmon is the most successful Netflix series of all time, and despite small inaccuracies it convincingly shows how exciting and fascinating chess can be. In fact, the games Beth Harmon plays in the series were almost all taken from actual tournament or matches. But which games found their way into the series? In <a href="https://www.newinchess.com/new-in-chess-2020-8">New in Chess Magazine 08/2020</a> Erwin l'Ami took a closer look. | Photo: Beth Harmon's most crucial game | Photo: S...

Lubomir Kavalek, 1943-2021 The Czech-American grandmaster, former number-10 in the world, coach, organizer, trainer, commentator, author, columnist, and member of the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame Lubomir (Lubosh) Kavalek died at the age of 77 after a brief but severe illness. The news was confirmed by his wife Irina. Kavalek was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic), on August 9, 1943, exactly five months after GM Bobby Fischer. He won his first national championship in 1962 at the age of 19. In the same year, he played one of his most famous games, as Black against Eduard Guf...

€19.95 Top-notch chess in a small fishing village It was business as usual at the 2020 edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, although things were about to take a dramatic turn for the worse. Now we are entering the second year of the coronavirus crisis, which means the 2021 tournament will be organized on a smaller scale — but it will take place nonetheless! Wijk aan Zee is a small fishing village on the shores of the North Sea which once a year becomes the chess capital of the world, as the best players on the planet gather to fight for tournament victory, surr...