Ajedrez. Chess. Revista. Magazine New in Chess 2024-5 - Jan Timman/Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam

6 Contributors + Shorts

A merger of New In Chess, Everyman and Quality Chess.

10 NIC’s Café

Harry Kane, Jon Speelman, Bent Larsen and Benjamin Franklin.

12 A Match that Never Happened

Vladimir Kramnik and José Martinez played the ‘Clash of Claims’ in Madrid.

21 Fair & Square

Sam Shankland: ‘At the prehistoric age of 32, I am proud to have represented the old guard successfully and honourably!’

22 Accusations and Statistics

To understand the debate on social media about cheating, you need to understand the ‘centipawn loss’.

26 Mixed games

Saleh Salem beat Fedoseev in Sharjah vying for ‘game of the year’.

30 Norway Chess

Magnus Carlsen showed his class and won for the sixth time, while World Champion Ding Liren continued to struggle in Stavanger.

35 Celeb 64: Humphrey Bogart.

50 Equal Pay

In a revolutionary step Norway Chess staged a women’s tournament next to their traditional ‘open’ tournament with an equal prize-fund.

53 Guinness World Record

One of the sideshows of Norway Chess was a successful ‘longest chess marathon’ Guinness World Record of 61 hours, 3 minutes and 34 seconds.

56 Chess in Ukraine

The famous chess school of Kramatorsk tries to provide a social life to the local kids, a mere thirty kilometres from the frontline in the war with Russia.

66 Blitzing against Bobby Fischer

In his forthcoming memoir, grandmaster and journalist Andrew Soltis explains how he got his picture in the rival The New York Times.

70 Faustino Oro

The chess prodigy from Argentina, Faustino Oro, sets a historic record by becoming International Master at the age of 10 years, 8 months and 16 days.

78 Nate Solon – Adult Improvement

The ability to manage your clock is a strategic part of tournament chess.

82 James Altucher

What is success in chess?

84 The Model Game

To play successfully against the London System, it helps to take the opening seriously and prepare for it.

88 Maximize Your Tactics

Nine puzzles, selected by Maxim Notkin.

86 The Scoresheet

Carlsen-Ernst, Wijk aan Zee 2004.

92 Sadler on Books

Three excellent books about Simen Agdestein, Mark Dvoretsky and Bobby Fischer plus a self-published manual on attacking chess.

98 Jan Timman

Who is the Indian star with the biggest potential? Is it Praggna­nandhaa or Gukesh – or is it Arjun Erigaisi, who has been wreaking havoc for months on end to reach #4 in the world rankings?

106 Just Checking

What is the best game Ding Liren played?

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