New In Chess

New In Chess (short: NIC) is issued in Alkmaar chess magazine in the English language which is published eight times a year.

  • 2.1 employees
  • 2.2 content

History

The origins of the New In Chess magazine going back to 1968 with the founding of the Dutch Schaakbulletin on the initiative of Willem Andriessen. The Schaakbulletin existed in the early days mainly from chess games, chess news and analysis with a circumference of about 20 pages. With the two Dutch grandmasters January Timman and Jan Hein Donner two senior employees joined in the 1970s. Unter Donner, the proportion of columns and tournament reports increased, while Timman was responsible for game analysis, he is still regarded as an excellent commenters chess games.

In September 1984, under the increasing influence of computer development and programming of databases of chess games, the first copy of New In Chess appeared; as the last Schaakbulletin, under the editorship of Jan Timman and led by Andriessen. With an English-language magazine now the international market should be opened up outside the Netherlands. Still used today, the New In Chess team which developed at that time by Elsevier " New In Chess Database ," today " NICBase ", a chess database, " NIC key" are classified opening theory in the lots after the so-called.

This magazine was initially designed for twelve issues, each with 64 pages per annum, (but each 96 pages then ) was from the year 1986, however, on an annual eight issues reduced: after top players such as the World Champion Karpov and Kasparov had the editors offered their employees, the qualitative aspect should continue to move into the foreground, for example, through in-depth game analysis and tournament coverage, less the cutting-edge reporting.

Employees in 1984

The employees of the first edition in September 1984 were:

  • Publisher: B. J. Toet
  • Editor in Chief: Willem Andriessen and Jan Timman
  • Editorial Assistance: Raymond Keene

Current

Now in the third decade of its existence, which was released by the end of 2010, DIN C5 - format New In Chess magazine has established itself as an international chess magazine, which is read in over 70 countries and is considered a common chess grandmaster publication in circles. In addition to the 1984 four times a year appearing New In Chess Yearbook, a 250 -page compendium of current opening theory, New In Chess published in self-publishing, other chess books, such as the book series Secrets of Opening Surprises (short: SOS, in German: chess Without blinkers, ISBN 90-5691-125-2 ).

Employee

The current employees (as of December 2012):

  • Publisher: Allard Hoogland
  • Chief Editors: Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam and Jan Timman
  • Regular columns: Hans Ree, Luke McShane, Nigel Short, Garry Kasparov, Jeroen Bosch, Charles Hertan

Content

Reports on current chess tournaments, game analysis, interviews and portraits of contemporary chess players and chess officials are spanned by the various features and columns. Introduction can be found in " NIC 's Cafe " Reports from the world of chess, followed by a letter to the editor section. The Dutch grandmaster Hans Ree reported in a multi- column mainly about chess historical events and encounters with masters and chess legends. His British colleague Luke MacShane discusses current books in essayistic form, while former world champion Garry Kasparov since his retirement from active chess sums up the current tournament events and considers individual, remarkable game positions. The final section " Just Checking " is based on a brief questionnaire before a contemporary chess master.

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