British Chess Magazine

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 in particular. The chess world deserves a magazine like today’s BCM with its great content, great design, great photography, and simply great value. BCM will truly engage you and also provide real help to players eager to improve their play. We have deep authoritative analysis by leading GM and IM chess professionals. BCM's goal is to entertain, inform and offer the best in high-class chess insight, stories and research. And a touch of glamour!

BRITISH CHESS MAGAZINE

THE CHALLENGE OF GETTING MORE INTEREST IN WOMEN’S CHESS

HOW WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONS SHAPED CHESS

THE COACH OF THE GREATS

THE FIDE SOCIAL CHESS RESEARCH CONFERENCE 2025: SCIENTIFIC INSIGHTS ON CHESS • IN ONE OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE GATHERINGS OF SCIENTISTS AND RESEARCHERS ON THE TOPIC OF CHESS, THE CONFERENCE ADDRESSED ISSUES SUCH AS THE ROLE OF CHESS IN EDUCATION AND MENTAL RECOVERY.

WIGHTLINK INTERNATIONAL MASTERS

WORLD SENIOR TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS - PRAGUE ENGLAND RETAINS TITLE IN THE OVER-65 CATEGORY

Cambridge Revived

A NEW TYPE OF CHESS MUSEUM: FIDE PUTS ITS CHESS ARCHIVE ONLINE • Global governing body opens virtual archives, offering unprecedented access to rare collections and untold stories from chess history

Double Nelson • A young chess prodigy strikes a Faustian bargain for supreme mastery, but as victory looms, the price of his ambition becomes devastatingly clear

PROBLEM WORLD

THE MORRA GAMBIT

A SMART MOVE FOR YOUNG MINDS

BABSONS & BYWAYS