New In Chess 2022/2

Książka/Book
 

6 The Battle of the Sexes

As the iconic Caleta Hotel closed its doors, the chess action in Gibraltar moved to the venerable Garrison Library.

8 NIC’s Café

Olympic gold medallist in figure skating Nathan Chen and football star Joe Burrow are two more athletes to reveal that chess is part of their training.

10 Here comes Hikaru

Following a break of 822(!) days from classical chess, streaming king Hikaru Nakamura returned to the board to win the Berlin Grand Prix and obtain an excellent position to qualify for the Candidates tournament.

15 Celeb64: Jason Statham

22 The unstoppable Norwegian

Determined to end a two-year drought, Magnus Carlsen set out to win ‘his’ Tata Steel Masters with an unshakable mindset. There was no stopping the World Champion as he defeated the four other Top-10 players and won his 8th trophy with a round to spare.

40 Infographic

Magnus Carlsen’s favourite tournament.