New In Chess magazine

Curious fact

In 2021, Magnus Carlsen’s company Play Magnus Group acquired the publisher of New In Chess, Interchess B.V., thereby becoming the owner of the magazine

One of the leading chess periodicals, New In Chess (NIC) magazine, was first published in 1984. It offers tournament reports, game annotations by top grandmasters, interviews, and in-depth reportage. The magazine is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and publishes eight issues a year. Nowadays, New In Chess also releases books, a yearbook, and has its own blog and podcast. The editor-in-chief is the renowned chess journalist Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam.