New in Chess Magazine 2024/8

A new issue of the world’s premier chess magazine full of new content. 6 Singapore A photo opportunity. 8 NIC’s Café A Nobel Prize for Sir Demis, a former chess prodigy. 12 Vincent Keymer – Interview Germany’s number one speaks about his years as a prodigy, his trainer Peter Leko, the fine art of taking risks and much, much more. ‘I always have my own idea of what I want to do.’ 23 Celeb 64 Carmen Kass. 26 U.S. Championships Fabiano Caruana and Carissa Yip took top honors at the U.S. Championships in St. Louis. Both won the highest-rated championships in history, repeating their successes of last year. 42 Carissa Yip – Interview With a gold medal at the Olympiad and an eight-game winning streak in St. Louis, Carissa Yip is arguably the best American female player. 50 European Championship The European Individual Championship is one of the major events for professional chess players. First prize is 20,000 euro and the top twenty finishers qualify for the World Cup. 60 Tournament Roundup Chithambaram VR. Aravindh wins the Chennai Masters and is the sixth Indian over 2700 Elo in the rankings. 65 The Killer Blow Puzzles selected by Jacob Aagaard. 68 Cover Stories Four decades of New In Chess magazine resulted in 327 covers, some forgotten, some still fresh in mind. What did they tell us? Who was on them? Let’s take another look. 76 Chess as a Business The video streams of the Ding-Gukesh match, the Olympiad, and Tata Steel Chess are all produced by the Dutch company iMotion. 80 James Altucher Emanuel Lasker is the greatest of the GOATS. 82 Fair & Square He won $1 million. It is a shame. He could have been 2000 Elo by now. 83 Maximize Your Tactics Nine puzzles, selected by Maxim Notkin. 84 How to Improve Solving a beautiful puzzle can be very satisfying. However, 98% of the moves you will have to play involve ‘gritty calculation’ instead of an obvious solution. 88 The Model Game The Maroczy Bind is all about space. White can use it to manoeuvre, Black is cramped. 92 The scoresheet Kosteniuk-Roebers, Hoogeveen 2024. 94 Sadler on Books The third volume of Viktor Korchnoi’s biography still does not bring clarity. So many things happen in Korchnoi’s games that they are sometimes very difficult to understand. 98 Jan Timman India and China are chess superpowers. Yet, the first Asian GM came from the Philippines. Fifty years ago, Eugene Torre made history. 106 Just Checking What is Awonder Liang’s greatest fear? An exclusive interview with Germany's number one Vincent Keymer. Fabiano Caruana and Carissa Yip took top honors at the U.S. Championships in St. Louis. Killer blow puzzles selected by Jacob Aagaard, James Altucher argues why Lasker is the greatest of GOATs, Jan TImman tells about Asia's first GM Eugene Torre. And much more!