New in Chess Magazine - Issue 2024/08

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?