New In Chess

New In Chess, usually shortened to NIC, is an international English-language chess magazine first published in 1984 and produced in Amsterdam. It combines current competitive coverage with study material and long-form reporting, making it both a record of its period and an instructional resource.

Annotated games are a central feature. An annotation is a comment added to the move score to explain plans, calculations, errors, emotions, and alternatives that the bare result cannot show. The magazine also carries extended interviews, tournament reports, profiles, historical columns, and technical articles.

Its value is not limited to identifying winners. Notes by elite participants reveal how strong players make decisions with incomplete information, while reporting places the games within real preparation, rivalries, and playing conditions.

The publisher also produces New In Chess Yearbook, but it is a separate publication. The Yearbook concentrates especially on opening theory, meaning new ideas for the first stage of a game, and is closer in purpose to references such as Modern Chess Openings. The magazine's publication schedule can change, so current issue information should be checked directly.