Monday, 4 April 2011

The new New in Chess

Change is sometimes difficult to cope with, especially where chess players are concerned (try changing a venue for an established tournament and see how many fail to cope). So it isn't surprising that the current issue of New in Chess contains a number of letters complaining about the changes to the last issue of New in Chess.
For those who don't subscribe (shame on you!), the magazine simply changed size and now is in a larger format. The change makes it slightly harder to keep in your pocket, but on the plus size, the bigger layout makes it far easier to read. Along with the size change a couple of extra features have been included, but otherwise it is essentially the same magazine. So overall I like the change, and think the publishers have made the right move.

5 comments:

Jon Rep said...

Shaun, I totally agree with you. I like the new "New In Chess" format. The articles are great too.

Anonymous said...

I like the new format too. Don't have to flip the pages as much.

Anonymous said...

I think it's the best thing since sliced bread! What will they think of next!

MachoM said...

I don't like it. It's more like a "Ladys magazine"...

cheers

Henrik Mortensen

Anonymous said...

The new format means that my postman has to fold the magazine in half to fit in my letterbox. This means when i receive it there is a crease right down the middle of every page. So in short i prefer the old format:-)