Kingpin Quotes

‘a new kind of whiteness I never thought possible with my old Chess Magazine – and without boiling’

Stephen Fry

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‘Please, do people really believe what they read in Kingpin? 
I am amazed! It’s like taking a satirical show and mistaking it for the news.’
- Raymond Keene, OBE Chess Café

‘an entertaining, irreverent chess magazine that takes you over to the lighter side with verve and panache’ 
– Chess Café 

 ‘unquestionably the funniest chess magazine in the world’  
– Chess Horizons 

‘Both serious and funny, I recommend it to anyone who wants to smile as he reads.’
– Jeremy Silman, Inside Chess 

‘one of my favorite magazines’  
– Yasser Seirawan 

‘The joy of chess is nowhere celebrated to such climactic excesses as in Kingpin...’
 – William Hartston, The Independent 

‘razor sharp’  
– CHESS Monthly 

‘It seems to me that you haven’t quite achieved the manic, off-the-wall style of humour that Informator manages so well, but you run them a pretty good second.’
 – Stephen Fry 

 ‘my favourite magazine’ 
– Malcolm Pein, The European 

‘combines an amusing style with solid instruction’  
– Leonard Barden, Financial Times 

 ‘...een mixture van absolute totale kolder en serieuze schaakinformatie...’
– Nederlands Dagblad 

‘irreverent and entertaining’  
– Daily Telegraph 

‘Kingpin is the magazine I most enjoy ... Gary Lane’s agony column is a must for all chess addicts.’
 – Susan Lalic, Your Chess Questions Answered 

‘Britain’s most entertaining chess magazine’  
– Scotland on Sunday 

‘Aside from being funny, Kingpin is often pretty controversial too, with many an allegation or insinuation strewn amongst its pages.’  
– James Plaskett, New Statesman 

‘Utterly irreverent ... genuine wit ... good instruction for club players.’ 
– William Hartston, The Independent 

 ‘Undoubtedly the most interesting and witty chess magazine available...’  
– Angus Dunnington, Yorkshire Post 

 ‘I actually paid good money for No.9.’  
– Tim Harding, Sunday Press 

‘Its rather coarse satirical manner may not appeal to everyone – just the majority of us who enjoy sharp games and low humour.’
 – George Botterill, New Statesman 

‘... [its] satirical nature and penchant for sharp games makes it compulsive reading for the average club player.’
 – Belfast Telegraph 

‘attractive zany humour’  
– Birmingham Post 

‘leaves my game shiny, manageable, natural looking’  
– Stephen Fry 

‘the “Private Eye” of the chess world’ 
– Tim Harding, Sunday Press