Chess Today

The PDF file contained the entire (printable) newspaper which varied in length but was generally 3–5 A4 pages in a two-column format.

[27][28][29][30][31][32][33] For example, many of the 'Move by Move' series of books (particularly those authored by Cyrus Lakdawala) cited 'Chess Today' in their bibliographies as an electronic resource.

He has stated that he identified a gap in the market for paid-for daily chess news intended to inform, educate and entertain.

[9] Chess today contained a mix of different articles, each edition included a selection from the following: This generally took examples of recent tournament and match games and set the reader the challenge of trying to find the tactical win available.

[4][41][15][16] This section was present in every edition and included detailed annotations on a recent game between strong players (generally Grandmasters).

[46] This section gave examples of relatively or very strong players making mistakes and allowed readers to find improvements and understand the reason for the blunder.