Typical contributions are from players such as Anish Giri, Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand, Péter Lékó, Judit Polgár and Magnus Carlsen.

Until 2022 New In Chess also published Yearbooks four times per year that offer opening surveys and theoretical articles.

NIC uses its own classification system for chess openings that continues to evolve in the effort to keep abreast of novelties.

For example, FR 16.6 is the French Tarrasch with 10...g5 and a "Survey" by Tim Harding appeared in Yearbook 32 (1994).

NIC also publishes books on opening theory and other chess topics.