List of chess periodicals

A chess magazine is a periodical printed matter ( a rare Electronic publication ) about chess. Are usual monthly expenses of printed journals; an exception was The Chess Week, the world's only chess magazine, published weekly.

Content

Chess magazines consist largely of reports on significant and national chess tournaments as well as the processing of the case played chess games. For the presentation of lots in a specific chess notation is used that allows the reader to play through the games on a chessboard. A particularly interesting encounters are often known masters ( International Master, Grandmaster ) analyzed or commented on.

Additional content includes, for example - depending on the thematic focus of the magazine - headings for chess composition, contributions to opening theory, endgame studies, portraits, meeting new chess literature or historical and cultural contributions chess.

Chess magazines with tradition

The first chess magazine, the magazine was founded by Louis -Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais Le Palamede, which appeared with interruption of several years (1839 /42) 1836-1847. The oldest still published magazine is the British Chess Magazine ( 1881ff. )

Some common publications in German-speaking include the magazines Chess ( founded in April 1947, took over in 1996 Chess report, which had been taken over successive German chess leaves, German chess magazine and The Chess mirror ), Chess Magazine 64 ( took over 1992 chess - echo) and castling Europe, the official official organ of the majority of the German state associations. In many cases, only the subscriber base has been passed in the acquisitions, traditional lines of content type were either not at all or continue only in certain areas. The Swiss chess magazine is published since 1900, it exists since 2000 also in electronic format (see web link). The Viennese chess magazine first appeared in 1855 and was discontinued in 1949. In Austria, since 1981 the acts by the Austrian Chess Federation ( ÖSB ) issued Chess active as official organ of the Chess Federation.

An internationally renowned journal is in the English language launched in the Netherlands New In Chess.

More chess magazines

While devote the aforementioned magazines mainly of reporting on current tournaments and analysis of games played there, there are more leaves regularly published, devoted to particular aspects of chess. As examples from the German speaking be mentioned (now set as the print edition ), Karl and Kaissiber computer chess and games.

The United States Chess Federation publishes the magazine Chess Life that is included for all members in the post and also serves as an association member.

A well-known electronic journal is The Week in Chess.