Chess Life
Encyclopedia
Chess Life is a monthly chess
magazine published in the United States
. The official publication of the United States Chess Federation
(USCF), it reaches more than a quarter of a million readers every month. A subscription to Chess Life is one of the benefits of Full Adult, Youth, or Life (as of 2011) membership in the USCF. USCF members under age 13 receive Chess Life for Kids bi-monthly. Other members receive a quarterly newsletter containing only information about upcoming chess tournaments. From late 1969 to 1980 it was called Chess Life & Review.
, the other leading U.S. chess magazine. The magazine was published under the title Chess Life & Review starting with the November 1969 issue until 1980 when it returned to the name Chess Life.
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
magazine published in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The official publication of the United States Chess Federation
United States Chess Federation
The United States Chess Federation is a non-profit organization, the governing chess organization within the United States, and one of the federations of the FIDE. The USCF was founded in 1939 from the merger of two regional chess organizations, and grew gradually until 1972, when membership...
(USCF), it reaches more than a quarter of a million readers every month. A subscription to Chess Life is one of the benefits of Full Adult, Youth, or Life (as of 2011) membership in the USCF. USCF members under age 13 receive Chess Life for Kids bi-monthly. Other members receive a quarterly newsletter containing only information about upcoming chess tournaments. From late 1969 to 1980 it was called Chess Life & Review.
History
The United States Chess Federation was incorporated on December 27, 1939. In the early years, it had no office and no publication. In 1945 and 1946, USCF Annual books were published. In 1946, publication of Chess Life started as a bi-weekly newspaper, usually eight or twelve pages long. In 1961, Frank Brady converted Chess Life to a slick-covered magazine. In 1969, Chess Life merged with Chess ReviewChess Review
Chess Review is a U.S. chess magazine that was published from January 1933 until October 1969 . Until April 1941 it was called The Chess Review. Published in New York, it began on a schedule of at least ten issues a year but later became a monthly...
, the other leading U.S. chess magazine. The magazine was published under the title Chess Life & Review starting with the November 1969 issue until 1980 when it returned to the name Chess Life.
Editors
- 05/1946–12/1957 Montgomery Major
- 01/1958-12/1960 Fred M. Wren
- 01/1961–12/1961 Frank Brady
- 1962–05/1966 J. F. Reinhardt
- 06/1966–11/1966 Ed EdmondsonEd Edmondson (chess official)Edmund Edmondson was President of the United States Chess Federation from 1963 to 1966 and Executive Director of the USCF from 1966 to 1975. He served as an officer, reaching the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, with the United States Air Force.Edmondson played a key role in Bobby Fischer's path to the...
and Bill GoichbergBill GoichbergWilliam "Bill" Goichberg is a rated chess master and is the former President of the United States Chess Federation. He was elected USCF President on August 14, 2005. He is a USCF Life Master and a FIDE Master, National Tournament Director and International Arbiter of FIDE... - 12/1966–––––––– Burt HochbergBurt HochbergBurt Hochberg was an expert on chess and other games and puzzles. He authored and edited many books on chess, and served as editor of both Chess Life , and GAMES magazine...
and Ed EdmondsonEd Edmondson (chess official)Edmund Edmondson was President of the United States Chess Federation from 1963 to 1966 and Executive Director of the USCF from 1966 to 1975. He served as an officer, reaching the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, with the United States Air Force.Edmondson played a key role in Bobby Fischer's path to the... - 01/1967–10/1979 Burt HochbergBurt HochbergBurt Hochberg was an expert on chess and other games and puzzles. He authored and edited many books on chess, and served as editor of both Chess Life , and GAMES magazine...
- 11/1979–01/1982 Fairfield W. Hoban
- 02/1982–12/1984 Frank Elley
- 01/1985–03/1988 Larry Parr
- 04/1988–––––––– Fairfield W. Hoban
- 05/1988–07/1989 Don Maddox
- 08/1989–––––––– Boris Baczynskyj
- 09/1989–10/1990 Julie Ann Desch
- 11/1990–10/2000 Glenn Petersen
- 11/2000–10/2003 Peter Kurzdorfer
- 11/2003–12/2003 Glenn Petersen
- 01/2004–03/2005 Kalev Pehme
- 04/2005–02/2006 Glenn Petersen
- 10/2005–02/2006 Gerald Dullea
- 03/2006–present Daniel Lucas
Contributors
Some of the notable chess authors and players to write for Chess Life:- Lev AlburtLev AlburtLev Osipovich Alburt is a chess Grandmaster and a well-respected chess writer. He was three-time Ukrainian Champion, and after defecting to the United States in 1979, became three-time U.S. Champion.-Career:...
Back to Basics - Leonard BardenLeonard BardenLeonard William Barden is an English chess master, columnist, author, and promoter. The son of a dustman, he was educated at Whitgift School, South Croydon, and Balliol College, Oxford, where he read Modern History. He learned to play chess at age 13 while in a school shelter during a German air...
(1960s) - Pal BenkoPál BenkoPal Benko is a chess grandmaster, author, and composer of endgame studies and chess problems.- Early life :Benko was born in France but was raised in Hungary. He was Hungarian champion by age 20. He emigrated to the United States in 1958, after defecting following the World Student Team...
In the Arena (1972–1981), Endgame Lab (1981–), and chess problem column Benko's Bafflers - David L. Brown Key Krackers
- Robert Byrne
- John W. CollinsJohn W. CollinsJohn William Collins or Jack Collins, was an influential American teacher of chess.Collins was born and raised in Newburgh, New York, but lived most of his life in New York City. He became a chess master in the 1930s...
(1950s and 1960s) Games by USCF Members - Alex Dunne The Check is in the Mail
- Larry EvansLarry EvansFor the football player of the same name, see Larry Evans .Larry Melvyn Evans was an American chess grandmaster, author, and journalist. He won or shared the U.S. Chess Championship five times and the U.S. Open Chess Championship four times...
Evans on Chess - Bobby FischerBobby FischerRobert James "Bobby" Fischer was an American chess Grandmaster and the 11th World Chess Champion. He is widely considered one of the greatest chess players of all time. Fischer was also a best-selling chess author...
(June 1963 debut) Fischer Talks Chess - Svetozar GligorićSvetozar GligoricSvetozar Gligorić is a Serbian chess grandmaster. He won the championship of Yugoslavia a record twelve times, and is considered the best player ever from Serbia...
Game of the Month - Garry KasparovGarry KasparovGarry Kimovich Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist, and one of the greatest chess players of all time....
(1993–1994) - Paul KeresPaul KeresPaul Keres , was an Estonian chess grandmaster, and a renowned chess writer. He was among the world's top players from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s....
(1968–1975) Keres Annotates... - Robert Lincoln Easy Does It (chess problems)
- William LombardyWilliam LombardyWilliam James Lombardy is an American Grandmaster of chess, writer, teacher, and one-time Catholic priest.- Life and career :...
(1958–1960s) Tidbits of Master Play - Abby MarshallAbby MarshallAbby Marshall is a chess player from Columbus, Ohio, USA, who has resided in Virginia, USA since late 2005. She is a Woman FIDE Master and in 2009 won the Denker Tournament of High School Champions, the first female player ever to have attained the title...
- Edmar MednisEdmar MednisEdmar John Mednis was an American International Grandmaster of chess born in Riga, Latvia. He was also a popular and respected chess writer.-Biography:...
- Luděk PachmanLudek PachmanLuděk Pachman was a Czechoslovak-German chess grandmaster, chess writer, and political activist. In 1972, after being imprisoned and tortured almost to death by the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia, he was allowed to emigrate to West Germany...
Pachman On the Openings - Bruce PandolfiniBruce PandolfiniBruce Pandolfini is a chess author, teacher and coach. He was famously portrayed by Ben Kingsley in the 1993 film Searching for Bobby Fischer, based on the book of the same name by Fred Waitzkin...
Solitaire Chess - Susan PolgarSusan PolgarSusan Polgar is a Hungarian-American chess Grandmaster...
Opening Secrets - Miro Radojcic Observation Point
- Samuel ReshevskySamuel ReshevskySamuel "Sammy" Herman Reshevsky was a famous chess prodigy and later a leading American chess Grandmaster...
The Art of Positional Play - Michael RohdeMichael Rohde (chess player)Michael Rohde is an American chess grandmaster.Rohde got his master rating at the age of thirteen, and gained the International Master title in 1976, followed by that of Grandmaster in 1988....
(1991–2006) Game of the Month - Jennifer ShahadeJennifer ShahadeJennifer Shahade is an American chess player and writer. She is a two-time American women's chess champion and, as of October 2007, has a FIDE rating of 2322. She has the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster. Jennifer is the author of the book Chess Bitch...
- Andy Soltis Chess to Enjoy
- László SzabóLászló Szabó (chess player)László Szabó was a prominent Hungarian Grandmaster of chess.Born in Budapest, he burst onto the international chess scene in 1935, at the unusually young age of 18...
(1970s) Games from Recent Events