The American Chess Quarterly was a chess magazine that was published in the United States from Summer 1961[1] to 1965[2] by Nature Food Centres. The headquarters of the magazine was in Cambridge, MA.[3]
First issue of the American Chess Quarterly (Summer 1961)
Sixteen issues were published, in four volumes of four issues each, from Summer 1961 through April–May-June 1965. The publication count is sometimes considered to be Seventeen issues because Volume One Number Three was a two-part issue.[4] Its principal editor was American grandmasterLarry Evans. Complete sets of the American Chess Quarterly magazine are becoming more difficult to acquire and typically command prices at auction in the $1,000-$2,000 range.
The most famous article[5][6] published in its pages was "A Bust to the King's Gambit" by U.S. Champion and future World ChampionBobby Fischer, which appeared as the first article in the first issue.[7][8] In that article, Fischer advocated what became known as the Fischer Defense to the King's Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d6), brashly claiming, "In my opinion the King's Gambit is busted. It loses by force."[9] Fischer later played the King's Gambit himself with great success, winning all three tournament games in which he played it, but choosing the Bishop's Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4) rather than the King's Knight's Gambit (3.Nf3) treated in his article.[10][11][12]
^"GM Larry Evans (1932-2010), American Chess Legend, Dies". The United States Chess Federation. 16 November 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
^Gino Di Felice (25 August 2010). Chess Periodicals: An Annotated International Bibliography, 1836-2008. McFarland. p. 17. ISBN978-0-7864-5739-7. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
^Douglas A. Betts, Chess: An Annotated Bibliography of Works Published in the English Language 1850-1968, Moravian Chess Publishing House, 2005, p. 54. ISBN80-7189-557-1.
^Andrew Soltis calls it "a celebrated article". Andrew Soltis, in Karsten Müller, Bobby Fischer: The Career and Complete Games of the American World Chess Champion, Russell Enterprises, Inc., 2009, p. 29. ISBN978-1-888690-68-2.
^Bobby Fischer, "A Bust to the King's Gambit", American Chess Quarterly, Summer 1961, pp. 3–9.
^A Bust to the King's Gambit. ChessCafe.com. Retrieved on 2014-07-24.{dead link}
^Fischer-Evans, 1963-64 U.S. Championship. Chessgames.com. Retrieved on 2014-07-24.
^Fischer-Minic, Vinkovci 1968. Chessgames.com. Retrieved on 2014-07-24.
^Fischer-Wade, Vinkovci 1968. Chessgames.com. Retrieved on 2014-07-24.
January 01, 1970
american, chess, quarterly, chess, magazine, that, published, united, states, from, summer, 1961, 1965, nature, food, centres, headquarters, magazine, cambridge, first, issue, summer, 1961, sixteen, issues, were, published, four, volumes, four, issues, each, f. The American Chess Quarterly was a chess magazine that was published in the United States from Summer 1961 1 to 1965 2 by Nature Food Centres The headquarters of the magazine was in Cambridge MA 3 First issue of the American Chess Quarterly Summer 1961 Sixteen issues were published in four volumes of four issues each from Summer 1961 through April May June 1965 The publication count is sometimes considered to be Seventeen issues because Volume One Number Three was a two part issue 4 Its principal editor was American grandmaster Larry Evans Complete sets of the American Chess Quarterly magazine are becoming more difficult to acquire and typically command prices at auction in the 1 000 2 000 range Fischer article editThis section uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves The most famous article 5 6 published in its pages was A Bust to the King s Gambit by U S Champion and future World Champion Bobby Fischer which appeared as the first article in the first issue 7 8 In that article Fischer advocated what became known as the Fischer Defense to the King s Gambit 1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 Nf3 d6 brashly claiming In my opinion the King s Gambit is busted It loses by force 9 Fischer later played the King s Gambit himself with great success winning all three tournament games in which he played it but choosing the Bishop s Gambit 1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 Bc4 rather than the King s Knight s Gambit 3 Nf3 treated in his article 10 11 12 References edit American Chess Quarterly Vol 1 No 1 Chess com Retrieved 5 January 2016 GM Larry Evans 1932 2010 American Chess Legend Dies The United States Chess Federation 16 November 2010 Retrieved 5 January 2016 Gino Di Felice 25 August 2010 Chess Periodicals An Annotated International Bibliography 1836 2008 McFarland p 17 ISBN 978 0 7864 5739 7 Retrieved 16 May 2020 Douglas A Betts Chess An Annotated Bibliography of Works Published in the English Language 1850 1968 Moravian Chess Publishing House 2005 p 54 ISBN 80 7189 557 1 Nick de Firmian refers to A Bust to the King s Gambit as Bobby Fischer s famous article Nick de Firmian Modern Chess Openings 15th edition McKay Chess Library 2008 p 3 ISBN 978 0 8129 3682 7 Andrew Soltis calls it a celebrated article Andrew Soltis in Karsten Muller Bobby Fischer The Career and Complete Games of the American World Chess Champion Russell Enterprises Inc 2009 p 29 ISBN 978 1 888690 68 2 Bobby Fischer A Bust to the King s Gambit American Chess Quarterly Summer 1961 pp 3 9 A Bust to the King s Gambit ChessCafe com Retrieved on 2014 07 24 dead link Fischer A Bust to the King s Gambit p 4 Fischer Evans 1963 64 U S Championship Chessgames com Retrieved on 2014 07 24 Fischer Minic Vinkovci 1968 Chessgames com Retrieved on 2014 07 24 Fischer Wade Vinkovci 1968 Chessgames com Retrieved on 2014 07 24 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title American Chess Quarterly amp oldid 1217389709, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
