List of chess periodicals

Below is a list of chess periodicals. Publications are included only if they accept contributions from multiple authors and their content focuses primarily on some aspect of chess.

Name	Date	Frequency	Published	Subject	Website/Editor
50 Moves Magazine	2014–	Bimonthly	Australia	General	[1]
64	1924–	Twice per month	Russia	General	[2]
American Chess Bulletin	1904–1962	Monthly	United States	General
American Chess Journal	1879–1881	seven issues	United States
American Chess Magazine	1846–1847 1897–1899 2016–	Bimonthly	United States	General	Charles Henry Stanley [3]
American Chess Quarterly	1961–65	Quarterly	United States	General
Baltische Schachblaetter	1889–1893 1898–1908
Black & White	2004	4 times a year	India	General	[4]
Brüderschaft Deutsches Wochenschach	1885–1888 1889–1925	Weekly	Germany	General
British Chess Magazine	1881–	Monthly	England	General	[5]
Chess Express/Schach Express	1968–?	Twice per month	Switzerland	Current games
Chess Informant	1966–	4 times a year	Serbia	General	[6]
Chess Life	1946–	Monthly	United States	General
CHESS magazine	1935–	Monthly	England	General	[8]
Chess Player's Chronicle	1841–56 1859–75 1877–1902	Monthly	England	General	-
Chess Review	1933–1969	Monthly	United States	General	-
Chess Today	2000–	Daily	Online/e-mail	General	[9]
ChessBase News	2001–	Daily	Online	General	[10]
ChessCafe.com	1996–	Weekly	Online	General	[11]
Columbia Chess Chronicle	1887–91	??	United States	General	[12]
Computerschach und Spiele	1983–2004	Bimonthly	Germany	Computer Chess	[13]
Der Schachfreund	1898–1901	??	Germany	??
Die Schwalbe	1924–	6 times per year	Germany	Chess problems	[14]
Deutsche Schachzeitung	1846–1988	Monthly	Germany	General	-
EG	1965–	2 to 4 times per year	Netherlands	Endgame studies
Europe Échecs	1959–	Monthly	France	General	[16]
ICGA Journal	1977–	4 times per year	Netherlands	Computer chess
International Chess Magazine	1885–1891	Yearly	??	General	-
Jaque	1970–2013	Monthly	Spain	General
Kingpin	1985–	3 times per year	England	General	[19]
La Stratégie	1867–1940	Monthly	France	General	-
Le Courrier des Échecs	1947–	8 times per year	France	Correspondence chess
Le Palamède	1836–1847	?	France	General	-
L'Italia Scacchistica	1911–	8 times per year	Italy	General	[21]
Magyar Sakkélet	1951–1984 1985–2003 (as Sakkélet)	12 times per year	Hungary	General	[22] [23]
Magyar Sakkvilág	1911–1950 2003–	12 times per year	Hungary	General	[24]
Messaggero Scacchi	2000–	Weekly	Online	General	[25]
New In Chess	1984–	8 times per year	Netherlands	General	[26]
Norsk sjakkblad	1906–1909 1919–1929 1932–1939 1950–	4 times per year	Norway	General
Northwest Chess	1947–	12 times per year	USA Washington Oregon Idaho	General	[28]
Panorama Szachowa	1993–	12 times per year	Poland	General	[29]
Peón de rey	2001–	12 times per year	Spain	General	[30]
Probleemblad	1943–	6 times per year	Netherlands	Chess problems	[31]
Rochade Europa	1972–	12 times per year	Germany	General	[32]
Sadakalo 64	2013–	Monthly	Bangladesh	General	[33]
Schaak Magazine	1893–	Monthly	Netherlands	General	-
Schach [de]	1947–	Monthly	Germany	General	[34]
Schach-Magazin 64	1979–	Monthly	Germany	General	[35]
Shakhmatny Bulletin	1955–1990	Monthly	Soviet Union	Current games	-
Shakhmaty v SSSR	1921–1991	Monthly	Soviet Union	General	-
StrateGems	1998–	4 times per year	United States	Chess problems	[36]
Schweizerische Schachzeitung	1900–	Monthly	Switzerland	General
Tidsskrift för Schack	1895–	Monthly	Sweden	General	[38]
The Chess Monthly	1857–1861	Monthly	United States	General	-
The Chess Correspondent	1930–		United States	Correspondence chess	-
The London Chess Fortnightly	1892–1893	Bimonthly	England	General	-
The Philidorian	1837–1838	Six issues	England	General	-
The Problemist	1926–	6 times per year	England	Chess problems
The Week in Chess	1994–	Weekly	Online	Chess news	[40]
Torre & Cavallo Scacco!	1987–	Bimonthly	Italy	General	[41]

See also

• Canadian chess periodicals
• Chess library
• Chess columns in newspapers
• List of chess books

References

• The place, dates and frequency of publication are generally taken from the websites given in the table or from other Wikipedia articles. In a few cases, it was necessary to consult the catalog of the Cleveland Public Library.
• Shakhmatny Bulletin - Chesscafe article

Further reading

• Chess Periodicals: An Annotated International Bibliography, 1836-2008, by Gino Di Felice, McFarland, 2010, ISBN 978-0786446438.

External links

• News in chess