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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.
History
Chess Life, February 1968, cover before the merger with Chess ReviewFile:Chess Life & Review.gifChess Life & Review, January 1976, cover after the merger with Chess Review
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 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.
