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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

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.

Editors

• 05/1946–12/1957 Montgomery Major
• 01/1958-12/1960 Fred M. Wren
• 01/1961–12/1961 Frank Brady
• 01/1962–05/1966 J. F. Reinhardt
• 06/1966–11/1966 Ed Edmondson and Bill Goichberg
• 12/1966–––––––– Burt Hochberg and Ed Edmondson
• 01/1967–10/1979 Burt Hochberg
• 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 Alburt Back to Basics
• Leonard Barden (1960s)
• Pal Benko In the Arena (1972–1981), Endgame Lab (1981–2013), and chess problem column Benko's Bafflers
• David L. Brown Key Krackers
• Robert Byrne
• John W. Collins (1950s and 1960s) Games by USCF Members
• Alex Dunne The Check is in the Mail
• Larry Evans Evans on Chess
• Bobby Fischer (June 1963 debut) Fischer Talks Chess
• Svetozar Gligorić Game of the Month
• Garry Kasparov (1993–1994)
• Paul Keres (1968–1975) Keres Annotates...
• Al Lawrence (chess writer) Former USCF Executive director and co-author of more than a dozen books
• Robert Lincoln Easy Does It (chess problems)
• William Lombardy (1958–1960s) Tidbits of Master Play
• Abby Marshall
• Edmar Mednis
• Frank Niro Contributed at least one article, game, letter or photo to the magazine in each of the past five decades.
• Luděk Pachman Pachman On the Openings
• Bruce Pandolfini Solitaire Chess
• Susan Polgar Opening Secrets
• Miro Radojcic Observation Point
• Samuel Reshevsky The Art of Positional Play
• Michael Rohde (1991–2006) Game of the Month
• Jennifer Shahade
• Andy Soltis Chess to Enjoy
• László Szabó (1970s) Games from Recent Events

See also

• List of chess periodicals
• United States Chess Federation

External links

• Official website

• Chess periodicals
• Chess in the United States
• 1946 in chess
• Publications established in 1946