Chess Periodicals: An Annotated International Bibliography, 1836-2008

358 Pages·2010·8.87 MB·English

by  Gino Di Felice

Chess Periodicals
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Chess Periodicals
An Annotated International
Bibliography, 1836–2008
G D F
INO I ELICE
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London
Gino Di Felice is also the author of a series of volumes published by
McFarland with the main title Chess Results. They are a comprehensive
record with tournament crosstables and match scores of worldwide
men’s competition from 1747 through (as of 2010) 1960.
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Di Felice, Gino, 1955–
Chess periodicals : an annotated international bibliography, 1836–2008 /
Gino Di Felice.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-0-7864-4643-8
softcover : 50# alkaline paper
1. Chess—Bibliography. I. Title.
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To my wife Manola and
to my sons Alberto and Francesco
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T C
ABLE OF ONTENTS
Introduction
1
Sources
3
Abbreviations and Symbols
6
Part I.
Magazines, Bulletins, Newsletters
7
Part II.
Miscellaneous Publications
239
Index of Periodicals by Country
265
General Index of Periodicals
308
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I
NTRODUCTION
Scope at regular intervals; on-line periodicals, which
may become the source for a separate work,
This book aims to fill a gap in the have been excluded.
existing chess literature, namely in the field of
periodicals. The original idea for it was borne
General Plan of the Work
out of my work on the Chess Results series.
During my archival research, I realized that The contents of this book can be used by
periodicals were the main sources to whichone the reader in multiple ways. For each perio dical
could refer for information on chess compe- listed, information is given about the time pe-
titions, and that no comprehensive international riod, the language, and the country of publica -
list of these periodicals existed. tion (which may be especially useful for the his-
Focussing at first only on those publica- torian), the topics covered (which can be singled
tions most relevant to the task at hand, before out for particular purposes), and whatever fur-
long it occ urredto me that I might do a serv ice ther data are accessible about sponsoring orga-
for researchers in other areas of chess such as nizations, publishing companies, issue num -
theory,studies, problems, correspondence, and bers, frequency, and so on. Information about
history in general. The leading periodicals usu- each item’s availability in the major chess libra-
ally cover all these fields, and are the product ries of the world is included when possible.
of a collective effort by numerous experts The book is divided into two parts. The
(players, problemists, historians, and others) first comprises three types of publications:
to collectmyriad detailed data, news, and ideas magazines, i.e., commercial periodicals iden-
over the years. tified by issue number and/or date of publi-
The various bibliographies that have cation; bulletins, i.e., periodicals published by
been published thus far are for the most part various organizations, also identified by issue
general in scope, and cover works written in number and/or date; and newsletters, i.e., let-
a given language or in a given country. In con- ters or reports that are circulated peri odically,
trast, my work aims to provide a record of the identified by date. The much smaller Part II
chess perio dicals published around the world incorporates all other print publications that
since 1836 (starting with the first issue of the perhaps might not properly be called period-
Parisian Le Palamède, the first magazine de- icals, although they are of a periodical nature,
voted exclusively to chess) through 2008. The e.g., yearbooks, handbooks, almanacs, calen-
list includes magazines, bulletins, newsletters, dars, circulars, directories, pamphlets, ratings
yearbooks, handbooks, almanacs, calendars, updates, and so on.
and other types of printed material publ ished In both Part I and Part II, items are
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