Chess Editors, Journalists, Correspondents, and Columnists

By Bill Wall

In 1872-73, a chess column appeared in the English Mechanic and World of Science, first edited by Joseph William Abbott (1840-1923).

Jude Acers wrote a chess column in the Berkeley Barb from 1972 to 1975.

Jimmy Adams (1947- ) is editor of the British Chess Magazine.

Since the autumn of 2006, Michael Adams (1971- ) has been writing a chess column in the Saturday Daily Telegraph.

In 1894, a chess column appeared in the Frank Leslie’s Weekly in New York, edited by Adolf Albin (1848-1920).

Lev Alburt (1945- ) writes a chess column in Chess Life called “Back to Basics.”

Ray Alexis edited Chess ‘n Stuff from 1978 to 1984.

In 1880-1881, a chess column appeared in Brentano’s Monthly in New York, edited by H.C. Allen.

Friedrich Amelung edited the Baltisch Schachblatter from 1888 to 1908.

Selby Anderson (1955- ) is the editor of the Texas Knights.

David Argall was the editor of the Southern California Chess Newsletter from 1974 to 1986.

In 1892, a chess column appeared in the Montreal Herald, edited by Joseph Ney Babson (1852-1929)

Alexander Baburin (1967- ) edits Chess Today, the first net-base daily online chess newspaper. It was first published in 2000. He edits a monthly chess column called “Coffee Break Chess.”

Boris Baczynskyj (1946-2002) was editor of Chess Life in 1989.

In 1895, a chess column in the Weekly Citizen (Glasgow) was edited by Georges Emile Barbier (1844-1895).

In June 1956, Leonard Barden (1929- ) began his first chess column in the London Evening Standard. It was a daily (Monday-Friday) column that continued in the newspaper until July 30, 2010. Since then, it has been published exclusively on-line. It is now the world’s longest running daily chess column by the same author. He has been writing a chess column in The Guardian since 1957. He has been writing a chess column in The Financial Times since 1975.

In 1877, Alfred P. Barnes edited a chess column for the Illustrated New Yorker. He later edited the Brentano’s Chess Monthly.

Gordon Barrett was the editor of Terrachess from 1961 to 1980.

John Beasley wrote the ‘Endgame Studies’ column for the British Chess Magazine from 1990 to 2010.

C. W. “Bill” Behnen (1936- ) edited the Ohio Chess Bulletin from 1976 to 1982.

In 1914, there was a chess column in the Rigasche Rundschau, edited by J. Behting.

In 1897, the County Express in England had a chess column, edited by George Edward H. Bellingham (1874-1949). He was a frequent contributor to the British Chess Magazine.

Joel Benjamin (1976- ) edited Chess Chow from 1991 to 1994. He is a frequent contributor to Chess Life magazine and other chess periodicals.

Pal Benko (1928- ) wrote a chess column (In the Arena and Endgame Lab) for Chess Life magazine from 1972 to 2013. He also had a ‘Benko’s Bafflers’ column.

Alan Benson wrote a chess column in the Berkeley Daily Californian in 1974. He wrote a chess column in the Berkeley Daily Gazette in 1974 and 1975.

Charles Bent (1919-2004) wrote the ‘Studies‘ column in British Chess Magazine from 1975 to 1985.

In 1926, there was a chess column in the New York Evening Post, edited by Horace Ransom Bigelow (1898-1980). In 1934, he was the chess editor for Liberty magazine.

H.B. Bignold edited the Australian Chess Annual in 1896.

In 1882, a chess column appeared in the Sheffield Independent, edited by Henry Edward Bird (1830-1908).

In 1865, Samuel S. Boden (1826-1882) began a chess column in The Field, which lasted over 11 years.

Harry Borochow wrote a chess column for the Los Angeles Examiner in 1921.

Frank Brady (1934- ) was editor of Chess Life from 1961 to 1966. He was the Founding Editor of Chess Life as a magazine. Prior to 1961, Chess Life was a newspaper. He later edited Chessworld Magazine in 1964.

In 1875, a chess column appeared in the Chicago Daily Tribune, edited by T.D. Brock.

In the 1880s, Dr. Luke D. Broughton (1859-1947) began a chess column for The Sun newspaper in New York. He wrote his chess column for more than 60 years. In 1892-1894, a chess column appeared in the Brooklyn Daily Standard-Union, edited by Broughton.

David L. Brown had a chess column in Chess Life called “Key Krackers.”

Isaac M. Brown (1858-1934) was the editor of British Chess Magazine from 1894 to 1920.

Walter Browne (1949-2015) edited Blitz Chess from 1988 to 2003.

Telemachus Brownsmith was the editor of The Westminster Chess Club Papers from 1868 to 1878.

Orestes Augustus Brownson (1828-1892) edited Brownson’s Chess Journal (also known as the Dubuque Chess Journal) from 1870 to 1891.

Richard “Buck” Buchanan edited the Dayton Chess Club Review from 1971 to 1976.

In 1886, a chess column appeared in the New York Tit-Bits, co-edited by T.P. Bull and Sam Loyd. Bull was a chess editor of the Detroit Free Press from 1875 to 1885.

Steven L. Buntin (1950-2013) and Lori Buntin edited Kxe6s Verein Newsletter from 1975 to 1978. Steve was the editor of the Carolina Gambit in the 1970s.

Vernon Dale Burk (1942-1991) edited the Dayton Chess Club Review from 1977 to 1979.

In 1913, Amos Burn (1848-1925) edited a chess column in The Field. It lasted until his death in 1925.

Robert Byrne (1928-2013) was a chess columnist for the New York Times from 1972 to 2006.

Bernard Cafferty (1934- ) was editor of the British Chess Magazine from 1981 to 1991.

Jose Capablanca (1888-1942) edited Capablanca Magazine from 1912 to 1914.

Hartwig Cassel (1850-1929) was a chess journalist for the New Yorker Staatzeitung, the New York Tribune, and The New York Sun. He was a co-editor with Hermann Helms for the first issue of the American Chess Bulletin in 1904.

Christopher Chabris (1966- ) edited the American Chess Journal in 1993. He is a former editor of Chess Horizons.

In 1892, Henry Chadwick (1824-1908) was the chess editor in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. He wrote a chess column in his own newspaper, the American Chronicle.

Murray Chandler (1960- ) was editor of the British Chess Magazine from 1991 to 1999.

James Chatto (1854-1907) edited The Amateur Chess Magazine from 1872 through 1874.

Frederick Chevalier (1907-1988) wrote a chess column for The Christian Science Monitor.

E. J. Clarke wrote a chess column for the San Francisco Call from 1913 to 1929. In 1921, a chess column appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, edited by Clarke.

Richard Nevil Coles (1907-1982) wrote the ‘One Hundred Years Ago’ column for the British Chess Magazine from 1944 to 1980.

John “Jack” Collins (1912-2001) had a chess column in Chess Life in the 1950s and 1960s called “Games by USCF Members.”

Sam Collins was a games editor for the British Chess Magazine.

In 1878, a chess column appeared in the Washington Post, edited by General James Adams Congdon (1835-1902). In 1887, a chess column appeared in the Scranton Truth, edited Congdon.

Bill Cornwall has been writing a chess column for the Los Angeles Times since 2010.

John Crum (1842-1922) edited a chess column in The Glasgow Weekly Herald.

George Cunningham (1909-1993) wrote a chess column for the Bangor Daily News.

In 1879, the Boston Weekly Globe had a chess column, edited by W.W. Curran. The newspaper boasted that it contained the largest, best and cheapest Checker and Chess column ever published.

In 1916, a chess column appeared in the Daily Colonist in Victoria, Canada, edited by Cyril Davie (1882-1950).

Stephen Dann is a chess columnist for the Worcester Telegram and Gazette.

Lawrence Day (1949- ) began writing a chess column in the Toronto Star in 1971. He was games editor of Chess Canada magazine. Since the late 1960s, he has been a successful contributor to Canadian chess magazines, respected widely for his great stories blended with incisive notes.

Frisco Del Rosario (1963- ) was the editor of the Redwood City Weekly News Chess Column (1989-1991), California Chess Journal (2001-2003), and SCS Dragon (2004-2005).

In 1873, Eugene Delmar (1841-1909) of Brooklyn began a chess column in the Golden Age.

In 1885, there was a chess column in the Baltimore News, edited by Dr. Charles Edwin Dennis (1853-1924).

Julie Ann Desch was editor of Chess Life from 1989 to 1990.

Charles Devide (1856-1940) edited the American Chess Magazine from 1897 to 1899.

Geoffrey Harber Diggle (1902-1993) contributed articles to the British Chess Magazine from 1933 to 1981. He also wrote articles for Newsflash and Chess Moves from 1974 to 1992.

John Donaldson (1958- ) was the editor of Inside Chess from 1988 to 2000. He edits the Mechanics’ Institute Chess Room Newsletter.

Harold Dondis (1922-2015) edited a chess column for the Boston Globe until 2015.

John Dougherty wrote a chess column for the Los Angeles Times from 1916 to 1929.

E. Steven Doyle was a chess columnist for the New Jersey Star Ledger from 1985 to 2015.

Riley Daniel Driver edited the Dayton Chess Club Review in 1981 and 1984. He was the editor of the Ohio Chess Bulletin from 1997 to 1999.

Julius du Mont (1881-1956) was editor of the British Chess Magazine from 1940 to 1949.

In 1847, Serafino Dubois (1817-1899) edited the first chess column in Italy in the Italian magazine L’Album.

Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) edited a chess column in the Paris daily newspaper Ce Soir.

Bobby Dudley edited En Passant, a chess magazine of the Pittsburgh Chess Club from 1978 to 2002.

Gerald Dullea was editor of Chess Life from 2005 to 2006.

Alex Dunne (1942- ) edits a chess column in Chess Life called “The Check is in the Mail.”

James Eade was editor of the California Chess Journal from 1995 to 1996.

Ed Edmondson (1920-1982) was editor of Chess Life in 1966.

Jon Edwards (1953- ) has edited Chessstamp Review since 1979.

Frank Elley was editor of Chess Life from 1982 to 1984.

Since 2003, David Ellis has written a chess column for the West Australian newspaper,

Max Euwe (1901-1981) edited Chess Archives from 1952 to 1970.

Larry Evans (1932-2010) edited the American Chess Quarterly from 1961 to 1965. He was an editor of Chess Digest from 1968 to 1972. He also wrote a long-running syndicated weekly chess column called Larry Evans on Chess, which began in 1971. From 1969 to 2006, he wrote a question-and-answer column for Chess Life magazine.

In 1857, Ernst Falkbeer (1819-1885) wrote a chess column for the London Sunday Times. He wrote the column until 1859. He moved to Vienna in 1864, later writing a chess column in Neue Illustrierte Zeitung from 1877 to 1885.

Richard Fauber wrote a chess column for the Sacramento Bee from 1971 to 1987. He was editor of the Chess Voice from 1979 to 1983.

Allan Fifield was editor of the California Chess Journal from 1996 to 2000.

Bobby Fischer (1943-2008) wrote a chess column called “Checkmate” for Boys’ Life magazine from 1966 to 1969.

Daniel Willard Fiske (1831-1904) edited The Chess Monthly from 1857 to 1861. In 1858-1860, a chess column appeared in the New York Saturday Press, edited by Fiske.

In 1862, a chess column appeared in the Dundee Courier and Argus in Dundee, Scotland, edited by George Brunton Fraser (1831-1905).

In 1880, General Ben R. Foster edited a chess column in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.

In the 1950s, Heinrich Fraenkel (1897-1986), who wrote under the name Assiac, conducted a chess column in The New Statesman and Nation.

David Friedgood (1946- ) wrote the ‘Problem World’ column for the British Chess Magazine from 1992 to 2011.

In 1855, a chess column appeared in Frank Leslie’s New York Journal and Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, edited by Thomas Frere (1820-1900). In March 1859, a chess column appeared in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, edited by Frere.

In 1894, the Sunday States had a chess column edited by John A. Galbreath (1846-1920).

J. B. Gee was the editor of the Sacramento Chess News from 1950 to 1955.

Alexander Ilyin-Genevsky (1894-1941) started and edited a chess column in the Red Army magazine K Novai Armii.

Steve Giddins (1961- ) was editor of the British Chess Magazine from 2010 to 2011.

In 1894, a chess column appeared in a new periodical called Walden’s Monthly. The chess column was edited by Charles A. Gilberg (1835-1898).

In 1898, a chess column appeared in the Jewish Der Neuer (The New Spirit), edited by Max Ginsburg.

Alan Glasscoe (1943- ) was an associate editor of the California Chess Journal in 1991.

Svetozar Gligoric (1923-2012) had a chess column in Chess Life and Chess Review called “Game of the Month.”

Bill Goichberg (1942- ) was editor of Chess Life in 1966.

Harry Golombek (1911-1995) was editor of the British Chess Magazine from 1938 to 1940. Golombek wrote a chess column for The Times of London in the 1970s.

Robert F. Green (1856-1925) was editor of the British Chess Magazine from 1888 to 1893.

In 1889, a chess column appeared in the Sacramento Themis, edited by F.L. Griffin.

Richard C. Griffith (1872-1955) was editor of the British Chess Magazine from 1920 to 1937 and some months in 1940.

Lina Grumette edited Chesquire chess magazine in 1961.

In 1889, a chess column appeared in the London Evening News and Post, edited by Isidor Gunsberg (1854-1930). In 1891, Gunsberg began editing a chess column for the Sunday World in London. In 1916, Gunsberg sued the London Evening News for libel when its columnist said that Gunsberg’s chess column in the London Daily Telegaph contained blunders and unsound chess problems. Gunsberg won the suit and 250 British pounds in damages after the British High Court accepted a submission that in chess matters, 8 oversights did not make a blunder.

Russell A. Haag co-edited Chess International from 1987 to 1990.

In 1895, a chess column appeared in the Minneapolis Journal, edited by Emmett Hamilton. He was also editor of the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

Daniel Harrwitz (1823-1884) edited The British Chess Review in 1853 and 1854.

William “Bill” Hartston was the games editor of the British Chess Magazine.

On February 3, 1855, a chess column appeared in the New York Saturday Courier, edited by Miron James Hazeltine (1824-1907). He was a newspaper chess columnist for the New York Clipper from 1856 to 1907. He also wrote for the Porter's Spirit, the Chess Monthly, Telegraph in Georgia, Union Democrat, Enterprise, Herald, and Vox Populi. In 1872, a chess column appeared in the Bayonne Herald in Bayonne, New Jersey, edited by Hazeltine.

In 1872, a chess column appeared in the London Births, Marriages and Deaths newsletter, edited by Francis Healey (1828-1906).

In the 1930s, Samuel S. Heinemann wrote a chess column for a newspaper in Berlin and contributed chess articles to German newspapers and magazines.

Herman Helms (1870-1963) edited the American Chess Bulletin from 1904 to 1963. He served as the chess reporter for The New York Times from 1911 to 1962. In October 1893, Helms started a chess column for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. His chess column was discontinued by the management of the newspaper in November 1907. Helms resumed his chess column on March 23, 1911. He continued his chess column until the demise of the newspaper in 1955. Helms also wrote chess columns for the New York World, the New York Post, and the New York World and Telegram.

Eric Hicks was editor of the California Chess Journal in 2004.

Fairfield Hoban ( -1997) was editor of Chess Life from 1979 to 1982 and in 1988.

Burt Hochberg (1933-2006) was editor of Chess Life from 1966 to 1979. He was the longest serving editor of Chess Life, serving 13 years.

In 1884, the Daily American had a chess column edited by Albert Beauregard Hodges (1861-1944).

Leopold Hoffer (1842-1913) was the editor of the Chess Monthly from 1879 to 1896. In 1893, a chess column appeared in the London Black and White, edited by Hoffer. In 1900, Hoffer began a chess column that appeared in the Field magazine.

Edgar Holladay (1925-2003) was editor of the problem chess section of the Cleveland Chess Bulletin from 1943 to 1948. He was problem chess editor of the American Chess Bulletin from 1949 to 1963. He was editor of the US Problem Bulletin in 1963.

Al Horowitz (1907-1973) edited Chess Review magazine from 1933 to 1969. He was the chess columnist for The New York Times from 1962 to 1973. His chess column appeared every Monday, Thursday, and Sunday.

Bernhard Horwitz (1807-1885) co-edited the Chess Player from 1851 to 1853.

In 1891, a chess column appeared in the Saturday Review in Des Moines, Iowa, edited by Charles Sumner Jacobs (1874-1959)

In 1875, a chess column appeared in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, edited by Max Judd (1851-1906). Maurice Judd, an older brother of Max Judd, edited a chess column in the Toledo Daily Commercial.

Robert Karch (1930-2010) edited Chess International from 1987 to 1990. He was the editor of Northwest Chess in 1973, 1978, 1979, 1983-1987, 1989, and 1996.

Isaac Kashdan (1905-1985) co-edited Chess Review in 1933. He wrote a chess column in the Los Angeles Times from 1955 until 1982.

Lubosh Kavalek (1943- ) was the chess columnist for the Washington Post from 1985 to 2010. He has been a chess columnist for The Huffington Post since 2010.

Raymond Keene (1948- ) writes a chess column for The Times and The Sunday Times since 1985. He also writes a chess column for The Spectator.

In 1891, a chess column appeared in the Covington Commonwealth, edited by Dr. E.W. Keeney.

Paul Keres (1916-1975) had a chess column in Chess Life called “Keres Annotates” from 1968 to 1975.

Emil Kemeny (1860-1925) wrote a chess column in the Philadelphia Public Ledger in 1897. He edited the American Chess Weekly in 1903.

Josef Kling (1811-1876) co-edited the Chess Player from 1851 to 1853.

George Koltanowski (1903-2000) edited The Chessworld from 1932 to 1933. He wrote a chess column for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1948 to 2000, publishing an estimated 19,000 columns. His column ran for 51 years, 9 months, and 18 days.

Nikolai Krylenko (1885-1938) edited the Russian chess magazine 64 from 1924 until 1938.

Peter Kurzdorfer was editor of Chess Life from 2000 to 2003.

John Larkins was editor of the Chess Vocie from 1975 to 1979.

The Standpoint has a chess column, edited by Dominic Lawson (1956- ). He was a chess columnist for the Independent newspaper.

Emanuel Lasker (1868-1941) edited The London chess Fortnightly in 1892 and 1893. He edited Lasker’s Chess Magazine from 1904 to 1909. In 1918, there was a chess column in the Vossische Zeitung, edited by Lasker.

In 1890, a chess column appeared in the Kansas City Journal, edited by William R. Lighton.

Robert Lincoln had a chess column in Chess Life called “Easy Does It” (chess problems).

Johann Löwenthal (1810-1876) edited The Chess Player’s Magazine from 1863 to 1867. In 1865, he was the editor The Household Chess Magazine. He was chess editor of The Illustrated News of the World and of The Era. In February 1854, a chess column appeared in the London Era, edited by Löwenthal. He remained its chess editor until 1857. In 1857, Löwenthal wrote a chess column for beginners in the Family Herald. In 1858, a chess column appeared in the Illustrated News of the World, edited by Löwenthal until 1876. In 1870, Land and Water had a chess column edited by Löwenthal.

In 1889, there was a chess column in De Groene Amsterdammer, edited by Rudolf Loman (1861-1932) of Amsterdam.

Bill Lombardy (1937- ) had a chess column in Chess Life from 1958 to the early 1960s called “Tidbits of Master Play.”

Bob Long edited Chess Stamps Informant from 1968 to 1974. He edited The Chess Arts from 1973 to 1977. He edited Lasker and his Contemporaries in 1978. He has been the editor of Chess Gazette since 1981.

In 1859, a chess column appeared in the New York Musical World, edited by Sam Loyd (1841-1911). He wrote chess articles for the Scientific American Supplement beginning in 1877, and New York City dailies such as the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, mostly as a puzzle contributor. He also served as a chess columnist for the American Chess Journal (called Dubuque Chess Journal formerly when Orestes Brownson Jr. edited it). In 1886, a chess column appeared in the New York Tit-Bits, edited Sam Loyd.

Daniel Lucas has been editor of Chess Life since 2006. He was editor of Georgia Chess from 1998 to 2005.

Harold Lundstrom (1912-2009) wrote a chess column for the Desert News of Salt Lake City from 1948 to 1990.

Shelby Lyman writes a syndicated chess column called Shelby Lyman on Chess.

George MacDonnell (1830-1899) edited a chess column for the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News.

In 1866, George Henry Mackenzie (1837-1891) became editor of the chess column in the New York Albion. The New York Turf, Field & Farm approached him in 1870 to edit a chess column for 8 years. In April 1881, Mackenzie edited the chess column in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. In 1886, a chess column appeared in the Brooklyn Union, edited by Mackenzie.

Don Maddox was the editor of Chess Life from 1988 to 1989.

Montgomery Major was the editor of Chess Life from 1958 to 1960.

Tony Mantia was editor of the Dayton Chess Club Review in 1988.

Napoleon Marache (1818-1875) became one of the first chess editors of America, publishing the periodical The Chess Palladium and Mathematical Sphinx in 1846. In August 1856, a chess column appeared in the New York Clipper, edited by Napoleon Marache. He also was the chess editor for Porter’s Spirit of the Times (1858-1859) and Wilkes’ Spirit of the Times (1860-1861).

In 1876, James Mason (1849-1905) edited a chess column for the Wilkes’ Spirit of the Times.

In April 1858, a chess column appeared in the New Orleans Sunday Delta, edited by Charles Amedee Maurian (1838-1912). It lasted until 1860. From 1882 to 1890, he co-edited the chess column in the Times-Democrat.

Dylan McClain wrote a chess column for the New York Times from 2006 to April, 2015.

Guthrie McClain was the editor of The California Chess Reporter from 1953 to 1976.

Dan McDaniel was the editor of Chess Voice in 1985. He was the editor of The Wrong Rook from 1985 to 1987.

In 1929, Harold Meek (1885-1954) edited the world’s first daily chess column, in the London Evening Standard. He later transferred to the London Evening News.

In the 1920s, Jacques Mieses (1865-1954) had regular chess columns in a variety of European newspapers.

In 1878-79, a chess column appeared in the Cincinnati Commercial, edited by F.W. Miller.

Stasch Mlotkowski edited a chess column in the Los Angeles Examiner from 1919 to 1921.

David Moeser of Cincinnati has been the editor of J’Adoube since 1972. He is a former editor of The Chess Journalist.

David James Morgan (1894-1978) wrote a column called ‘Quotes and Queries’ for British Chess Magazine from 1953 to 1978.

Paul Morphy (1837-1884) was a co-editor for The Chess Monthly from 1857 to 1861. On August 6, 1859, Paul Morphy (1837-1884) began a chess column in the New York Ledger, published by Robert Bonner. Morphy’s column ended in August, 1860. Morphy perhaps received $1,000 for his chess column, but Sam Loyd published a statement that Bonner paid Morphy $3,000 for the chess column.

Earl Morrison edited The Chessman from 1978 to 1980.

Martin Morrison was the editor of En Passant from 1964 to 1970. He was the editor of Scaccic (Chess) Voice from 1968 to 1973.

Eric Morrow writes a chess column for the Muskogee Phoenix in Oklahoma.

J. B. and E. M Munoz edited the Brooklyn Chess Chronicle from 1882 to 1887.

In 1884, the Quebec Morning Chronicle had a chess column, edited by M.J. Murphy.

Hugh Myers (1930-2008) edited The Myers Openings Bulletin from 1979 to 1988 and the New Myers Openings Bulletin from 1992 to 1996.

In 1900, there was a chess column in the Pittsburg Dispatch, edited by William Napier (1881-1952).

C.G.S. Narayanan edits AICF Chronicle of India.

In 1878, Benjamin Milnes Neill (1853-1922) edited a chess column for The Progress.

In 1918, there was a chess column in the Baltische Zeitung, edited by Aron Nimzowitsch (1886-1935).

In 1875, the Lebanon Herald was the only newspaper in the South that had a chess column. It was the first newspaper chess column in Tennessee. The chess column was run by John G. Nix and Dr. Robert L.C. White.

Kevin O’Connell (1949- ) writes a chess column for the East Anglia Daily Times (England), which began in 1990. From 1977 to 1980, he wrote a chess column for The Evening News.

In 1882, a chess column appeared in the Charleston Sunday News, edited by Isaac Edward Orchard. In 1891, the chess column in the Sunny South was revived by I.E. Orchard, who edited the column.

Reverend John Owen (1827-1901) wrote a chess column under the pseudonym “Alter.”

Ludek Pachman (1924-2003) had a chess column in Chess Life called “Pachman on the Openings.”

Bruce Pandolfini (1947- ) has a chess column in Chess Life called “The ABC’s of Chess” which is now called “Solitaire Chess.” He has been writing for Chess Life since 1979.

Ken Panzel was the editor of the Ohio Chess Bulletin in 1992.

Larry Parr (1946-2011) was editor of Chess Life from 1985 to 1988.

Larry Paxton edited the Ohio Chess Bulletin from 1982 to 1984.

Vladimir Pechenkin is the editor of the Alberta Chess Report.

Kalev Pehme (1949-2011) was editor of Chess Life from 2004 to 2005.

In the 1900s, Maximilian Henry Peiler conducted a chess column and contributed articles for Forest and Stream.

Malcom Pein (1960- ) writes a daily chess column for The Daily Telegraph. He is executive editor of CHESS magazine.

In 1856, Frederick Perrin (1813-1889) and edited the chess column in the New York Albion.

Jack Peters (1951- ) wrote a chess column for the Los Angeles Times from 1982 to 2010. He also wrote a chess column for the Southern California Living newspaper.

Glenn Petersen edited the Atlantic Chess News (ACN). He was editor of Chess Life from 1990 to 2000, 2003, and from 2005 to 2006. He is chess editor of Chess Life for Kids.

In 1884, the Mirror of American Sports had a chess column edited by K.D. Petersen of Milwaukee.

In 1876, James Pierce (1833-1892) took over the chess column in the English Mechanic. He edited the chess column right up to his death in 1892.

In July 1894 through October 1896, a chess column appeared in the Province in Victoria, Canada, co-edited by Thomas Piper and Peter Schwengers. In 1925, the chess column in the Daily Colonist in Victoria, Canada was edited by Piper.

Harold James Plaskett (1960- ) was a chess columnist at The New Statesman in the 1990s.

Susan Polgar (1969- ) had a column in Chess Life called “Opening Secrets.”

In 1889, a chess column appeared in the Baltimore Evening News and the Baltimore Sunday News, edited by Dr. William H.K. Pollock (1859-1896). Pollock announced his retirement from the chess column in 1896 due to ill health (he had tuberculosis).

Hans Poschmann was the editor of the California Chess Journal from 1986 to 1988.

W. N. Potter edited The City of London Chess Magazine in 1874 to 1876.

In 1899, a chess column appeared in the Portland Pacific Monthly, edited by E.C. Protzman.

Cecil Purdy (1906-1979) edited the Australasian Chess Review from 1929 to 1944. He edited Check from 1944 to 1945. He edited Chess World from 1946 to 1967.

Miro Radojcic had a column in Chess Life called “Observation Point.” He was a Yugoslavian chess journalist.

H. J. Ralston wrote a chess column for The Argonaut and The San Francisco News from 1952 to 1955. He was the editor of The California Chess Reporter from 1951 to 1953.

Charles E. Ranken (1928-1905) was the editor of The Chess Player’s Chronicle from 1876 to 1880. He was a writer for the British Chess Magazine from 1881 to 1898.

Christopher Ravilious wrote “Quotes and Queries” for the British Chess Magazine from 2003 to 2009.

In 1886, a chess column appeared in the Sunny South, edited by J.B. Redwine of Atlanta, Georgia. It ended in 1888 but was revived in 1891.

In 1864, a chess column appeared in the Philadelphia Daily Evening Standard and Philadelphia Daily Evening Bulletin, edited by Gustavus C. Reichhelm (1839-1905). Reichhelm sometimes wrote under thename Garibaldi. He was the chess games editor of Brentano's Chess Monthly (1881-1882). In 1880, Reichhelm became editor of a chess column in The Philadelphia Times.

Brian Reilly (1901-1991) was the editor of the British Chess Magazine from 1949 to 1981.

J. F. Reinhardt was editor of Chess Life in 1966.

Samuel Reshevsky (1911-1992) had a column in Chess Life called “The Art of Positional Play.” He also wrote about chess for The New York Times.

Michael Rohde (1959 - ) had a column in Chess Life called “Game of the Month” from 1991 to 2006.

Samuel Rosenthal (1837-1902) edited two chess columns in Paris, one in Le Monde Illustré (1885-1902), and the other in the Republique Francaise. He also edited a chess column for La Strategie, La Vie Moderne, and other French newspapers.

Alexander Roshal (1936-2007) edited the Russian magazine 64 – Chess Review from 1968 to 1992.

In 1886, the Bristol Mercury had a chess column edited by T.B. Rowland.

John Roycroft (1929- ) edited EG, and endgame chess magazine from 1965 to 2007. He wrote the ‘Studies’ column in the British Chess Magazine.

John Saunders (1953- ) was editor of the British Chess Magazine from 1999 to 2010.

Emil Schallopp (1843-1919) edited the Deutsches Wochenschach in the 1880s and 1890s.

M.Schapiro edited a chess column for the Baltimore American in 1899.

Eric Schiller was editor of the California Chess Journal from 1994 to 1995.

James Schroeder edited Elite Chess Bulletin from 1971 to 1977. He edited Mini-Might Chess Bulletin from 1973 to 1982. He edited Chess Review in 1980.

In July 1894 through October 1896, a chess column appeared in the Province in Victoria, Canada, co-edited by Thomas Piper and Peter Schwengers.

In February, 1883, the New Orleans Times-Democrat began a chess column, edited by James D. Seguin (1853-1916) and Charles Muarian.

Yasser Seirawan (1960- ) edited Inside Chess from 1988 to 2000.

From 1880 to 1886, a chess column appeared in the Baltimore American, edited by Alexander G. Sellman (1856-1888). He then edited a chess column for the Baltimore Sunday Herald from 1886 to 1887.

Clif Sherwood wrote a chess column for the Los Angeles times from 1927 to 1933.

Walter Penn Shipley (1860-1942) wrote a chess column for the Philadelphia Inquirer for over 50 years.

Richard Shorman wrote a chess column for Hayward Daily Review from 1967 to 1981. He wrote a chess article for The Argus (Fremont-Newark, CA) from 1968 to 1977.

Nigel Short (1965- ) has written chess columns for the British newspapers The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph, the Daily Mail and The Spectator. He wrote a chess column for The Guardian from 2005 to 2006. He has written a chess column called “Short Stories” for New in Chess magazine since 2011. He has written a chess column for the Financial Times since 2014.

Egerton Smith (1774-1841) wrote the first chess column, which appeared in the Liverpool Mercury from July 9, 1813 to August 20, 1814.

Ken Smith (1930-1999) edited Chess Digest Magazine from 1962 to 1979. He edited Modern Opening Theory from Russia from 1969 to 1971. He edited Chess Newsletter from 1973 to 1976.

Andy Soltis (1947- ) has been writing a chess column for the New York Post since 1972. He has been writing a monthly chess column called “Chess to Enjoy” for Chess Life since 1979. It is the longest running chess column in that magazine.

Jonathan Speelman (1956- ) wrote the ‘Speelman of the Endgame’ column for the British Chess Magazine. He is a chess correspondent for The Observer and The Independent.

Charles Henry Stanley (1819-1901) wrote a chess column in The Spirit of the Times from 1845 to 1848. It was the first American chess column and contained the first chess problem published in America. He edited The American Chess Magazine fromin 1847. In November 1848, a chess column appeared in the New York Albion, edited by Stanley. He was the editor until 1856. In August 1854, a chess column appeared in the Illustrated New York Journal, edited by Stanley. In 1858, a chess column appeared in Harper’s Weekly, edited by Stanley. He remained chess editor until June 1859. In 1860, a chess column appeared in the Manchester Express and Guardian, edited by Stanley. He remained editor until 1862. In 1869, a chess column appeared in the New York Round Table, edited by Stanley.

Howard Staunton (1810-1874) wrote a chess column for the Illustrated London News from 1845 to 1874 (the column lasted until 1878). It became the most influential chess column in the world. He wrote over 1,400 weekly chess articles. He was the editor of The Chess Player’s Chronicle from 1841 to 1856. In May 1840, a chess column appeared in the London New Court Gazette, edited by Howard Staunton. He remained chess editor until December 1840. He then became chess editor of the magazine British Miscellany. His chess column developed into a separate magazine, the Chess Player’s Chronicle.

Herman Steiner (1905-1955) was chess editor of the Los Angeles Times from 1933 to 1955.

Wilhelm (William) Steinitz (1836-1900) was a chess journalist for the London Field from 1873 to 1882. He edited the International Chess Magazine from 1885 to 1895. In 1876, Steinitz began a chess column in the London Figaro, which lasted until 1882. The magazine was owned by Napoleon III. In 1883, Ashore Or Afloat had a chess column written by Steinitz. In 1890, Steinitz began a chess column in The Sunday Tribune of New York. It ended in 1893. In 1893, Steinitz edited a chess column in the Baltimore Sunday Herald.

Frank Szarka was editor of the Canadian magazine Chess Chat in 1975.

Phil Viner was the chess columnist for The Australian from 1983 to 2013.

Peter Tamburro was a chess columnist of the New Jersey Star Ledger from 1997 to 2015.

Mark Taylor is the editor of The Chess Journalist.

In 1875-1877, a chess column appeared in the Buffalo Globe, edited by George Howard Thornton (1851-1920).

Jan Timman (1951- ) is the editor-in-chief of New in Chess magazine.

J. E. Tippett wrote a chess column for The Argonaut from 1884 to 1888.

Charles Tutton edited a chess column in the Buffalo Sunday Times in the 19^th century.

In 1891, Louis Uedemann (1854-1912) edited a chess column in the Chicago Times.

In 1890, a chess column appeared in the Illustrated Sport of Milan in Italy, edited by Beniamino Vergani (1863-1927).

Erwin Voellmy (1886-1951) edited a chess column in the Swiss paper Basler Nachrichten for 40 years.

George Walcott edited the American Chess Monthly in 1892. From 1902 to 1906, he edited Corsair: A Chess Periodical.

George Walker (1803-1879) edited The Philidorian from December, 1837 to May, 1838. He wrote a chess column for Bell’s Life from June, 1834 to 1873. On October 19, 1823, the earliest known chess column to appear in a periodical was in the weekly medical journal The Lancet, edited by 20-year-old George Walker. Due to the lack of popularity, it disappeared after less than a year.

Bill Wall (1951- ) edited a chess column for the High Flyer, a Beale AFB newspaper in Marysville/Yuba City, CA, from 1971 to 1973. He edited a chess column called “Pawn Power” for the Statesville Record and Landmark from 1975 to 1979. I was a co-editor of the Carolina Gambit from 1976 to 1978. He edited the Dayton Chess Club Review from 1980 to 1984. He was a co-editor of the Ohio Chess Bulletin from 1982 to 1985. He wrote a chess column for Black & White chess magazine of India from 2004 to 2009. He edited White Knight Review e-magazine from 2010 to 2012.

Helen and Jim Warren edited the APCT News Bulletin from 1970 to 2006.

John Watkinson (1833-1923) edited the Huddersfield College Magazine from 1872 through 1880. He edited British Chess Magazine from 1881 to 1887.

In 1896, the Rev. William Wayte (1829-1898) was the chess editor of the Illustrated London News. He also wrote for the British Chess Magazine.

In 1887, a chess column appeared in the Sontag Abend in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. It was edited by M.F. Wendell. In 1896, he edited a chess column in the Wilkes Barre Kodac.

J. Fennimore Welsh wrote a chess column in The Argonaut in San Francisco from 1883 to 1885.

Kenneth Whyld (1926-2003) wrote a column called ‘Quotes and Queries’ for British Chess Magazine from 1978 to 2003.

Earle Wikle edited the Dayton Chess Club Review from 1986 to 1987.

Elijah Williams (1810-1854) edited a chess column in the Bath and Cheltenham Gazette and the Field.

Edward Winter (1955- ) has been editing Chess Notes since 1982.

In 1891, the Western Morning News (England) started a chess column, edited by Carslake Winter-Wood (1849-1924). The chess column ended in 2014.

Carolyn Withgitt was the editor of the California Chess Journal from 1991 to 1994.

David Wolford (1919-1996) edited the Ohio Chess Bulletin from1959 to 1961, and from 1964 to 1976.

In the 1890s, Frederick William Womersley (1839-1911) edited a weekly chess column in the Hastings Observer. In 1911, he was murdered in Hastings.

Baruch Harold Wood (1909-1989) founded the magazine CHESS and was its editor from 1935 to 1988.

Stephen Wright edits the BCCF e-mail Bulletin.

In 1889, a chess column appeared in the Boston Herald, edited by Franklin Knowles Young (1857-1931).

Fred Wren (1900-1978) was editor of Chess Life from 1960 to 1961.

In 1913-1915, a chess column appeared in the Daily News Advertiser in Vancouver, British Columbia, edited by Bertram Yates. In 1930, a chess column appeared in the Vancouver Sun in Vancouver, British Columbia, edited by Yates.

Peter Yu was the editor of the California Chess Journal from 1989 to 1991.

Johannes Zukertort (1842-1888) was co-editor of The Chess Monthly from 1879 to 1888.

For more information, see Chess Periodicals: An Annotated International Bibliography by Gino di Felice.

For a list of chess magazines, see http://billwall.phpwebhosting.com/articles/chess_magazines.htm

For a list of online chess magazines, see

http://billwall.phpwebhosting.com/articles/Online%20Chess%20Magazines%20%282%29.htm

For a history of chess columns, see

http://billwall.phpwebhosting.com/articles/Chess_Columns.htm

For a list of chess columns, see the Jack O’Keefe Project.

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