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The Chess Correspondent

CCLA has produced The Chess Correspondent magazine since 1940! It is currently issued quarterly and available via email attachment (.pdf file) or as a printed magazine. Our chess magazine has won the Chess Journalists of America award for Best Postal Magazine seven times, in 1997 and 2001 - 2006. The magazine regularly reports on important national and international CC events, i.e., World Championships, Olympiads, and the U.S. Championships. Recurring features include (among other things)

  • Latest ratings and tournament results, both postal and server
  • Grand Prix contest standings
  • Readers' Games taken from premier ICCF and CCLA events, annotated by the players and/or Readers' Games columnists
  • Annual Best Games Contest
  • Annual Readers' Survey
  • In-depth articles on the openings. Previous authors include IM's Wieland Belka, Herb Hickman, Tony Kain and Wolf Morrow
  • Event winners and Prize winners
  • Annual index by Article Title, Player, and Opening (ECO code)
  • ... and more!

Archive

The Chess Correspondent Archive features past issues of the magazine from 1916 to the present. See the long history of correspondence chess in the United States from our magazine.