British Chess Magazine

"British Chess Magazine" is the world's oldest chess magazine in continuous publication. First published in January 1881, it has appeared at monthly intervals ever since including during World War I and World War II. It is frequently known in the chess world as BCM.

The founder and first general editor of the magazine was John Watkinson (1833-1923). He had previously edited the "Huddersfield College Magazine", which was the British Chess Magazine's forerunner. From the beginning, the magazine was devoted to the coverage of chess worldwide, and not just in Great Britain.

It is an independent and privately owned magazine; it was "not" owned or run by the former British Chess Federation (now the English Chess Federation) with which its name was occasionally confused.

General Editors

*John Watkinson (1833-1923), founding editor 1881-1887.
*Robert Frederick Green (1856-1925), editor 1888-1893.
*Isaac McIntyre Brown (1858-1934), editor 1894-1920.
*Richard Clewin Griffith (1872-1955), editor 1920-1937, and some months in 1940.
*Harry Golombek (1911-1995), editor 1938-1940, International Master.
*Julius du Mont (1881-1956), editor 1940-1949.
*Brian Patrick Reilly (1901-1991), editor 1949-1981.
*Bernard Cafferty (born 1934), editor 1981-1991, FIDE Master.
*Murray Chandler (born 1960), editor 1991-1999, International Grandmaster.
*John Saunders (born 1953), editor 1999-present (2008).

Columnists

*Ken Whyld, from 1978 until his death in 2003, Whyld wrote the "Quotes and Queries" column.

References

*Saunders, John. British Chess Magazine, April 2005, p204-205.
*Golombek, Harry. "The Encyclopedia of Chess". Batsford, 1977. ISBN 0-7134-0878-2.

External links

* [http://www.bcmchess.co.uk British Chess Magazine]
* [http://www.huddersfieldchessclub.co.uk/history/johnwatkinson.html Biography of John Watkinson]