Correspondence chess mail
| Correspondence chess mail
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| description | German chess magazine |
| Area of Expertise | Correspondence chess |
| First edition | July 2005 |
| Frequency of publication | six times a year |
| Editor-in-chief | Ronny Schloßer |
| Web link | bdf-fernschachpost.de |
| ISSN (print) | 1860-9848 |
Fernschachpost is a German-language magazine on correspondence chess and chess in general. It is supported by the German Fernschachbund e. V. and appears eight times a year. The correspondence chess mail is one of the world's most important chess magazines in relation to correspondence chess .
history
The correspondence chess mail has been published since July 2005, in the first few years it was published by a private publisher. Since January 1st, 2008 it has been supported by the German Fernschachbund e. V. run, created and delivered on a voluntary basis.
content
The main focus is on the national events of the German Fernschachbund e. V., there is also a report on international correspondence chess in the events of the International Correspondence Chess Federation ICCF .
The regular content includes:
- Annotated correspondence chess games
- Contributions to opening theory
- Player portraits
- Combinations of correspondence chess games with tasks
- Reviews of chess books
- Reports on events
- Tournament announcements
- Letters to the editor, classified ads, results service.
The unit price of the magazine published in A5 format is 3.80 euros in Germany, the annual subscription 24.00 euros. It comprises between 40 and 48 pages each.
Employee
Jerzy Konikowski contributes as a freelancer to the opening theory. All other content of the correspondence chess mail is handled by the honorary functionaries of the German Correspondence Chess Federation e. V., especially by PR manager Uwe Bekemann and managing director Hans-Jürgen Isigkeit.