Swiss chess newspaper
| Swiss chess newspaper
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| description | Swiss chess magazine |
| language | German, French, Italian |
| First edition | October 1900 |
| Frequency of publication | eight times a year |
| Editor-in-chief | Markus fear |
| Article archive | swisschess.ch |
| ISSN (print) | 0036-7745 |
The Swiss Chess Journal (SSZ) is the official organ of the Swiss Chess Federation .
The first edition appeared in October 1900, making the SSZ one of the oldest chess magazines still published . The SSZ appeared eleven times up to 2009, since then eight times a year with a print run of 8,000 copies and comprises around 40–50 printed pages. It contains, among other things, sections on correspondence chess and chess composition . Since the SSZ is a Swiss magazine, it contains articles in German as well as in French and Italian. Editor-in-chief is Markus Angst, one of the chess referees in the 2004 world championship match between Wladimir Kramnik and Péter Lékó .