- 64 (chess magazine)
"64" is a Russian
chess anddraughts magazine published inMoscow . Its name refers to the number of squares on achessboard . "64" was first published in 1924 as a magazine, but in 1935 it appeared as a weekly newspaper.Nikolai Krylenko was the editor from 1924 until his death in 1938. The publication was interrupted from 1941 byWorld War II and resumed after the war. In 1968 it was revamped as a weekly magazine byAlexander Roshal and World chess championTigran Petrosian .Vasily Smyslov was an assistant editor. Petrosian was editor until 1977 when he was fired after his loss toViktor Korchnoi in a quarter-final Candidates match. Roshal was severely punished in 1986, when "64" published excerpts from "Other Shores" fromVladimir Nabokov , even though at that timeAnatoly Karpov was Editor-In-Chief. It was first time Nabokov was published in theUSSR . In 1992 the magazine fell upon hard times and ceased publication but Roshal privatized it and publication was resumed. Now it is published bimonthly. "64" awards theChess Oscar annually.ee also
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List of chess periodicals References
* citation
last=Golombek | first=Harry |author-link=Harry Golombek
year=1977 | title=Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess
publisher=Crown Publishing
isbn=0-517-53146-1
page=296
* Chessbase on [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3876 Alexander Roshal]External links
* [http://www.64.ru/ Russian website]
* [http://www.64.ru/?/en/ English website]
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