Virginia Chess
Newsletter
The Virginia Chess Newsletter
is the official publication of the VCF. The bi-monthly issues are mailed to all
VCF members with additional copies distributed at local and regional
tournaments. A typical issue contains about twenty 8 1/2 x 11 pages chocked full
of news, annotated games, book reviews, editorial comment and theoretical
articles. The newsletter editor is FM Macon Shibut, a three-time VA State Champion and
author of two chess books,
Paul Morphy and the Evolution of Chess Theory and
The
U.S. Chess Hall of Fame.
The newsletter serves three
purposes: to provide a permanent record of state chess news and events; to
facilitate communication among the VCF membership, including promotion of
upcoming events; and to provide a forum for Virginia chess players who wish to
add their own work to the body of chess literature. More generally, Virginia
Chess does whatever it can to increase the pleasure chess players in the Old
Dominion derive from the Royal Game.
With these goals in mind the
newsletter maintains a consciously parochial editorial outlook: it is for, by,
or about chess in Virginia. Within the bounds of that criterion, just about
anything is considered for publication. In the past we have offered our readers
everything from typical tournament reports and games to such esoterica as John
Campbellšs 1994 article on a lithograph that hangs in a house in Fredricksburg
and once drew the attention of Paul Morphy, or G. L. Honakeršs 1998 exposition
of a chess-based mathematical puzzle.
Material for publication
should be sent to the editor at
editor@nospam_vachess.org (remove "nospam_" from the email address prior to
sending)
or regular mail (8234 Citadel Place, Vienna, VA 22180).
Index
of Newsletters Available On-line
Includes all editions from 1998 through 2023, No. 6
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