British Chess Magazine Background

November 2011 BCM depicting GM Matthew Sadler

The BCM is the world’s oldest chess journal, having been published continuously since 1881. It appears twelve times per year, and each issue includes reports on recent tournaments, opening articles, interviews, instructional articles, etc, as well as regular features on chess problems and endgame studies. The magazine caters for players of all strengths.

From a BCM publications catalogue of the 1960s:

THE

BRITISH CHESS

MAGAZINE

was born in 1881, as Kitchener departed for Egypt – but not because of it. Queen Victoria was 62 years old, Alekhine minus 11 and Lasker, presumably,
in short trousers…

…Two world wars, numerous strikes,inflation, deflation, reflation – andany other flation – later, the ‘B.C.M.’is still here!And here to stay,