Chess Life and Review: Official Publication of the United States Chess Federation Volume XXXI (31) with the Yearbook for 1977

Author: Burt Hochberg (1933-2006) editor Date: 1976-1977Publisher: United States Chess Federation Place: Newburgh, NY and New Windsor Description: 27+730 pages with diagrams, illustrations, tables, photographs and index. Quarto (11" x 8 1/4") bound in original publisher's black cloth with green lettering to spine. This volume includes the Yearbook of the United States Chess Federation 1977 as well as all the issues of Chess Life & Review for 1976. Volume 31. (Betts: 7-103) First edition.The United States Chess Federation was incorporated on December 27, 1939. In the early years, it had no office and no publication. In 1945 and 1946, USCF Annual books were published. In 1946, publication of Chess Life started as a bi-weekly newspaper, usually eight or twelve pages long. In 1961, Frank Brady converted Chess Life to a slick-covered magazine. In 1969, Chess Life merged with Chess Review, the other leading U.S. chess magazine. The magazine was published under the title Chess Life &