Chess Archaeology - Excavations: Jack O'Keefe Project

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Editors: W. H. K. Pollock
Chess Columns: 1893.01.07-1893.12.30: [P#265-P#338]
Source: Interlibrary Loan from New York State Library

Three distinct periods.
Editors: Robinson, W.G. (1877.01.20-1877.09.29) see Newark Sunday Call 1877.03.11; Wurm, A.F. (1878.01.12-1879.10.04)
Chess Columns: 1877.01.20-1877.09.29: [P#3 to P#29½] Not stated (probably Robinson); 1878.01.12-1879.10.04: [P#42 to P#111?] Wurm
Missing Chess Columns [1877.01.06-1879.09.06]: 1877.01.06-1877.01.13: [P#1 to P#2]; 1877.02.03-1877.02.17: [P#5 to P#7]; 1877.03.03-1877.05.12: [P#9 to P#11]; 1877.05.26-1877.06.30: [P#13 to P#16]; 1877.07.21-1877.09.01: [P#19 to P#25]; 1877.09.22: [P#28,P#28½]; 1877.10.06-1878.01.05: [P#30 to P#41]; 1878.03.30: [P#50]; 1878.04.27: [?] (Issue missing; unsearched); 1878.08.03: [P#62]; 1878.08.17: [P#64]; 1878.10.12: [?] (Issue missing; unsearched); 1878.11.02: [?] (Page missing; unsearched); 1879.01.04-1879.01.18: [?] (Issues missing; unsearched); 1879.03.15: [?] (Issue missing; unsearched); 1879.04.19: [P#84]; 1879.05.03: [P#86] (Page missing); 1879.05.17: [P#88] (Issue missing); 1879.06.14: [P#92] (Issue missing); 1879.07.05: [?] (Issue missing; unsearched); 1879.08.09: [?] (Issue missing; unsearched); 1879.09.06: [?] (Issue missing; unsearched)
Editors: Redwine, J.B. (1886.09.18-1888.08.25); Joseph, S.M. (1888.12.08-1890.03.22)
Chess Columns: 1886.09.18-1888.08.25: [P#1 to P#569] Redwine; 1888.12.08-1890.03.22: [P#580 to P#745] Joseph
Missing Chess Columns [1886.09.18-1890.03.22]: 1886.09.25: [P#5 to P#9] (Issue missing; unsearched); 1886.10.16-1886.11.06: [P#12 to P#20] (Issues missing; unsearched); 1886.11.20-1886.12.11: [P#24 to P#34] (Issues missing; unsearched); 1888.08.18: [P#555-561] (Issue missing; unsearched); 1888.09.01: [?] (Issue missing; unsearched); 1888.09.29-1888.10.06: [?] (Issues missing; unsearched); 1888.10.27-1888.11.03: [?] (Issues missing; unsearched); 1888.11.17-1888.12.01: [?] (Issues missing; unsearched); 1888.12.15-1889.03.31: [?] (Issues missing; unsearched); 1889.04.13-1889.04.20: [P#611 to P#614] (Issues missing; unsearched); 1889.05.04: [P#617 to P#618] (Issue missing; unsearched); 1889.06.01: [P#625 to P#626] (Issue missing; unsearched); 1889.06.29-1889.07.13: [P#633 to P#639] (Issues missing; unsearched); 1889.08.10-1889.10.19: [P#647 to P#677] (Issues missing; unsearched); 1889.11.02: [P#681 to P#684] (Issue missing; unsearched); 1889.11.16-1890.01.04: [P#688 to P#706] (Issues missing; unsearched)
Editors: Orchard, I.E. (1891.05.02-1891.09.05)
Chess Columns: 1891.05.02-1891.09.05: [P#1 to P#31] Orchard
Missing Chess Columns [1891.05.02-1891.09.05]: 1891.06.27: [P#18-P#19] (No column found in online edition); 1891.07.11-1891.07.18: [P#22] (Issues missing and incomplete); 1891.08.08: [P#25] (Issue incomplete); 1891.08.29: [P#28-P#29] (Issue incomplete)
Source: Georgia Historic Newspapers

Editors: Unknown
Chess Columns: 1859.07.09-1860.05.19
Chess News: 1859.06.04-1859.06.18
Source: Georgia Historic Newspapers

Two distinct columns.
Editor: Sellman, Alexander G.,"Our Chess Department",1880.05.30-1886.09.12
Chess Columns: 1880.05.30-1886.09.12: [P#1 to P#332] Sellman
Missing Columns: 1881.02.20: [P#38] Missing from Google; 1881.07.17: [P#59] Poor quality column from Google; 1882.09.10: [P#124] Missing from Google; 1883.01.21-1883.01.28 [P#144 and P#145]; 1883.03.11: [P#151] Missing page from Google; 1883.12.23: [P#191] Missing page from Google; 1884.01.20: [P#195] Missing page from Google; 1884.03.09: [P#202] Missing page from Google; 1884.08.17: [P#225] Poor quality column from Google; 1885.12.06: [P#294] Missing supplement section from Google?; 1886.06.27: [P#321] Google copy is incomplete
Editor: Schapiro, M.,"The Game of Chess",1899.08.06-1901.12.29
Chess Columns: 1899.08.06-1899.12.24: [P#1 to P#39] Schapiro; 1900.02.25-1900.09.16: [P#56 to P#115] Schapiro; 1901.01.06-1901.12.29: [P#145 to P#246] Schapiro
Missing Columns: 1899.12.31-1900.02.18 [P#40 to P#55]; 1900.09.23-1900.12.30: [P#116 to P#144] Missing from Google
Chess News: 1899.07.30
Notes: No chess columns found in January 1902. Schapiro's column appears to end on 29-Dec-1901.
Sources: Google Newspaper Archive: Baltimore American and Commercial Advertiser; Google Newspaper Archive: Baltimore American

Editor: Sellman, Alexander G., Various Titles, 1886.11.07-1887.04.24
Chess Columns: 1886.11.07-1887.04.24: [P#1 to P#25] Sellman
Missing Chess Columns: 1886.12.05: [P#5] Missing from Google (see Baltimore Weekly Herald 1886.12.10 for reprinted column); 1887.05.01-1887.08.28: [P#?] Missing from Google (unsearched)
Editor: Steinitz, W.,"The Chess World", 1893.09.17-1893.09.24; 1893.09.17-1893.09.24: [P#1 to P#2] Steinitz
Notes: Column reprinted in the Weekly Herald (possibily syndicated to other Herald newspapers?); Google missing May-Aug 1887; column apparently ends during this period; no column found for Sep 1887
Sources: Google Newspaper Archive

Editor: Sellman, Alexander G. (1886.11.12-1887.04.29)
Chess Columns: 1886.11.12-1887.04.29: [P#1 to P#25]
Missing Chess Columns: 1886.11.12-1886.11.26: [P#1-P#3]; 1886.12.17-1887.01.07: [P#6-P#9]; 1887.01.21-1887.01.28: [P#11-P#12]; 1887.02.25: [P#16]; 1887.03.11: [P#18]; 1887.04.01: [P#21]; 1887.04.15-1887.04.22: [P#23-P#24]; 1887.05.01-1887.08.28: [P#?] Issues missing from Google (unsearched)
Notes: Column reprinted from the Baltimore Sunday Herald (possibily syndicated to other Herald newspapers?); Google missing May-Aug 1887; column apparently ends during this period; no column found for Sep 1887
Sources: Google Newspaper Archive

Editor: Hazeltine, Miron J. (1872.08.31-1877.??.??)
Chess Columns: 1872.08.31-1873.12.27: [P#1 to P#52]
Missing Chess Columns: 1873.01.05-1873.01.18: [P#17 to P#19]; 1874-1877: Years missing from Google
Notes: 1873.11.15-1873.11.22: Published out of order
Sources: Google News Archive

Chess Editor: Walker, Geo.
Chess Columns: 1835.01.04-1845.10.05; 1845.10.12-1846.12.27 (P#1 to P#63); 1858.07.04-1859.12.04 (P#228 to P#268); 1860.01.01-1860.09.09 (P#269 to P#288); 1860.09.23-1860.12.30 (P#288 to P#298)
Low Quality: 1860.06.03 (P#280) supplemented with scrapbook clipping; 1860.09.09 (P#288); 1860.09.23 (P#288) supplemented with scrapbook clipping; 1860.11.04 (P#293); 1860.11.11 (P#294); 1860.12.30 (P#298)
Sources: The British Newspaper Archive; NewspaperArchive (1822-1885); NewspaperArchive (1885-1886)

Chess News: 1894.12.30-1901.02.20
Sources: Anonymous Contributor

Editor: Joseph, S. M. (1890.03.29-1890.08.02)
Chess Columns: 1890.04.05-1890.08.02 [P#6/G#2 to P#63/G#20]
Missing Columns: 1890.03.29 [P#1 to P#5 and G#1]
Notes: Columns are of low to mid-quality.
Sources: Newspapers.com

Chess Columns: 1895.12.29-1896.01.05
Chess News: 1896.09.22
Sources: Anonymous Contributor

Source:: Pope (photocopies made from microfilm via Interlibrary Loan from CRL); Newspapers.com

Chess Editor: Young, F.K.
Chess Columns: 1889.03.03-1891.02.02 Young (Unnumbered games and problems)
Chess News: News reports are found through 1905
Notes: Usually Sunday columns, Monday answers to correspondents; 1889.09.08 No column found; 1889.09.15 No column found; No columns found after 1891.02.02
Sources: Genealogybank.com

Chess Editor: Young, F.K.
Chess Columns: 1886.02.08-1886.05.10 (G#1 to G#33)
Notes: Notice on 1886.06.15 indicates column transfered to the Boston Weekly Post
Sources: Newspaperarchive.com

Chess Editors: Kent, W. H.; Chapman, John; Stone, H. N.
Chess Columns (1858.05.01-1861.05.11): 1859.05.01-1859.05.15 (G#1 to G#3)
Notes: Column reconstructed using Hazeltine Scrapbook clippings and material from GenealogyBank.
Sources: GenealogyBank.com

Chess Editor: Bryant, Fred K., 1895.12.08-1896.06.14; Walcott, George F., 1896.05.10-1896.11.08; 1900.1.28-1902.11.09
Chess Columns: 1895.09.22-1895.12.01 Unknown; 1895.12.08-1895.12.15 Bryant; 1895.12.22-1896.05.03 Bryant (P#1 to P#17); 1896.05.10-1896.05.24 Walcott (P#18 to P#20); 1896.05.31 no column, has news; 1896.06.07-1896.06.14 Bryant (P#21 to P#22); 1896.06.21 no column, no news; 1896.06.28-1896.11.01 Walcott (P#23 to P#39); 1896.11.08 Walcott (no problem given)
Chess Columns: 1900.01.28-1900.05.13 Walcott (first 16 columns unnumbered); 1900.05.20-1901.06.23 Walcott (C#17 to C#74); 1900.07.07-1902.11.09 Walcott (C#76 to C#134)
Missing Columns: 1901.06.30 Walcott (C#75) Missing from both archives; 1902.05.24 Walcott (C#118) Missing bottom lines of text from both halves.; 1902.11.02 Walcott (C#133) Missing bottom lines of text from both halves.
Notes: No chess column found between 1896.11.08 and 1900.01.28, news items exist; No chess column found after 1902.11.09
Sources: Newspapers.com; Newspaperarchive.com

Chess Editor: Curan, W.W. (1878.12.11-1879.10.28)
Chess Columns: 1879.01.01-1879.01.15 Curan (G#8 to G#15); 1879.01.21-1879.02.25 Curan (P#2 to P#7); 1879.03.11 Curan (Problem not numbered); 1879.03.18-1879.05.27 Curan (P#9 to P#11); 1879.06.03-1879.10.28 Curan (Problems not numbered)
Missing Columns: 1878.12.11-1878.12.25
Notes: Column begins on 1878.12.11 per Boston Globe 1878.12.08, p3; 1879.02.04 No chess column published pages 1 to 8; 1879.04.08 No chess column published pages 1 to 8; 1879.06.17 No chess column published pages 1 to 8; 1879.07.08 No chess column published pages 1 to 8; 1879.07.22 Unchecked, missing from both archives; 1879.07.29 No chess column published pages 1 to 8; 1879.09.30 No chess column published pages 1 to 8; No chess column found after 1879.10.28
Sources: Newspapers.com; Newspaperarchive.com

Editor: Allen, Henry C.
Chess Columns: 1880.04-1881.01: Allen [P#1 to P#63]; 1881.02 Allen (Leeds Mercury Tournament Prize Problems); 1881.03 Allen (No problems)
Notes: Contiues publication as Brentano's Chess Monthly
Sources: Volume 3 Google Books; Volume 4 Google Books

Editor: Staunton, Howard
Chess Columns: 1841.01.23-1841.03.20: Staunton [P#1 to P#6]
Notes: Contiues publication as Chess Player's Chronicle
Sources: Volume 1 Google Books

Editors: Frère, Thomas (1859.03.11); Chadwick, Henry (1892.11.30-1893.01.19); Helms, Hermann (1893.10.23-1955.01.27?)
Chess Columns: 1859.03.11 [P#1]; 1892.11.30-1893.01.19 [P#1 to P#6]; 1893.10.23-1897.06.24: [P#1 to P#187]
Missing Chess Columns: 1897.07.??-1955.01.27? [P#188 to P#3552?]
Daily News Items: Many appear with HC initials (probably Chadwick)
Sources: Pope (photocopies made from microfilm via Interlibrary Loan from CRL); Newspapers.com

Editor: Broughton, L. D. Jr. (1891.11.14-1896.06.20?); Howell, C. S. (1900.09.23-1902.08.10)
Chess Columns (1891-1896): 1891.11.14-1892.06.25: Broughton [P#1 to P#33]; 1892.07.09-1893.07.01: Broughton [P#35 to P#86]; 1892.07.15-1895.06.29: Broughton [P#88 to P#191]; 1895.07.13-1895.08.10: Broughton [P#193 to P#197]; 1895.08.17: Broughton [P#197 and P#198] (numbering errors, not corrected); 1895.08.24-1895.12.28: Broughton [P#198 to P#217]; 1896.01.11-1896.02.22: Broughton [P#219 to P#225]; 1896.02.29: Broughton [P#225] (P#225 misnumbered, but corrected); 1896.03.07-1896.06.20: Broughton [P#227 to P#242]
Missing Chess Columns (1891-1896): 1892.07.02: [P#34] (issue missing from microfilm and Newspapers.com); 1893.07.08: [P#87] (page 8 missing from microfilm and Newspapers.com); 1894.06.30: [P#138] (incomplete); 1895.07.06: [P#192] (issue missing from microfilm and Newspapers.com); 1896.01.04: [P#218] (issue missing from microfilm and Newspapers.com); 1896.04.11: [P#232] (incomplete)
Notes (1891-1896): Issues 1896.06.26-1896.07.05 are missing from Newspapers.com; Broughton's column may have ended on 6/20, 6/27, or 7/4/1896.
Chess Columns (1900-1902?): 1900.09.23-1900.09.29: Howell [No problems]; 1900.10.07-1900.11.11: Howell [P#2 to P#6]; 1900.11.18-1900.11.25: Howell [No problems]; 1900.12.02-1900.12.30: Howell [P#7 to P#11]; 1900.01.06-1901.03.17: Howell [P#11 to P#21] (P#11 misnumbered, not corrected); 1900.03.24-1901.04.07: Howell [P#21 to P#23] (P#21 misnumbered, not corrected); 1901.04.14-1901.06.23: Howell [P#23 to P#38] (P#23 misnumbered, but corrected); 1901.07.07-1901.09.29: Howell [P#43 to P#79]; 1902.01.07-1902.03.02: Howell [P#120 to P#135]; 1902.03.09: Howell [No problems]; 1902.03.16: Howell [P#136]; 1902.03.23: Howell (Problem not numbered); 1902.03.30-1902.05.11: Howell [P#138 to P#144]; 1902.05.18-1902.08.03: Howell [P#144 to P#156] (P#144 misnumbered, but corrected); 1902.08.10: Howell [No problems]
Missing Chess Columns (1900-1902?): 1900.09.30: [P#1] (issue incomplete from microfilm and Newspapers.com); 1901.03.24: [P#21] (incomplete); 1901.06.30: [P#39 to P#42] (issue missing from microfilm and Newspapers.com)
Notes (1900-1902?): Issues 1901.10.01-1901.12.31 are missing from Newspapers.com; No column found after 1902.08.10 but chess coverage for many years.
Sources: Pope (photocopies made from microfilm via Interlibrary Loan from CRL); Pope (photocopies from John G. White scrapbook via Cleveland Public Library); Fultonhistory.com; Newspapers.com

Editor: Munoz,M (1874.02.01-1874.04.12?); Barrett,RS (1874.11.22-1876.03?) [see Detroit Free Press 1876.03.26]
Chess Columns: 1874.02.01: Munoz [P#16]; 1874.02.08-1874.02.15: Munoz [P#1 to P#2]; 1874.03.01: Munoz [P#4]; 1874.03.08-1874.04.12: Munoz [P#4 to P#9]; 1874.11.22-1874.12.27: Barrett [P#10 to P#14]
Missing Chess Columns: 1874.02.22: [P#3] (issue missing from microfilm and Newspapers.com)
Notes: The years for 1875 and 1876 are missing from Newspapers.com
Sources: Newspapers.com

Editor: Mackenzie,GH
Chess Columns: 1885.12.27 Unknown [No problems]; 1886.04.04-1886.07.11: Mackenzie [P#14 to P#28]
Missing Chess Columns: 1886.01.03-1886.03.28: [P#1 to P#13] (issues missing from Newspapers.com and FultonHistory.com); 1886.07.18: [P#29] (issue missing from Newspapers.com and FultonHistory.com)
Sources: Newspapers.com; FultonHistory.com

Editor: Unknown
Chess Columns: 1859.01.27 (Problem unnumbered); 1859.03.10 [P#2 to P#4]
Notes: Problems 3 and 4 were each republished due to typographical errors.
Sources: Newspapers.com

Editors: Charousek, R. (1898.09.??-1900.04.14); Maroczy, G. (1900.04.21-1907.04.28)
Chess Columns: 1899.01.07 [G#88]; 1899.01.14-1899.01.21 [G#88 to G#89] (Repeat in numbering, unsure if corrected); 1899.01.28-1899.02.11 [G#91 to G#93]; 1899.02.18-1899.02.25 [G#84 to G#85] (Game numbers misprinted); 1899.03.04-1899.04.29 [G#96 to G#104]; 1899.05.06-1899.06.03 [G#106 to G#110]; 1899.06.04 (Unnumbered game); 1899.06.06 (Unnumbered game); 1899.06.10 [G#115/116]; 1899.06.13 [G#118]; 1899.06.15 (Unnumbered game); 1899.06.17 [G#121]; 1899.06.24 [G#127/128]; 1899.10.07-1899.12.16 [G#159 to G#170]; 1899.12.23-1899.12.28 [G#170 to G#171]; 1899.12.30 [G#173]; 1900.04.07-1900.04.28 [G#196 to G#201]
Missing Columns: 1898.09.??-1899.01.06: [G#1 to G#87]; 1899.01.22-1899.01.27: [G#90] (unless there was a skip/correction); 1899.04.30-1899.05.05: [G#105]; 1899.06.04-1899.06.09: [G#111 to G#114]; 1899.06.11-1899.06.12: [G#117]; 1899.06.14-1899.06.16: [G#119 to G#120]; 1899.06.18-1899.06.23: [G#122 to G#126]; 1899.06.25-1899.10.06: [G#129 to G#158]; 1900.01.01-1900.04.06: [G#174 to G#195]
Incomplete Columns: 1899.05.20: [G#108]

Chess Editor: Thornton, G. H.; Richmond, Henry A.
Chess Columns (1879.05.27-1886.08.15): 1879.05.27 (no problem); 1879.06.10-1879.06.24 [P#1 to P#2]
Sources: Newspapers.com

Chess Editor: Siegel, L.
Chess Columns (1909.02.13-1909.12.24): 1909.01.02-1909.04.17 (News and unnumbered games); 1909.04.24-1909.11.27 [P#1 to P#38]; 1909.12.04-1909.12.24 (News and unnumbered games)
Sources: Newspapers.com

Editors: Thornton, G.H. (1875.04-1877.02)
Chess Columns: 1875.04-1875.09: [P#1 to P#8/P#9]; 1875.10-1876.04: [P#10/TP#1 to P#16/TP#7]; 1876.05: [TP#8]; 1876.06: [P#17/TP#8] (Tournament problem numbering error, not corrected); 1876.08: [TP#9/TP#10]; 1876.09/10: [P#17/TP#11]; 1876.11: [P#19 and P#20]; 1877.01-1877.02: [P#21/P#22 to P#23]
Notes: 1877.01: Problems given out of order.; 1876.07: No column for July.; 1876.12: No column for December.
Sources: Google Books

Editor: Burdette (see Toledo Blade 1886.05.20); Jacobs? (see Lincoln Nebraska Independent 1901.12.19)
Chess Columns (1886.09.19-1889?): 1886.09.19-1886.11.07 [P#1 to P#8]; 1886.11.14 [P#8] (problem number misprinted); 1886.11.21-1886.12.26 [P#10 to P#15]; 1887.01.01 [P#14] (problem number misprinted); 1887.01.09-1887.01.16 [P#17 to P#18] (problem numbering skips P#19); 1887.01.23-1887.05.15 [P#20 to P#36] (problem numbering skips P#37); 1887.05.22-1887.06.12 [P#38 to P#41]; 1887.06.19-1887.06.12 [P#41] (problem number misprinted); 1887.06.26-1887.08.28 [P#43 to P#52]
Chess Columns (1896.10.18-1899.04.09): 1896.10.18 [P#1]; 1899.04.09 [P#129]
Notes: 1887.01.30 Solutions indicate P#18 was 1887.01.09 and P#19 was 1887.01.16?!; 1887.03.20 has the game Huston-Davis
Sources: NewspaperArchive.com

Chess Columns: 1859.11.29: [P#4]; 1860.01.03-1860.01.24: [P#9 to P#12]; 1860.02.07-1860.04.17: [P#14 to P#24]
Missing Chess Columns: 1859.??.??-1859.11.22: [P#1 to P#3]; 1859.12.06-1859.12.27: [P#5 to P#8]; 1860.01.31: [P#13]
Notes: No column after 1860.04.17; column absorbed by the Charleston Evening News (see notice 1860.04.03)

Editor: Unknown
Chess Columns: 1900.10.20-1901.01.05 (no problems, unnumbered games)
Sources: Newspapers.com

Editors: Unknown
Chess Columns: 1859.02.14-1859.05.25 [P#1 to P#28/P#29]
Notes: 1859.05.05 column was published on a Thurdsday even though the column is internally dated Wednesday May 4, 1859.
Sources: Newspapers.com

Editor: Orchard, IE (1879-1880); Balaguer,EA (1884-1887?); Hendricks,LC (1887?-1899); Witsell, Edward F. (1899.01.08-1900.06.17); Unknown (1900.06.24-1901.05.12); Unknown (1901.05.19-1901.05.12); Holmes, George S. (1904.03.27-1906.01.28)
Chess Columns: 1880.12.25 [P#107]; 1886.12.25 [P#415]
Sources: Google Newspaper Archives (News and Courier); Google Newspaper Archives (Sunday News); GenealogyBank.com

Editor: Orchard, IE (1879-1880); Balaguer,EA (1884-1887?); Hendricks,LC (1887?-1899); Witsell, Edward F. (1899.01.08-1900.06.17); Unknown (1900.06.24-1901.05.12); Unknown (1901.05.19-1901.05.12); Holmes, George S. (1904.03.27-1906.01.28)
Chess Columns: [P#107] was published in the Charleston News and Courier 1880.12.25; 1882.01.01-1882.06.18 [P#160 to P#184]; 1882.07.02-1884.11.30 [P#186 to P#310]; 1884.12.14 [P#312] (Exact same column is republished on 1884.12.21); 1884.12.21-1886.08.29 [P#312 to P#399]; 1886.09.12-1886.12.19 [P#400 to P#414]; [P#415] was published in the Charleston News and Courier 1886.12.25; 1887.01.02-1888.04.22 [P#416 to P#484]; 1888.04.29 [P#483] (Problem misnumbered); 1888.05.06-1890.07.27 [P#572 to P#603]; 1890.08.03 [P#603] (Problem misnumbered, sequence corrected); 1890.08.10-1890.12.07 [P#605 to P#622]; 1890.12.14-1892.07.17 [P#623 to P#706]; 1892.07.31-1894.12.30 [P#706 to P#869] (Repeat numbering of P#706 without correction); 1895.01.06-1898.06.12 [P#1 to P#339] (Problem numbers restart for solving contest?); 1898.06.26-1899.10.22 [P#342 to P#374/P#375]; 1899.10.29-1900.08.05 (Problems not numbered); 1900.08.12-1901.04.28 [P#6/P#7 to P#75/P#76]
Missing Chess Columns: 1879.01.??-1880.12.19: [P#1 to P#106] (Issues unavailable); 1880.01.02-1881.12.25: [P#108 to P#159] (Issues unavailable); 1882.06.25: [P#185] (Issue not found at Google or GB); 1884.12.07: [P#311] Possibily not published (Issue appears complete, but no chess); 1892.07.24: No column found. Incomplete?; 1898.06.19: [P#340 to P#341] Issue missing from GB; 1898.09.25: No column found. No problem numbering skip, so probably no column this day; 1899.11.26: (Problems not numbered, hard to tell if published or not); 1900.05.06: (Problems not numbered, hard to tell if published or not); 1900.05.20: (Problems not numbered, hard to tell if published or not)
Notes: Orchard, I.E. (see Hartford Weekly Times 1879.01.30; see Cincinnati Commercial, 1880.11.20); Balaguer,EA (see Nashville American 1884.07.07; see St. Louis Globe-Democrat 1887.05.28); Witsell, Edward F. (see Charleston Sunday News, 1899.01.08); Searched 1884.12.01 through 1884.12.13 for P#311. Column not found. This column may have been skipped, hence the double publishing of P#312?; 1884.12.14 and 1884.12.21 contain the same column; 1892.09.18 inc at GB?, 1894.02.04 missing at GB, 1894.03.18 MIA; 1901.06.23: Issue missing pages.; No columns found after 1906.01.28 through 1914
Sources: Google Newspaper Archives (News and Courier); Google Newspaper Archives (Sunday News); GenealogyBank.com

Editor: Unknown
Chess Columns: 1880.03.06 [P#3]; 1880.03.20-1880.04.10 [P#5 to P#8]
Missing Columns: 1880.02.21-1880.02.28 [P#1 to P#2]; 1880.03.13 Column damaged due to clipping.
Sources: Chronicling America, Library of Congress

Editor: Brock, T.D. (see St. Louis Globe-Democrat 1881.03.13)
Chess Columns: 1875.11.21-1879.12.07 [P#1 to P#208]
Missing Chess Columns: 1875.12.26: [P#6] Incomplete; 1877.04.08: [P#71] Incomplete
Sources: Joost van Winsen; Newspapers.com

Chess Editor: Miller, Joseph W.
Chess Columns: 1878.12.14-1879.01.25 [P#1 to P#7]; 1879.02.01-1882.12.30 [P#8 to P#448] (poor quality)
Notes: Was the Cincinnati Commercial until 1865.10.23; becomes the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette on 1883.01.04.
Sources: NewspaperArchive.com; GenealogyBank.com

Chess Editor: Miller, Joseph W.
Chess Columns: Continues from the Cincinnati Commercial; 1883.01.06-1884.04.26 [P#449 to P#581] (Poor quality); 1884.05.03-1884.08.30 [P#582 to P#609]; 1884.09.06 [P#594] (Not sure what happened, reprint?); 1884.09.13-1885.12.26 [P#610 to P#704]; 1887.01.01-1887.03.26 [P#757 to P#769]; 1888.07.07-1888.07.31 [P#835 to P#838]
Missing Columns: 1884.08.02 (Poor quality due to fold in source microfilm); 1886 [P#705 to P#756]; 1887.04.03-1888.06.30 [P#770 to P#834]
Notes: Was the Cincinnati Commercial until 1865.10.23 and then becomes the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette on 1883.01.04.
Sources: NewspaperArchive.com; GenealogyBank.com

Chess Editor: Conway/French?
Chess Columns: 1858.11.16-1858.12.07 [P#1 to P#4]; 1858.12.14-1859.03.16 [P#4 to P#17] (Error with prior P#4); 1859.03.23-1859.06.29 [P#17 to P#31] (Error with prior P#17); 1859.07.06 (No problem)
Notes: Becomes the Cincinnati Commercial on 1865.10.23 and then the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette on 1883.01.04.
Sources: NewspaperArchive.com; GenealogyBank.com

Chess Columns: 1876.05.27 [P#1]; 1876.06.01-1876.07.27 [P#1 to P#26] (Number reused, not corrected)
Missing Columns: 1876.11.09 [P#22] (Incomplete due to damage)
Notes: Two problem #1s
Sources: GenealogyBank.com

Chess Editor: Walker, J. L.
Chess Columns (1888.02.26-1891.05.31?): 1888.02.26-1888.04.15
Notes: Appears to be the same as the Galveston Daily News column; 1888.04.01, 1888.04.08, 1888.05.06, 1888.05.13, 1888.05.27 No column found in 16 pages; Other dates unsearched manually.
Sources: GenealogyBank.com

Chess Columns: 1859.01.13-1867.01.31: [P#1-P#23]
Sources: Anonymous Contributor; NewspaperArchive.com

Chess Columns: 1901.09.29-1902.05.18: [P#26 to P#117] Not stated
Missing Chess Columns: 1901.??.??-1901.08.22: [P#1 to P#25]; 1901.11.24-1901.12.01: [P#47 to P#52]; 1902.01.12-1902.02.02: [P#67 to P#78]
Notes: Columns reprinted in the Des Moines Weekly Leader
Sources: Joost van Winsen; Newspapers.com

Chess Columns: 1901.08.29-1901.12.26: [P#8 to P#61] Not stated; 1902.03.27: [P#95 to P#97] Not stated; 1902.04.24: [P#104 to P#105] Not stated
Missing Chess Columns: 1901.08.??-1901.08.22: [P#1 to P#7]; 1901.10.17: [P#29 to P#31]; 1901.10.31: [P#35 to P#37] Incomplete; 1901.11.21: [P#44 to P#46]; 1902.01.21-1902.03.20: [P#62 to P#94]; 1902.04.03-1902.04.17: [P#98 to P#103]
Notes: Columns reprinted from the Des Moines Leader
Sources: Joost van Winsen; NewspaperArchive.com

Editor: Unknown
Sphinx Columns: 1874.08.28-1874.09.12 (Two unnumbered problems)
Chess Columns: 1874.09.18-1875.03.25 [P#3 to P#24]; 1875.04.16 [P#26] (Numbering error, corrected next issue); 1875.05.11-1875.11.27 [P#26 to P#46]
Sources: GenealogyBank.com

Editor: Bull, Thomas Porter (1859-1891)
Chess Columns: 1859.04.27-1859.11.27 [P#1 to P#46]; 1875.07.22-1878.12.29 [P#1 to P#623]; 1884.05.31-1884.06.07 [P#1700 to P#1707]
Notes: 1884.05.31 (Two problem 1703s given)
Sources: Newspapers.com

Editor: Unknown
Chess Columns (1899.01.22-1899.05.14): 1899.01.22-1899.02.26 [P#2 to P#4]; 1899.03.19-1899.05.14 (No problems)
Notes: Column continues from Detroit Sunday News-Tribune
Sources: GenealogyBank.com

Editor: Unknown
Chess Columns (1897.09.26-1898.06.19): 1897.09.26-1897.11.28 [P#1 to P#21]; 1897.12.05-1897.12.12 [P#21 to P#26] (Numbering error); 1897.12.19-1897.12.26 [P#28 to P#31] (Numbering skip); 1898.01.02-1898.02.13 [P#33 to P#46] (Numbering skip); 1898.02.20-1898.04.17 [P#45 to P#62] (Numbering error); 1898.04.24-1898.05.01 [P#64 to P#67] (Numbering skip); 1898.05.08 (No problem); 1898.05.15-1898.05.29 [P#68 to P#73]; 1898.06.05-1898.06.19 (No problems, just solutions)
Chess Columns (1899.01.01): 1899.01.01 (Unnumbered problem); column continues in Detroit News-Tribune
Sources: GenealogyBank.com

Editor: Fraser, G.B. (1862.07.05-1867.05.07)
Chess Columns: 1862.07.05-1862.07.14 (No problems); 1862.07.21-1863.05.25 [P#1 to P#43]
Source: The British Newspaper Archive

Chess Columns: 1918.01.01-1918.03.27: [P#4 to P#16]
Missing Columns: 1917.12.11-1917.12.25: [P#1 to P#3]; 1918.03.06: [P#13]
Notes:: Google is missing April through June, 1918.; Column appears to end before July 1918.
Sources: Google Newspaper Archives

Chess Editor: Abbott, J.W.
Chess Columns: 1872.06.07-1873.09.12: [P#1 to P#96] Abbott
Missing Columns: 1872.09.27: [P#17] Abbott; 1873.03.14: [P#46-P#47] Abbott
Source: Hathi Trust Digital Library

Chess Editor: Harlan,Z (1889.06.07-1892.09.23); Moise,Lionel C. (1891.10.23-1892.05.20); Harlan,Z (1892.05.27-1892.09.23)
Chess Columns: 1889.06.07 (Unnumbered problem); 1889.06.14-1891.02.06 (P#2 to P#72]
Chess Columns (1891.10.23-1892.09.23): 1891.10.23-1891.12.25 [P#1 to P#10]
Missing Columns: 1892
Source: Newspapers.com

Editors: Fuller, W.J.A. (1855.12.15-1856.10.25); Marache, Napoleon (1856.11.01-1856.11.15); Fuller, W.J.A. (1856.11.22-1857.01.03); Montgomery, W.W. (1857.01.10-1857.08.22); Marache, Napoleon (1857.08.29-1858.04.03); Frère, Thomas (1858.04.10-1861.11.23)
Chess Columns: 1855.12.15-1861.11.23 [P#1 to P#305]
Missing Chess Columns: 1856.02.09: [P#9] Incomplete; 1856.05.10: [P#22] Incomplete; 1856.06.07: [P#26] Incomplete; 1856.09.13: [P#40] Incomplete; 1856.12.20: [P#54] Incomplete?; 1857.03.21: [P#67] Missing; 1858.03.12: Missing? (check for games); 1858.03.19: [P#187] Incomplete; 1858.05.07: Missing? (check for games); 1858.07.02: Missing? (check for games); 1858.07.23: [P#204] Incomplete; 1858.10.22: Missing? (check for games); 1858.12.10-1858.12.17: Missing? (check for games); 1860.07.07: [P#244] Incomplete; 1860.09.08: [P#258] Incomplete; 1860.10.13: [P#264 tp P#268] Incomplete; 1860.12.01: [P#273] Incomplete; 1861.04.13: [P#289] Incomplete; 1861.04.27: [P#291] Incomplete
Notes: Dating is suspect from 1859.07.30 to 1861.11.23
Sources: Joost van Winsen; Pope (photocopies made from University of Michigan microfilm x122, Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library); Genealogybank.com

Editor
Chess Columns: 1866.08.11-1866.12.08 [P#37 to P#48] (needs to be inventoried); 1875.12.04-1875.12.11 [P# to P#2]; 1875.12.25 [P#4]
Missing Columns: 1875.12.18 [P#3] (issue incomplete at GB)
Sources: Münchener DigitalisierungsZentrum Digitale Bibliothek; Genealogybank.com

Editor: Stanley, Charles Henry
Chess Columns: 1855.01.01-1856.09.01 [P#1 to P#19]
Missing Chess Columns: 1855.12.01 [P#12]: Missing from Google Books copy
Sources: Google Books

Chess Editor: Hanshew, J.K.
Chess Columns: 1876.01.13-1876.12.21 [P#1 to P#58]
Sources: Newspapers.com

Chess Columns: 1866.07.26-1867.01.31: [P#1-P#22]; 1867.01.10-1867.01.17: [P#24-P#25]; 1867.01.31: [P#27]
Missing Columns: 1867.01.03: [P#23]; 1867.01.24: [P#26]
Source: NewspaperArchive.com

Chess Editor: Walker, J. L.
Chess Columns: 1888.02.12-1888.03.18: Not stated; 1888.03.25-1892.04.24: [P#1 to P#199] Not stated
Notes: Problems 96 to 99 are numbered 66 to 69; Same column published in the Dallas Morning News
Sources: Joost van Winsen; Newspapers.com

Editor: Russell?
Chess Columns: 1875.07.12-1875.08.19 (Unnumbered games); 1875.08.30-1875.09.23 [G#5 to G#8]; 1875.12.06-1875.11.19 [G#16]; 1875.12.06-1875.12.10 [G#18 to G#19]; 1875.12.24 [P#21]
Notes: Start and end dates are elusive, appears to be defunct before 1-July-1876; Whyld has less information than what is presented here.
Sources: NewspaperArchive.com

Editor: Stanley, Charles H.
Chess Columns: 1858.10.02-1859.06.11 [P#1 to P#25]
Sources: Pope (photocopies made from original bound copies via interlibrary loan from CRL); Archive.org (v1); Archive.org (v2); Hathitrust.org Additional volumes

Editor: Belden, John G.
Chess Columns: 1871.01.21-1873.12.27 [P#5 to P#183]; 1875.01.02-1884.12.24 [P#263 to P#951]; 1886.01.07: [P#1009]
Chess News: 1886.01.14-1886.03.25
Missing Chess Columns: 18??.??.??-18??.??.?? [P#1 to P#4]; 1871.04.09-1871.04.14 [P#17] Appears to be a numbering skip; 1872.09.21 [P#98 to P#99] Incomplete (poor quality); 1874.01.03-1874.12.26 [P#184 to P#262] As of 2011.02.06 Google is missing this year; 1878.09.26 [P#557] Low quality; 1879.02.20 [P#590 to P#591] Low quality; 1880.02.26-1880.07.22 [P#651 to P#687] As of 2011.08.07 Google is missing these dates; 1880.08.05-1880.10.14 [P#689 to P#699] As of 2011.08.07 Google is missing these dates; 1885.01.01-1885.12.31 [P#952 to P#1008] As of 2011.11.13 Google is missing this year
Notes: 1870.10.01-1871.01.14: No columns found.; P#1 to P#4 may exist in Hartford Daily Times
Sources: Google News Archive

Editor: Sinclair, A.H. (see Evening Bulletin 1900.08.06)
Chess Columns: 1901.03.09-1906.04.07: [P#1 to P#108] Not stated (probably A. H. Sinclair)
Chess News: 1900.08.06-1907.04.27:
Missing Columns: 1902.06.09-1902.07.25: [P#54 to P#56]; 1904.03.26-1904.04.07: [P#87]
Sources: Library of Congress

Chess Editor: Cushing, E.H. (Houston Daily Telegraph)
Chess Columns: 1858.12.22-1859.08.03 [P#1 to P#22]
Notes: Problem #16 was published out of order on 1859.08.03; Column probably reprinted from the Houston Daily Telegraph.
Sources: GenealogyBank.com

Chess Editor: Siegel, Louis
Chess Columns (1910.01.02-?): 1910.01.02-1910.01.30 [P#1 to P#7]
Note: This is the Sunday edition of the Buffalo Express
Sources: Newspapers.com

Chess Columns: 1842.06.25-1843.12.30 [P#1 to P#46]
Source: Pope (photocopies made from University of Michigan microfilm, Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library); Google Books; British Newspaper Archive

Editor: Stanley, Charles H.
Chess Columns: 1854.08.26-1854.12.01: [P#1 to P#8] Stanley
Sources: Google Books

Source: GenealogyBank.com

Source: NewspaperArchive.com

Editor: Cumming, G.A.W.
Chess Columns: 1889.02.08-1889.08.16: [P#1 to P#30] Cumming
Chess News: 1890.02.28-1890.06.20: Unknown
Source: The Library of Congress

Chess Columns: 1884.07.05-1884.09.27 [P#482 to P#506]
Source: Newspapers.com; British Newspaper Archive

Chess Columns: 1843.08.12-1844.12.28
Source: Google Books

Chess Columns: 1845.06.10-1845.08.05
Source: NewspaperArchive.com

Editor: De France, Charles Q. (1900.01.18-1901.12.19)
Chess Columns: 1900.02.01 (problem unnumbered, P#1 according to column of 1900.02.22); 1900.02.15 (problem unnumbered, P#2 according to column of 1900.03.01); 1900.02.22 (no problem found); 1900.03.01-1900.03.08 [P#4 to P#5]; 1900.03.15 (problem unnumbered but is P#6); 1900.03.22-1900.03.29 [P#7/#8 to P#9/#10/#11]; 1900.04.05 (no problem found, endgame given which may be P#12?); 1900.04.12-1900.05.31 [P#13 to P#20]; 1900.06.21 (problem unnumbered, this is not P#21); 1900.06.28 (no problem found); 1900.07.05-1900.07.19 [P#22 to P#24]; 1900.07.26 (no problem found); 1900.08.02-1900.08.09 [P#26/SP#1 to P#27/SP#2]; 1900.08.16-1900.08.30 [SP#3 to SP#4]; 1900.09.06-1900.09.20 [P#28/SP#5 to P#30]; 1900.10.04 [SP#7]; 1900.10.18-1900.12.06 [P#32/SP#9 to P#36/SP#15]; 1900.12.13 (no problems); 1900.12.20 [P#37/SP#16]; 1900.12.27 [US#1]; 1901.01.03-1901.03.14 [P#38/SP#17 to P#48]; 1901.03.21 (no problems); 1901.03.28-1901.04.04 [P#49 to P#50]; 1901.04.11 (no problems); 1901.04.18-1901.04.25 [P#51 to P#52]; 1901.05.02 (no problems); 1901.05.09-1901.05.16 [P#53 to P#54]; 1901.05.23 (no problems); 1901.05.30-1901.06.13 [P#55 to P#57]; 1901.06.20 (no problems); 1901.06.27-1901.07.11 [P#58 to P#60]; 1901.07.18-1901.08.01 (no problems); 1901.08.08-1901.08.22 [P#61 to P#63]; 1901.09.05 (no problems); 1901.09.12 [P#64]; 1901.10.03-1901.12.19 (no problems)
Missing Chess Columns: 1900.06.07 [P#21] (Issue missing from Newspapers.com); 1900.08.23 (No column found); 1900.10.11 [P#31/SP#8] (Issue missing from Newspapers.com)
Notes: No P#3 or solution to a P#3 can found.; No P#12 or solution to a P#12 can found.; No P#25 or solution to a P#25 can found.
Sources: Newspapers.com

Editor: Unknown
Chess Columns (1859.11.18-?): 1859.11.18 [P#1]; 1860.01.05-1860.02.23 [P#8 to P#15]
Missing Columns: 1859.11.18-1860.01.05 [P#2 to P#7] (missing at LOC); 1860.11.01 [P#27] (missing at LOC)
Notes: Ran during the winter months; halted on 1860.05.10 and resumed on 1860.10.25.; Continued into 1861 or longer.
Sources: Chronicling America, Library of Congress

Chess Editor: Smith, E.
Chess Columns: 1820.07.04-1820.10.17: [P#50 to P#61] Not stated (probably Smith); 1824.07.06-1825.05.31: [P#1 to P#47] Not stated (probably Smith)
Chess News: 1820.11.21-1824.06.01
Source: Google Books

Source: Newspapers.com

Chess Editor: Healey, F
Chess Columns: 1872.05.20-1872.09.30: [#1 to #20] Healey
Sources: NewspaperArchive.com

Chess Editor: Hoffer, L. (1893.03.04-1893.08.05); Unknown (1906.11.03-1906.12.29?)
Chess Columns: 1893.03.04-1893.08.05: [P#1 to P#19] Hoffer; 1906.11.03-1906.12.29: [P#1 to P#9] Unknown
Sources: NewspaperArchive.com; British Newspaper Archive.com

Chess Editor: Lowenthal, J.
Chess Columns: 1861.01.04-1861.02.22: [P#1 to P#8] Not stated (Probably Lowenthal)
Source: British Newspaper Archive

Editors: Lowenthal, J. J.
Chess Columns: 1854.02.19-1854.06.25: [P#1 to P#17]
Source: British Newspaper Archive

Chess Editor: Williams, Elijah
Chess Columns: 1853.01.07-1854.06.24: [P#1 to P#58] Not stated (Probably Williams); 1854.07.29-1854.10.28: [P#59 to P#63] Unknown
Source: British Newspaper Archive

Chess Columns: 1874.03.07-1875.03.13: [P#1 to P#44] Not stated; 1875.03.20-1878.12.28: [P#46 to P#216] Not stated
Missing Chess Columns:: 1874.05.09-1874.05.16: [P#8] Missing
Notes:: There does not appear to be a supplemental Wednesday issue for 1875.03.17 so P#44 to P#46 is a numbering skip.
Sources: British Newspaper Archive

Chess Editor: Gunsberg, Isidor
Chess Columns: 1881.11.04-1882.05.26: [P#1 to P#42]
Source: Google Books

Chess Editor: Wakley, T.
Chess Columns: 1823.11.09-1824.03.18: [P#1 to P#23]
Chess Article: 1823.10.19
Source: Google Books

Chess Editor: Staunton, Howard
Chess Columns: 1840.05.09-1840.12.05: [P#1 to P#28]
Notes: Title changed from Court Gazette (1838.04.07-1839.11.30) to New Court Gazette (1840.01.25-1840.09.26) and then back to Court Gazette (1840.10.03-1846.04.04).
Source: British Newspaper Archive

Editors: Falkbeer, Ernest (1857-1859); Unknown (1894-1898?); Van Vliet, Louis (1899-1932)
Chess Columns (1857-1859): 1858.08.22-1858.11.28 [P#68 to P#82]; 1858.12.05-1858.12.12 [P#82 to P#83] (problems misnumbered, but sequence corrected); 1858.12.19-1859.02.06 [P#85 to P#92]
Missing Chess Columns: 1858.10.24 (damaged/incomplete in source); 1858.05.23/30 [P#56]; 1858.06.13 [P#58]; 1895.12.29 [P#105-106]
Sources: Hans Renette; Stephen Davies

Editors: Pillsbury, Harry Nelson; Shipley, Walter Penn
Chess Columns: 1894.12.27-1895.01.13: [No problems] Unconfirmed (probably not Lipschutz); 1895.01.20-1895.02.10: [P#1 to P#4] Unconfirmed (probably not Lipschutz); 1895.02.25: Unknown; 1905.12.17: [P#A41 to P#A42] Pillsbury; 1905.12.24-1906.01.14: [P#1 to P#8] Pillsbury; 1906.01.21-1906.04.08: [not numbered] Not stated (probably Shipley); 1906.04.15-1906.04.22: [P#6 to P#7] Not stated (probably Shipley); 1906.04.29-1906.05.27: [not numbered] Not stated (probably Shipley); 1906.06.03: [P#7 to P#8] Not stated (probably Shipley); 1906.06.10-1906.06.17: [not numbered] Not stated (probably Shipley); 1906.06.24-1906.07.01: [P#13 to P#16] Not stated (probably Shipley); 1906.07.08-1906.07.15: [not numbered] Not stated (probably Shipley); 1906.07.22-1906.08.22: [P#3 to P#10] Not stated (probably Shipley)
Chess News: 1898.02.06 (Nellie Showalter); 1905.01.20-1905.05.17
Notes: • Appears to be a slightly modified version of the column concurrently published in the Philadelphia Inquirer; • Problems for 1905.12.24 and 1906.01.14 are not numbered
Sources: Joost van Winsen; Library of Congress

Chess Editor: Hooper, Lee Milling
Chess Columns: 1891.01.18-1892.06.26
Source: Newspapers.com

Chess Columns: 1866.06.24-1866.12.29: [P#1 to P#22] Unknown; 1894.12.30-1895.03.05: [P#303 to P#312] Unknown (syndicated column)
Chess News: 1826.11.07-1901.08.25: Unknown
Missing Chess Columns: 1866.07.08-1866.08.03: [P#4 to P#5]; 1866.10.07-1866.10.19: [P#13]
Note: Material reprinted in the Georgia Weekly Telegraph
Sources: Georgia Historic Newspapers (1860-1864); Georgia Historic Newspapers (1865-1869); Georgia Historic Newspapers (188?-1905); Joost van Winsen

Chess Columns: 1866.06.25-1867.12.06: [P#1 to P#65] Unknown
Missing Chess Columns: 1866.07.16: [P#4]; 1866.09.17: [P#10]; 1866.11.12: [P#17]; 1867.01.28 or 1867.02.01: [P#25]; 1867.07.19: [?]; 1867.08.09: [?]
Notes: Columns reprinted from the Macon Daily Telegraph; Searched through Dec 1874
Sources: Georgia Historic Newspapers (1858-1869); Joost van Winsen

Chess Editor: Lasker, Em.
Chess Columns: 1901.01.23-1901.04.24: #1 to #15
Source: British Newspaper Archive

Editor: Jefferson, Rosa (1903.12.06-1934.01.29)
Chess Columns: 1903.12.06 (Problem unnumbered); 1903.12.13-1903.12.27 [P#2 to P#4]; 1904.01.10 (Problem unnumbered); 1904.01.17-1904.02.07 [P#6 to P#9]; 1904.02.14 (Problem unnumbered); 1904.02.21-1904.03.20 [P#11 to P#15]; 1904.03.27 [P#15] (Problem misnumbered, not corrected); 1904.04.03-1904.07.03 [P#15 to P#28] (Problem misnumbered, numbering not corrected); 1904.07.10 [P#28] (Problem misnumbered, numbering corrected); 1904.07.17 [P#30]; 1904.07.24 (no problem, unnumbered endgame given); 1904.07.31-1904.12.25 [P#32 to P#53]
Missing Chess Columns
Notes: 1904.09.11 (Gives P#37 and same game before P#38)
Sources: Newspapers.com

Editor: Coe (see Hartford Weekly Times 1876.01.01)
Chess Columns: 1874.03.06-1876.09.09: [P#1 to P#99] Not stated (probably Coe)
Missing Chess Columns: 1874.05.22: [P#15] Missing from Google (they show the evening issue for 5/22/1873!); 1874.09.11: [P#29] Missing from Google; 1875.03.26-1875.04.02: [P#50] Missing from Google; 1875.06.25: [P#61] No column in edition on Google; 1875.06.26: [P#61] Missing from Google (maybe it was delayed a day?); 1875.08.06: [P#65] Missing from Google; 1875.09.10-1875.10.01: [P#69 to P#70] Missing from Google
Note: On Google, in many cases the last page of an issue can be found as the first page of the next day's paper.
Sources: Google Newspaper Archive

Chess Editor: Saal, T.H.
Chess Columns: 1936.03.01-1936.06.28: P#2-P#19
Missing Columns: 1936.02.??: P#1
Sources: Newspapers.com

Chess Editors (1886-01.31-1890.12.14): Salvioli, Carl; Codazzi, Edmondo
Chess Columns: 1886.01.31-1886.03.28 [P#1 to P#9]
Sources: Books.google.com

Chess Editor: Reel, Ernest
Chess Columns: 1923.02.04-1923.03.25
Missing Columns: 1923.03.11
Sources: Google Newspaper Archives (defunct link)

Editors: Hamilton, Emmet (1892.12.24-1898.05.07); Grimshaw, William H. (1899.06.10-1900.05.26); Thompson, Guy M. (1900.09.29-1901.04.27); Stacey, F.N. (1901.10.05-1902.04.26?)
Chess Columns (1892.12.24-1900.05.26): 1892.12.24-1893.01.07 [P#1 to P#3]; 1893.01.21-1893.04.29 [P#5 to P#19]; 1897.01.02-1898.05.07 [P#212 to P#282]; 1899.06.10-1899.11.25 [P#284 to P#306]; 1900.01.06-1900.05.26 [P#312 to P#332]
Chess Columns (1900.09.29-1901.04.27): 1900.09.29-1901.04.27 [P#1 to P#31]
Chess Columns (1901.10.05-1902.04.26): 1901.10.05-1901.10.19 [Not numbered]; 1901.10.26-1902.04.26 [P#1 to P#31]
Chess News: 1899.01.12-1902.08.05 Unknown
Missing Chess Columns: 1893.01.14 [P#4] Issue missing from Newspapers.com; 1893.03.04-1896.12.26: [P#11 to P#211]; 1897.02.13: [P#218]; 1898.04.26: [P#280]; 1898.05.08-1898.06.09: [P#283]; 1899.07.15: [P#289]; 1899.08.05: [P#292]; 1899.08.19-1899.08.26: [P#294 to P#295]; 1899.09.30-1899.10.07: [P#298 to P#299]; 1899.10.28: [P#302]; 1899.11.11: [P#304]; 1899.12.01-1899.12.30: [P#307 to P#311]
Sources: Joost van Winsen; Newspapers.com; Library of Congress

Chess Editor: Babson, Joseph Ney (1892-?)
Chess Columns: 1892.11.09-1893.01.28 [P#1 to P#17]
Sources: Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec

Chess Columns: 1886.01.27-1886.02.24
Sources: Google Newspaper Archive: Montreal Gazette

Chess Columns: 1836.11.24-1837.01.03
Sources: Google Newspaper Archive: Montreal Transcript

Editors: Hodges, A.B. (1884.01.28-1887.12.25); Hodges and Joseph (1888.01.01-1888.02.19); Joseph, S.M. (1888.02.26-1888.10.21)
Chess Columns: 1884.01.28-1885.03.09 [P#1 to P#93] (low quality scrapbook scans); 1886.02.14-1886.02.21 (No Problems) (low quality scrapbook scans); 1886.02.28-1887.01.30 [P#1 to P#122] (low quality scrapbook scans); 1887.02.06-1888.10.21 [P#123 to P#353]
Notes: Low quality scrapbook scan provided for the following:; 1886.10.17 Incomplete issue available at Newspapers.com; 1886.12.26 Incomplete issue available at Newspapers.com; 1887.01.02 No issue available at Newspapers.com; 1888.02.19 No issue available at Newspapers.com; 1888.04.01 Damaged issue at Newspapers.com; 1888.10.21 Low quality column from Newspapers.com
Sources: Scrapbook scans courtesy of John Hilbert; Newspapers.com

Chess Columns: 1885.03.23-1886.01.31: [P#1 to P#68] Hodges
Sources: John Hilbert

Chess News: 1837.01.26-1857.12.12
Sources: Newspapers.com

Chess Editor: Maurian, C.A.
Chess Columns: 1858.04.18-1858.05.23 (G#1 to G#18); 1858.05.30-1860.03.18 (P#1;G#19 to P#91;G#183); 1860.03.25-1860.09.09 (P#91 to P#113;G#NN); 1860.09.16 (P#NN;G#NN); 1860.09.30-1860.11.04 (P#115 to P#119); 1860.11.25 (P#NN)
Notes: 1860.09.23: Unknown if there was a column, however the column dated 9/23 appears on 9/30.; 1860.11.11 and 1860.11.18 are unavailable and unchecked for chess columns.
Sources: Newspapers.com

Chess Columns: 1865.10.29-1866.02.25: [P#1 to P#18] Not stated
Note: After 1865.10.29 the Sunday issue of the Daily Southern Star became The Sunday Star for the duration of the column.
Source: Google Newspaper Archive

Chess News: 1900.01.07-1900.01.28
Sources: Newspapers.com

Chess Columns: 1900.01.07-1900.01.28
Sources: Newspapers.com

Editors: Stanley, Charles Henry (1848.11.04-1856.03.08); Perrin, F. (1856.03.15-1856.12.27); Young (1866.01.06-1866.03.31; see New York Saturday Press 1858.11.06); Mackenzie, George H. (1866.04.07-1868.12.12); Perrin, F. (1870.10.08-1870.12.03); Mackenzie, George H. (1873.11.01-1874.01.17)
Chess Columns: 1848.11.04-1856.03.08 [P#1 to P#375]; 1856.03.15-1856.12.27 [P#376 to P#417]; 1866.01.06-1866.03.31 [P#886 to P#898]; 1866.04.07-1868.12.12 [P#899 to P#1039]; 1868.12.19-1870.10.01 [P#1040 to P#1132]; 1870.10.08-1870.12.03 [P#1138 to P#1141]; 1870.12.10-1871.02.11 [P#1142 to P#1151]; 1873.11.01-1874.01.17 [P#1152 to P#1163]
Missing Chess Columns: 1857.01.03-1865.12.30: [P#418 to P#885]; 1852.01.10: [P#162]; 1867.08.17: [P#970]; 1867.09.14: [P#974]
Sources: Pope (photocopies made from University of Michigan microfilm, Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library); GenealogyBank.com

Editors: Hazeltine, M.J.; Marache, N. (to 1856.08.16; see Chess Monthly, 1861, p130)
Chess Columns: 1856.04.26-1856.08.16: [P#1 to P#17] Marache; 1856.08.23-1872.12.28: [P#18 to P#839] Hazeltine
Missing Columns: 1856.06.21: [P#9]; 1857.01.17: [P#39]; 1857.04.11: [P#52 to P#54]; 1858.05.01: [P#112]; 1858.07.10-1858.07.17: [P#122]; 1858.07.31: [P#124]; 1858.12.31: [P#146]; 1859.09.03: [P#185]; 1859.10.08: [P#190]; 1860.01.21: [P#208]; 1860.02.25-1860.04.21: [P#213 to P#221]; 1862.03.08: [P#318]; 1862.05.31: [P#330]; 1862.09.13: [P#345]; 1863.05.02: [P#378]; 1863.10.17: [P#401] Incomplete; 1864.07.02: [P#435]; 1864.09.03: [P#444]; 1864.12.31: [P#460]; 1871.06.03: [P#766]; 1872.10.12: [P#828]; 1873.01.25: [P#843]; 1873.04.05: [P#853]; 1873.04.12: [P#854]; 1873.05.10: [P#858]
Notes: Columns are low quality. Many columns are incomplete due to poor scanning.; Problem numbering skips from 1865.06.03 P#482 to 1865.06.10 P#484
Source: Fulton History; Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections

Editor: Baudermann, L. (see Brooklyn Chess Chronicle 1885.09.15)
Chess Columns: 1885.07.19-1887.09.17: [P#1 to P#218] Not stated (probably Baudermann); 1887.09.24: [P#220 to P#221] Not stated (probably Baudermann); 1887.10.01: [P#219 to P#220] Not stated (probably Baudermann); 1887.10.08: [P#222 to P#223] Not stated (probably Baudermann); 1887.10.15: [P#221 to P#222] Not stated (probably Baudermann)
Chess News: 1875.12.29-1878.09.01: Unknown
Missing Chess Columns: 1886.11.27: [P#138 to P#139] issue incomplete at Fulton History
Notes: 1885.11.22 and 1885.11.29 use the same problem numbers; After 1887.09.17 problem numbers become jumbled; Column appears to end at 1887.10.15. No columns for 1887.10.22 & 1887.10.29
Sources: Fulton History; GenealogyBank.com (ends 1877); Joost van Winsen

Editor: Steinitz, W.
Chess Column: 1890.10.19-1893.07.30: [P#1 to P#146] Steinitz; 1893.08.06: [No Problem] Steinitz; 1894.11.25-1895.03.31: [P#1-P#67]: Not stated
Chess News (not an exhaustive search): 1860.03.08-1894.09.30: Unknown (some by Steinitz)
Sources: Pope (photocopies made from University of Michigan microfilm, Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library); The Library of Congress; Newspapers.com

Chess Columns: 1893.09.23-1895.06.29: [not numbered] Not stated; 1895.10.05-1897.03.31: [not numbered] Not stated
Chess News: 1893.10.02-1895.05.30; 1895.10.01-1897.03.31
Missing Columns: 1893.12.28: Damaged; 1893.12.29: Damaged; 1893.12.30: Missing; 1894.06.09: No problems published? Solutions appeared the following week.; 1894.07.07: Missing; 1894.11.24: Missing; 1895.01.26: Missing; 1895.07.01-1895.09.30: Missing; 1895.11.16: Missing; 1895.12.28: Missing; 1896.06.13: Missing; 1896.07.11: Missing; 1896.08.15: Missing; 1897.04.03: Missing; 1897.05.04: Missing; 1897.05.25: Missing
Unchecked Dates (no Sunday issues): 1893: 10/17; 11/22,30; 12/25,30;; 1894: 1/2; 3/3,5,30; 4/3,9,17; 6/6,22; 7/3,7,9,10,11,23,25; 9/19; 11/1,24,29; 12/12,25;; 1895: 1/8,11,26; 2/11; 3/12; 6/3,19,28; [7/1-9/30]; 10/15; 11/16; 12/28,31;; 1896: 1/2,17; 4/8,30; 6/5,12,13; 7/1,2,6,7,11; 8/5,15,26;; 1897: 1/12,13,27; 3/17;
Source: GenealogyBank.com; Fulton History

Editor: Loyd, S. (see St. Louis Globe-Democrat 1885.04.04)
Chess Columns: 1885.03.31-1885.09.30: [P#1 to P#220] Not stated (probably Loyd)
Missing Columns: 1885.05.27: [P#59]
Source: Fulton History

Notes: Dedicated column starting 1874.11.12; Chess news items prior.; 1875.01.14: No column; Issues up to 1875.02.04 are checked.
Source: Hathitrust.org (v1); Archive.org (v2)

Chess Column: 1859.01.01-1859.04.09 (Unnumbered problems); 1859.04.16-1859.06.25 [P#7 to P#17]
Notes: Some chess news items prior to 1859.
Source: GenealogyBank

Editors: Loyd? (see Charleston Sunday News 1890.03.09)
Chess Columns: 1889.08.13-1890.04.27 [Not numbered]: Loyd
Chess News: 1889.06.23-1890.06.11
Source: GenealogyBank.com (up to 1898); GenealogyBank.com (up to 1922); Newspapers.com (some years); Fulton History

Editors: Loyd, Samuel; Mintz, F. (see New York Illustrated American 1893.03.04)
Chess Columns: 1890.07.26-1890.12.06: [P#9 to P#14] Probably Mintz; 1891.02.21-1891.08.08: [P#14 to P#68] Probably Mintz; 1891.08.22-1891.11.14: [P#1 to P#15] Probably Mintz; 1891.11.28-1892.02.06: [P#1 to P#7] Probably Mintz; 1892.02.20-1892.04.30: [P#1 to P#2] Probably Mintz; 1892.05.28: [P#1] Probably Mintz; 1896.12.26-1897.05.08: [P#55-P#74] Loyd
Chess News: 1894.04.07-1894.04.14 Mintz
Missing Columns: 1890.??.??-1890.07.19: [P#1 to P#8] Missing from Google; 1890.12.13-1891.02.14: [P#?] Missing from Google; 189?.??.??-1896.12.19: [P#1 to P#54] Missing from Google
Sources: Google Books (v8)

Editor: Warner, James C. (1866.02.03-1866.05.19)
Chess Columns: 1866.02.03-1866.05.19 [P#1 to P#16]
Source: Lehigh University

Editors: Morphy, Paul C. (1859.08.06-1860.08.04); Fuller, W.J.A. (assisted from 1860.04.07-1860.08.04)
Chess Columns: 1859.08.06-1860.08.04 [P#1 to P#52]
Source: Pope (photocopies made from microfilm via interlibrary loan from CRL); Pope (photocopies from John G. White scrapbook via Cleveland Public Library); GenealogyBank.com

Editor: Wright, J.T.
Chess Columns: 1898.07.02-1900.12.29: [P#296 to P#526] Not stated (probably Wright)
Missing Chess Columns: 189?.??.??-1898.06.??: [P#1 to P#295]; 1898.07.30: [P#304 to P#305]; 1899.01.21: [P#349 to P#350]; 1900.06.30: [P#483 to P#484]; 1900.10.06: [P#506 to P#507] Not published?; 1900.12.01: [P#520 to P#521] Incomplete, last page missing from online copy; 1901.??.??-19??.??.??: [P#527 to ?]
Sources: Pope (photocopies made from University of Michigan microfilm, Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library); Google Books

Editor: Loyd, S.
Chess Columns: 1859.03.19-1859.12.24: [P#1 to P#80] Loyd
Missing Columns: 1859.04.02: [P#3 to P#6] Loyd; 1859.04.23-1859.04.30: [P#11 to P#14] Loyd; 1859.06.04: [P#24 to P#25] Loyd; 1859.06.18-1859.07.09: [P#28 to P#35] Loyd; 1859.07.30: [P#39 to P#40] Loyd; 1859.08.13: [P#43 to P#44] Loyd; 1859.09.03: [P#49 to P#50] Loyd; 1859.11.05-1859.11.12: [P#66 to P#69] Loyd; 1859.11.26-1859.12.03: [P#72 to P#74] Loyd; 1859.12.17: [P#77 to P#78] Loyd; 1859.12.31: [P#??] Loyd
Sources: Hathi Trust

Editors: Llyoyd, George K.
Chess Columns: 1891.06.14-1891.11.08: [P#1 to P#22]; 1891.11.29-1892.04.24: [P#25? to P#46]
Missing Columns: 1891.11.15: [P#23 and P#24?]
Sources: GenealogyBank.com

Editors: Olly, E.N. (1893.06.15-1893.12.30); Showalter, Jackson W. (1893.12.31-1895.03.03)
Chess Columns: 1893.06.15-1893.12.30: [P#1 to P#57]; 1893.12.31-1895.03.03: [P#1 to P#104]
Sources: Pope (photocopies made from microfilm via Interlibrary Loan from CRL); John G. White scrapbook via Cleveland Public Library

Editor: Stanley, C.H.
Chess Columns: 1869.01.02-1869.07.03: [P#1 to P#54] Stanley
Missing Chess Columns: 1869.01.09: [P#3 to P#4]; 1869.01.16: [P#5 to P#6]; 1869.02.20: [P#15 to P#16]; 1869.03.06: [P#19 to P#20]; 1869.03.20: [P#23 to P#24]; 1869.03.27: [P#25 to P#26]; 1869.04.03: [P#27 to P#28]; 1869.04.17: [P#31 to P#32]; 1869.04.24: [P#33 to P#34]; 1869.05.15: [P#39 to P#40]; 1869.06.12: [P#47 to P#48]
Sources: Google Books

Editor: Fiske, D.W. (1858.10.30-1860.12.15)
Chess Columns: 1858.10.30-1860.12.15 [P#1 to P#57]
Source: Lehigh University

NOTE!: This title ran concurrently with Porter's Spirit of the Times, Wilkes' Spirit of the Times, and the California Spirit of the Times; To make things more confusing Wilkes' Spirit of the Times becomes Spirit of the Times after 1866
Editors: Mason, James (see Hartford Weekly Times 1873.10.11; 1876.01.01); Perrin, F.; Stanley, Charles H.
Chess Columns: 1845.03.01-1846.02.21: [P#1 to P#51] Stanley; 1846.02.28-1847.02.20: [P#1 to P#49] Stanley; 1847.02.27-1848.02.19: [P#1 to P#51] Stanley; 1848.02.26-1848.10.14: [P#1 to P#35] Stanley; 1858.04.03-1859.07.02: [P#1 to P#53] Unknown; 1859.07.16-1859.12.10: [P#1 to P#12] Stanley; 1860.05.19-1860.08.11: [P#1 to P#11] Unknown (Henry,W. R.?)
Chess Columns (from Wilkes' Spirit of the Times): 1869.01.02-1872.08.10: [P#172 to P#335] Perrin; 1873.07.05: [P#371] (probably Mason?); 1873.08.16-1875.12.25: [P#377 to P#465] Mason
Missing Chess Columns: 186?.??.??-1868.??.??: [P#1 to P#171]; 1869.01.09: [P#173]; 1869.12.18: [P#213]; 1870.01.22: [P#218]; 1870.02.19: [P#222]; 1870.04.30: [P#232]; 1870.10.22: [P#255]; 1871.01.07: [P#266]; 1871.04.01: [P#248]; 1872.01.06-1872.01.13: [P#313 to P#314]; 1872.08.17-1873.06.28: [P#336 to P#370]; 1873.07.12-1873.08.09: [P#372 to P#376]; 1875.01.23-1875.02.06: [P#440 to P#441]
Sources: Pope (photocopies made from University of Michigan microfilm, Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library); Fulton History

Editor: Cassel, Hartwig
Chess Columns: 1891.09.20-1894.04.29: [P#1 to P#226] Not stated (probably Cassel)
Chess News (not an exhaustive search): 1879.10.29-1894.04.29: Unknown
Missing Chess Columns: 1894.04.08: [P#219 to P#220] (pages missing from LOC and FH
Sources: Pope (photocopies made from Michigan State University microfilm); The Library of Congress; Fulton History

Editor: Loyd, S. and Bull, T.P.
Chess Columns: 1886.05.01-1886.08.28: [P#33 to P#50] Loyd and Bull
Missing Columns: 1885.??.??-1886.04.??: [P#1-32] Loyd and Bull; 1886.06.10: [P#39] Loyd and Bull; 1886.08.14: [P#48] Loyd and Bull
Sources: Books.Google.com

Chess Editor: Unknown
Chess Columns: 1894.01.15-1894.01.27 (No problems); 1894.02.05-1894.07.01 [P#1 to P#29]
Notes: Note: Keyword "chess" searched up through 1859
Sources: Newspapers.com

Editors: Allen, H.C. (in 1878); Mackenzie, G.H. (1867.11.23); Stanley, C.H. (1866.09.08 to 1867.11.16)
Chess Columns: 1865.08.05-1866.09.01: [P#1 to P#57] Unknown; 1866.09.08-1867.11.16: [P#1 to P#61] Stanley; 1867.11.23-1867.12.28: [P#62 to P#67] Mackenzie; 1870.01.07-1871.12.29: [P#171 to P#274] Mackenzie; 1878.01.04-1878.12.27: [P#587 to P#638] Mackenzie/Allen; 1883.01.05-1884.10.31: [P#874 to P#947] Allen
Missing Chess Columns: 1865.08.12-1865.08.19: [P#2 to P#3]; 1867.02.23;1867.07.13: (maybe?); 1872.01.02-1877.12.28: [P#275 to P#586]; 1879.01.03-1882.12.29: [P#639 to P#873]
Notes: Masthead reads Sportsman's Oracle and Country Gentleman's Newspaper 1865-1866.
Source: Pope (photocopies made from original bound copies via interlibrary loan from CRL); Joost van Winsen, 1865.08.05-1867.12.28; 1883.01.05-1884.10.31 (photocopies)

Editors: Gunsberg, Isidor
Chess Column: 1881.01.07-1882.09.29: [P#1 to P#205] Not stated; 1891.01.25-1891.03.29: [P#1 to P#10] Gunsberg
Missing Column: 1882.01.27: [P#150 to P#160] issue missing (Fulton History); 1882.03.03: [P#168 to P#169] pages 6 and 7 missing (Fulton History)
Chess News (not an exhaustive search): 1891.01.25-1891.03.29: Unknown
Notes: Checked up to September 1882; checked a few Friday issues of March 1883: no chess column
Sources: Pope (photocopies made from Michigan State University microfilm #4278); Fulton History

Editor: Lenau, J.W. (1875.08.29-1878.03.10); Hervey, Daniel Edmondstoune (1878.03.17-1899?)
Chess Columns: 1875.08.29-1876.01.23 [P#1 to P#20]; 1876.01.30-1876.03.12 [P#21 to P#27]; 1876.03.19-1878.03.10 [P#28 to P#127]; 1878.03.17-1881.05.01 [P#128 to P#301]; 1881.06.19-1881.07.17 [P#308 to P#312]; 1881.07.31-1882.09.17 [P#314 to P#377]; 1881.10.01 [No problem]; 1881.10.08-1882.12.17 [P#378 to P#389]; 1882.12.24 [P#400 to P#401] (Numbering skip); 1882.12.31 [No problem]; 1883.01.07-1883.07.22 [P#392 to P#420] (Numbering corrected); 1883.07.29 [No problem]; 1885.02.22-1886.06.06 [P#501 to P#563]; 1887.08.28-1887.12.25 [P#625 tp P#641]
Missing Chess Columns: 1876.08.06: [P#50]; 1878.06.09: [P#140]; 1881.05.08-1881.06.12: [P#302 to P#307]; 1881.07.24 [P#313] Google copy missing pages; 1882.09.24: [P#378] Half of the column is missing; 1883.07.29-1885.02.15: [P#421 to P#500]; 1886.06.13-1887.08.21: [P#564 to P#624]
Column Quality Notes: 1880.05.16: [P#234] Damaged; 1880.05.23: [P#235] Damaged; 1880.06.13: [P#240] Poor Quality; 1880.06.27: [P#242] Poor Quality; 1880.10.03: [P#272] Low Quality; 1880.10.10: [P#276] Poor Quality; 1881.06.19-1882.08.27: [P#308 to P#374] Poor Quality (some with 95% loss); 1881.09.03-1882.09.17: [P#375 to P#377] Low Quality; 1885.11.29: [P#541]: Damaged
Notes: Hervey took over on 1878.03.10, the column for 1878.03.10 is dated 1878.03.09 (see American Chess Magazine 1898); Appears to be that the 1878.03.10 column was Lenau's last
Source: Google News Archive (Sunday Call) ( to 1881.05.08); Google News Archive (Newark Sunday Call) (1890-1946)

Chess Columns: 1897.11.21-1899.03.19: [P#1 to P#63] Not stated; 1899.04.16-1899.07.16: [P#55 to P#66] Not stated
Chess News: 1897.11.07-1900.02.13 Not stated
Missing Columns: 1898.08.15-1898.08.20: [P#36] Missing or numbering skip?; 1898.10.03-1898.10.07: [P#44 to P#45] Missing or numbering skip?; 1898.12.05-1898.12.24: [P#52] Missing or numbering skip?
Notes: After 1899.03.19 problem numbering resets to #55
Sources: Joost van Winsen; Library of Congress

Chess Editor: Rosenthal, S.
Chess Columns: 1878.11.16-1880.01.17 [P#1 to P#103]
Source: Archive.org

Chess Editor: Journoud, Paul (1861.07.06-?)
Chess Columns: 1861.07.06-1863.12.26 [P#1 to P#104]
Source: Gallica

Editors: Unknown
Chess Columns: 1893.06.04-1893.07.16 [P#1 to P#7]; 1893.07.23 (No problem)
Source: Gallica

Chess Columns (1898.10.22-?): 1898.10.22-1899.01.28 [P#1 to P#24]
Sources: GenealogyBank.com

Editor: Reichhelm, G.C.
Chess Columns: 1864.02.06-1870.10.07: [P#318 to P#763] Not stated (probably Reichhelm)
Missing Chess Columns: 1858.10.30-1864.01.31: [P#1 to P#317] Missing from Penn State; 1869.12.31: [P#708] Missing from Penn State; 1870.10.14-18??.??.??: [P#?] Last issue at Penn State is for 1870.10.07.
Sources: Pennsylvania Civil War Era Newspaper Collection

Editors: Pillsbury, H.N.; Shipley, W.P.
Chess Columns: 1904.12.11-1905.05.28: [P#1 to P#34] Pillsbury; 1905.06.04-1905.07.23: [Not numbered] Pillsbury; 1905.07.30-1905.12.17: [P#A1 to P#A42] Pillsbury (w/ Shipley); 1905.12.24-1906.01.14: [P#1 to P#8] Pillsbury (w/ Shipley); 1906.02.04-1906.02.25: [P#1 to P#8] Not stated (probably Shipley); 1906.03.04: [Not numbered] Not stated (probably Shipley); 1906.03.11-1906.04.29: [P#1 to P#8] Not stated (probably Shipley); 1906.05.06: [P#1 to P#2] Not stated (probably Shipley); 1906.05.13-1906.07.01: [P#1 to P#16] Not stated (probably Shipley); 1906.07.08: [Not numbered] Not stated (probably Shipley); 1906.07.15-1906.09.16: [P#1 to P#20] Not stated (probably Shipley); 1906.09.23-1906.12.16: [Not numbered] Not stated (probably Shipley); 1906.12.23-1906.12.30: [P#1 to P#4] Not stated (probably Shipley)
Missing Chess Columns: 1905.11.26: Missing?
Notes: Columns for April 9th and April 30th (1905) were apparently published out of order.; Shipley began assisting and then ghost writing the column starting in 1905.11.08.
Source:: Joost van Winsen; John Hilbert; Newspapers.com

Editors: Kemeny, E.
Chess Columns: 1902.01.05-1902.01.26: [P#16 to P#22]
Source:: Pope (photocopies made from microfilm via Interlibrary Loan from CRL)

Chess Columns: 1893.05.30-1893.06.02
Source:: Pope (photocopies made from microfilm via Interlibrary Loan from CRL)

Editors: Reichhelm, G.
Chess Columns: 1880.02.01-1880.06.27: [P#1 to P#45]; 1880.10.31: [P#77]; 1881.01.02-1881.08.28: [P#94 to P#164]
Missing Columns: 1880.07.04-1880.10.24: [P#46 to P#76]; 1880.11.07-1880.12.31: [P#46 to P#76]
Sources: Newspapers.com

Chess Columns: 1890.10.04-1892.12.31: [P#1 to P#178] Unknown
Missing Chess Columns: 1891.10.24: [P#104 to P#106] Unknown
Source: The Library of Congress

Editor: Dolde, Howard L.
Chess Column: 1910.08.14-1910.12.25: [P#1 to P#62] Dolde; 1911.01.01-1911.11.19: [P#1 to P#211] Dolde; 1911.11.19-1911.12.24: [P#364 to P#394] Dolde; 1911.12.31: [Tournament Problems] Dolde; 1912.01.07-1913.10.26: [P#406 to P#1148] Dolde
Missing Columns: #1 1910.08.21: [P#1 to P#3] missing; #2 1910.08.28: [P#4 to P#6] poor quality; #12-#13 1910.11.06-1910.11.13: [P#38 to P#44] missing; #61 1911.10.15: [P#326 to P#333] missing; #65 1911.11.12: [P#351 to P#363] missing; #73 1912.01.07: [P#406 to P#412] poor quality; #138 1913.04.06: [P#896 to P#902] poor quality; #151 1913.07.06: [P#990 to P#999] missing; #163 1913.09.28: [P#1106 to P#1112] missing; #180 1914.01.25: [P#1256 to P#1261] missing; #183 1914.02.15: [P#1279 to P#1290] missing
Notes: Problem numbering error in 1914.01.18, shoulde be #1247 to #1255, but given as #1147 to #1155.
Sources: Google Newspaper Archives

Editors: Keys, Robert B. (1888.04.05-1888.06.02)
Chess Columns: 1888.04.05-1888.05.25 [P#1 to P#7]; 1888.06.02 (No problem)
Chess News: Some items prior to and after the column's run.
Source: Newspapers.com

NOTE!: This title ran concurrently with the New York Spirit of the Times, Wilkes' Spirit of the Times, and the California Spirit of the Times; To make things more confusing Wilkes' Spirit of the Times becomes Spirit of the Times after 1866
Editors: Fosdick, W.W.; Stanley, Charles H.
Chess Columns: 1856.09.06-1856.11.08: [P#1 to P#10] Fosdick; 1856.11.15-1857.02.28: [P#11 to P#26] Stanley
Sources: Pope (photocopies made from original bound copies via interlibrary loan from CRL)

Editor: Protzman, E.C.
Chess Columns: 1899.04-1901.06: [no problems] Protzman
Notes:: 1901.02: No column as there was no issue; Jan is v5#3 and Mar is v5#4
Sources: Google Books

Chess Editor: Smutný, J (1900?-1903?)
Chess Columns: 1902.01.05-1902.12.28 [P#408 to P#530]
Sources: Národní Digitální Knihovna

Chess Editor: Thurber, Frank H.
Chess Columns (1859.03.19-?): 1859.03.19-1859.04.25 [P#1 to P#6]
Source: GenealogyBank.com

Chess Editor: Cunningham, A. N.
Chess Columns (1885.10.18-1901.10.11?): 1885.10.18-1885.12.30
Notes: Reprint of the Providence Journal column
Source: GenealogyBank.com

Editor: Cunningham, A.N. (see American Chess Magazine, 1897.12, p415)
Chess Columns: 1897.10.14-1901.01.03 [P#627 to P#782]; 1901.01.10: [P#873]; 1901.01.17-1902.06.25 [P#774 to P#912]
Missing Columns: 189?.??.??-1897.10.13 [P#1 to P#626]; 1898.09.27-1898.10.16 [P#669 to P#670] Not found. Not published?; 1899.04.01-1899.04.12 [P#693] Not found. Not published?; 1899.05.05-1899.05.17 [P#697] Not found. Not published?; 1899.06.08-1899.06.17 [P#751] Not found. Not published?; 1900.11.30-1900.12.12 [P#779] Not found. Not published?; 1901.02.15-1901.02.27 [P#779] Not found. Not published?; 1901.03.08-1901.03.20 [P#782 to #783] Not found. Not published?; 1901.09.13-1901.09.25 [P#808] Not found. Not published?; 1902.02.27-1902.03.11 [P#896] Not found. Not published?; 1903.05.29-1903.06.10 [P#909] Not found. Not published?
Notes: Probably reprinted from the daily Providence Journal; Searched 1897.07.01 through 1897.10.11. No columns found.
Source: Google Newspaper Archives (Manufacturers and Farmers Journal)

Editor: "Caissa Y. Dama"
Chess Columns: 1923.07.14-1923.09.29: [P#5 to P#29] Unknown
Missing Columns: 1923.06.??-1923.07.07: [P#1 to P#4]
Notes: Google archive missing June and first part of July, 1923.
Source: Google Newspaper Archives (Providence News)

Chess Editor: Tillson, John
Chess Columns: 1855.03.30 (problem printed); 1859.03.18 [P#3]; 1859.04.09-1859.05.28: [P#5 to P#10]; 1859.06.04-1859.06.13: [P#12 to P#13]
Missing Columns: Missing P#1, P#2, P#4 and P#11
Notes: Title changed from the Daily Quincy Whig in 1857
Sources: NewspaperArchive.org (1855-1857); NewspaperArchive.org (1858-1859)

Editor: Members of the Richmond Chess Club
Chess Columns: 1900.12.16-1901.02.10: [no problems]
Chess News: 1899.02.12-1901.12.14
Sources: Library of Congress

Chess Editor: Unknown
Chess Columns: 1859.02.08-1859.06.14 [P#1 to P#12]
Chess News: 1859.07.02-1859.09.14
Sources: GenealogyBank.com

Chess News: 1898.01.14-1899.05.21
Sources: Library of Congress

Chess Editor: Griffin, L.F.
Chess Column: 1889.03.24-1889.05.26 (no problems)
Sources: GenealogyBank.com; Archive.org

Chess Editor
Chess News: 1899-1900 (poor quality)
Sources: NewspaperArchive.com; GenealogyBank.com

Chess Editor
Chess News: 1900-1901 (poor quality)
Sources: NewspaperArchive.com; GenealogyBank.com

Chess Editor
Chess Columns: 1900-1901(poor quality)
Sources: NewspaperArchive.com; GenealogyBank.com

Chess Editors: Clark, E. (see Pittsburgh Gazette Times 1913.02.09); Fink, A.J. (see Pittsburgh Gazette Times 1913.02.09)
Chess Columns: 1895.06.16-1904.04.09: [No Problems] Unknown; 1913.02.02-1913.08.31: [#1 to #72] (probably Clark & Fink)
Sources: Library of Congress

Chess Editors: Unknown
Chess Columns (1893.10.21-1906.04.15?): 1893.10.21-1893.11.18 (Unnumbered problems); 1893.11.25-1893.12.09 [P#1 to P#4]
Sources: Newspapers.com

Chess Editor: Unknown
Chess Columns (reprinted from the Weekly edition): 1859.01.09-1859.09.11: [P#9 to P#44]
News Items: 1851.11.26-1867.08.11
Missing Chess Columns: 1858.??.??-1859.01.08: [P#1 to P#8] (may not exist in the Daily edition); 1859.02.13-1859.02.20: [P#14 to P#15]; 1859.03.06-1859.04.24: [P#17 to P#24]
Sources: California Digital Newspaper Collection

Editor: Loyd, S.
Chess Columns: 1877.08.11-1878.08.03: [P#1 to P#103] Loyd
Sources: Google Books (v4); Google Books (v5/6)

Chess Columns: 1884.02.05 [No Problem]: Unknown; 1884.02.12-1884.04.15 [P#2? to P#10?]: Unknown
Chess News: 1884.01.15-1884.04.01
Source: Library of Congress

Chess Editor: Bird, H. E.
Chess Columns: 1882.12.02-1882.12.30:
Source: British Newspaper Archive

Editors: Judd, Max (1875.10.03-1876.12.24?); Wash, Benjamin S. (1877.01.28-1877.05.13); Foster, Benjamin R. (1877.05.20-1881.03.20); Mackenzie, George H. (1881.03.27-1882.04.16); Merritt, W. P. (1882.04.23-1884.07.??); Foster, Benjamin R. (1884.07.??-1920.??.??)
Chess Columns: 1875.10.03-1876.01.23: [P#1 to P#17]; 1876.01.30-1876.12.24: [P#18 to P#98]; 1877.01.28-1877.05.13: [P#1 to P#32]; 1877.05.20-1877.09.30: [P#33 to P#71]; 1877.10.07-1878.03.03: [P#72 to P#109]; 1878.07.07-1879.01.05: [P#143 to P#184]; 1879.01.12-1881.03.20: [P#185 to P#349]; 1881.03.27-1882.04.16: [P#350 to P#404]; 1882.04.23-1887.04.30: [P#405 to P#655]; 1887.05.07-1887.12.03: [P#666 to P#711]; 1887.12.10-1887.12.31: [P#713 to P#715]
Missing Chess Columns: 1878.03.10-1878.06.30: [P#110 to P#142]; 1879.02.02: [P#190 to P#191]; 1879.03.02-1879.03.09: [P#197 to P#200]; 1879.04.06: [P#206]; 1879.06.01: [P#213]; 1879.11.09-1879.12.28: [P#242 to P#248]; 1880.04.11: [P#260]; 1880.10.10: [P#310 to P#311]; 1883.07.07: Check for games; Checker column #11; 1887.08.20: [P#686]
Notes: Wash, Benjamin S. (see St. Louis Globe-Democrat 1877.05.20; 1878.01.13); Foster, Benjamin R. (see St. Louis Globe-Democrat 1877.05.20; 1881.03.27; 1882.11.12; 1883.01.28)
Source: Newspapers.com

Editor: Dubach, A. J. (1889.10.06-1891.03.08)
Chess Columns: 1889.10.06-1890.04.06 [P#1 to P#52]; 1890.04.27 [P#58 to P#59]; 1890.05.11-1890.06.22 [P#63 to P#76]; 1890.07.06-1890.09.28 [P#79 to P#107]; 1890.10.12-1890.11.16 [P#110 to P#123]; 1890.12.21 [P#134 to P#135]; 1891.01.04-1891.03.08 [P#138 to P#158]
Missing Columns: 1890.04.13-1890.04.20 [P#53 to P#57] issues missing at GenealogyBank; 1890.05.04 [P#60 to P#62] issue incomplete at GenealogyBank; 1890.06.29 [P#77 to P#78] issue incomplete at GenealogyBank; 1890.10.05 [P#108 to P#109] issue missing at GenealogyBank; 1890.11.23-1890.12.14 [P#124 to P#133] issues missing at GenealogyBank; 1890.12.28 [P#135 to P#137] issue missing at GenealogyBank
Notes: Whyld has 1889.09.12 as the start date of the run and the end date as 1894.03.08.
Sources: GenealogyBank.com

Chess Columns: 1884.09.14-1885.03.29: [P#1 to P#28] Unknown
Chess News: 1884.07.01-1889.06.02: Unknown
Missing Chess Columns: 1884.10.05 [P#3 to P#4]; 1885.01.04 [P#14 to P#15]
Source: The Library of Congress

Editor: Schiffers, E. S. (1891-1899); Chigorin, M. I. (1903-1908)
Chess Columns: 1891.02.13-1892.12.13 [P#1 to P#37]; 1898.01.22-1898.12.29 [P#1 to P#61]
Sources: Hathitrust.org; Hathitrust.org; Google Books

Editor: Mitropolsky, N.; Chigorin, M.I.
Chess Columns: 1889.05.06-1889.08.29: [P#1 to P#66] Mitropolsky; 1890.05.12-1890.05.29: [P#177 to P#188] Chigorin
Sources: Pope (photocopies made from University of Michigan microfilm, Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library)

Chess Columns: 1867.02.02-1867.08.31
Missing Columns: 1868.03.28: P#35; 1868.05.16-1868.06.20: P#40-P#49
Sources: Google Newspaper Archive: Sydney Mail

Editors: Cheney, George N. (see Syracuse Daily Standard 1859.08.29); Fiske, W.O. (see Syracuse Daily Standard 1859.08.06); Syracuse Chess Club
Chess Columns: 1857.08.25-1857.11.21 [P#1 to P#12] Syracuse Chess Club; 1858.02.04-1859.06.23 [P#13 to P#90] Fiske; 1859.09.05: [P#66 to P#100] Cheney
Missing Chess Columns: 1857.10.31-1857.11.08: [P#9] Not found. May not exist.; 1857.11.22-1858.02.03: Cursory search. Nothing found.; 1858.05.07-1858.05.26: [P#27 to P#33] Not found. May not exist!; 1858.07.22-1858.07.23: [P#42] issues missing; 1858.11.04: [P#56] issue missing; 1859.01.27: [P#69] issue missing; 1859.04.07: [P#79] issue incomplete; 1859.05.26: issue missing; 1859.06.02: [P#87] issue missing
Note: Columns for 1857 and 1858 are very poor quality
Sources: Fulton History

Editors: Bush, A. A.
Chess Columns: 1886.11.07-1887.02.27 [P#1 to P#28]
Sources: NewspaperArchive.com; NewspaperArchive.com

Editors: C. Locke Curtis (see Brooklyn Chess Chronicle, 1887, v5, p68)
Chess Columns: 1885.10.17-1886.02.18 [no problems]; 1886.02.26-1886.03.11 [nn(1)-3]; 1886.03.20-1886.05.27 [nn-nn]; 1886.06.03-1886.07.22 [20-26]; 1886.08.12-1887.03.31 [29-58]
Missing Chess Columns: 1885.07.29 [27]; 1885.08.05 [28]
Source: Toledo Public Library

Editors: Ashley, William H.; Purple, F.S.
Chess Columns: 1915.09.12-1916.06.25: [P#1 to P#61] Purple and Ashley
Notes:: Google archive ends June 1916
Sources: Google Newspaper Archives

Chess Columns: 1880.05.02-1880.05.30 (Problems not numbered)
Sources: ANNO Historische Zeitungen und Zeitschriften

Chess Columns: 1862.01.04-1862.03.29 [P#1 to P#12]
Sources: Google Books

Editor: Macfarland, Joseph (1891.09.19-1899.??.??)
Chess Columns: 1891.09.19-1892.11.12: [P#1 to P#156]; 1892.11.19 (No problem)
Chess News: 1893.04.15-1894.11.16
Source: Library of Congress

Editors: Congdon, J.A.
Chess Columns: 1878.08.22-1878.11.29: [P#1 to P#46] Congdon
Sources: Joost van Winsen; NewspaperArchive.com (1904-1924); Newspapers.com (1904-1922)

Editors: Mundelle, W.B. (1903.11.07-1904.03.05); Mitchell, F. Edward (1904.03.12-1904.04.30)
Chess Columns: 1903.11.07-1904.03.05 [P#1 to P#17]; 1904.03.12-1904.04.30 [P#18 to P#25]
Chess News: 1905.01.08-1905.04.09
Source: The Library of Congress

Editor: Hotchkin (see Hartford Weekly Times 1876.01.01)
Chess Columns: 1873.11.27-1874.09.10: [P#1 to P#42] Hotchkin?; 1875.09.30-1876.06.15: [P#93 to P#123] Hotchkin?
Missing Chess Columns: 1874.03.19: [P#17] Issue Missing; 1874.09.17-1875.09.23: [P#43 to P#92] Issues Missing; 1875.10.28: [P#97] Missing (1875.10.28 missing page 5; other two days are complete and searched)
Sources: NYS Historic Newspapers

Chess Columns: 1896.05.01-1896.12.24 [P#1 to P#34]
Sources: NewspaperArchive.com (1893-1904); NewspaperArchive.com (1899-1900)

Chess Columns: 1880.01.20-1880.03.01 [P#50 to P#80]; 1880.03.10-1880.06.28 [P#82 to P#161] (numbering skips P#81)
Sources: Books.Google.com

NOTE!: This title ran concurrently with the New York Spirit of the Times, Porter's Spirit of the Times, and the California Spirit of the Times; To make things more confusing Wilkes' Spirit of the Times becomes Spirit of the Times after 1866
Editors: Marache, Napoleon
Chess Columns: 1860.06.16: [P#41] Marache; 1860.11.17: [P#11] Marache; 1860.12.01: [P#13] Marache; 1860.12.22: [P#16] Marache; 1861.01.12: [P#19] Marache; 1861.04.20: [P#33] Marache; 1861.05.04: [P#35] Marache; 1861.05.18: [P#37] Marache; 1861.06.29: [P#43] Marache; 1861.07.13-1861.07.20: [P#45 to P#46] Marache; 1861.08.24: [P#51] Marache; 1861.09.07: [P#1] Marache; 1861.10.05: [P#5] Marache; 1861.12.21: [P#16] Marache
Missing Chess Columns: 1859.08.??-1860.06.09: [P#1 to p#40]; 1860.06.23-1860.08.??: [P#42 to p#52]; 1860.09.??-1860.11.10: [P#1 to P#10]; 1860.11.24: [P#12]; 1860.12.08-1860.12.15: [P#14 to P#15]; 1860.12.29-1861.01.05: [P#17 to P#18]; 1861.01.19-1861.04.13: [P#20 to P#32]; 1861.04.27: [P#34]; 1861.05.11: [P#36]; 1861.05.25-1861.06.22: [P#38 to P#42]; 1861.07.06: [P#44]; 1861.07.27-1861.08.17: [P#47 to P#50]; 1861.08.31: [P#52]; 1861.09.14-1861.09.28: [P#2 to P#4]; 1861.10.12-1861.12.14: [P#6 to P#15]
Sources: Fulton History

Editor: Tatnall, George (see Wilmington Sunday Morning Star 1885.06.07)
Chess Columns: 1884.11.23: [No problem] Not stated; 1884.11.30-1884.12.14: [P#1 to P#3] Not stated (probably Tatnall); 1884.12.21-1885.05.03: [Not numbered] Not stated; 1885.05.10-1889.04.07: [P#24 to P#213] Not stated; 1885.04.21-1889.05.05: [No Problems] Not stated; 1891.02.15-1892.03.06: [P#101 to P#156] Unknown (syndicated column); 1893.01.15-1895.12.22: [P#201 to P#352] Unknown (syndicated column); 1902.12.14.11.30-1904.09.18: [P#1 to P#3] Not stated
Missing Columns: 1892.03.13-1893.01.08: [P#157 to P#200]; 1893.03.19: [#210] Not published?; 1893.05.14: [#217] Published #216 again
Chess News: 1884.11.02-1884.11.16: Story by K. D. Peterson, W. H. Lyons, E. W. Keeney.; 1889.04.14-1889.05.19: Not stated
Notes: Two P#27s, Zero P#28, and Two P#29s.; 1893.12.17 no column published, resumes 1893.12.24 with #249 then 1893.12.31 #251; No columns found after 1904.09.18 (spot checked remainder 1904 and first half 1905)
Source: Google Newspaper Archive

Chess Columns: 1889.04.14-1892.01.30: [P#231 to P#333] Not stated
Missing Chess Columns: 188?.??.??-1889.04.07: [P#1 to P#230]; 1889.12.22: [P#264]; 1892.02.06-1???.??.??: [P#334 to P#???]
Sources: Joost van Winsen

Editor: Unknown
Chess Columns (1886-?): 1886.10.30-1886.11.27 [P#1 to P#8]
Sources: Newspapers.com