''Shakhmaty v SSSR'' (; ''Chess in the USSR'') was a

Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

chess Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arran ...

magazine published between 1931 and 1991. It was edited by

Viacheslav Ragozin Viacheslav Vasilyevich Ragozin (; 8 October 1908 – 11 March 1962) was a Soviet chess player, writer and editor. He was world champion in correspondence chess and held the title of Grandmaster in both over-the-board and correspondence chess. ...

for several years. Yuri Averbakh was also an editor. From 1921 or 1925 through 1930 it was titled ''Shakhmatny Listok'' (''Chess Papers'') and edited by Alexander Ilyin-Genevsky. The circulation was 55,000.Edward Brace, ''An Illustrated Dictionary of Chess'', 1977, The magazine was published by the USSR Chess Federation.

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