DEUTSCHE SCHACHZEITUNG

German chess magazine founded under the name of Schachzeitung by L.E. Bledow in 1846, published in Berlin then in Leipzig. The name was changed to Deutsche Schachzeitung in 1872 (the name was already used during 1846 and 1848) and it became the oldest chess magazine (with a break of five years at then end of WWII) until until it merged in the Deutsche-Schachblätter – Schach-Report in 1989.
Since 1998 the magazine appears under the name of Schach. Among the prestigious editors were:  L.Bledov, V. Hanstein, O. von Oppen, A. Andersen, M. Lange, K. von Bardeleben, S. Tarrasch, I. Berger, K. Schlechter, J. Mieses, L. Rellstab.

The magazine was suspended from September 1944 until October 1950  R. Teschner edited it from 1950 till the magazine merged with Schach Report (1975-1996) in 1988.