Deutsche Schachzeitung was the first German

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 chess

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 magazine.
Founded in 1846 by Ludwig Bledow

Ludwig Bledow

Dr Ludwig Erdmann Bledow was a German chess master and chess organizer ....

 under the title Schachzeitung der Berliner Schachgesellschaft, it took the name Deutsche Schachzeitung in 1872. (Another magazine used the title Deutsche Schachzeitung from 1846 to 1848.)
When it ceased publication in December 1988 it was the oldest existing magazine in the world, having been published regularly since its founding in 1846 except for a five-year break (1945–1949) following World War II

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Since January 1989, the Deutsche Schachzeitung was merged in the Deutsche-Schachblätter - Schach-Report which was edited in Hollfeld

Hollfeld

Hollfeld is a town in the district of Bayreuth, in Bavaria, Germany.It is situated 20 km west of Bayreuth, and 30 km east of Bamberg.-Villages:...

. The resulting magazine appeared with the names of both former magazines on its cover till December 1996. Since January 1997, this magazine again was merged in the Berlin magazine Schach. The resulting magazine kept the names Schach and Schach-Report on its cover for one year, but the name Deutsche Schachzeitung had disappeared from the cover. Since 1998, the magazine appears under the simple Schach. However, the table of contents is still headed by the names Deutsche Schachzeitung, Deutsche Schachblätter and Schach-Report.
The Deutsche Schachzeitung was in its prime in the first two decades of the 20th century.

Editors

From	To	Editors
1846.07	1846.08	Ludwig Bledow Ludwig Bledow Dr Ludwig Erdmann Bledow was a German chess master and chess organizer ....
1846.09	1851	Wilhelm Hanstein Wilhelm Hanstein Wilhelm Hanstein was a German chess player and writer.Hanstein was one of the Berlin Pleiades. He helped found Berliner Schachzeitung, later to become Deutsche Schachzeitung. He was a civil servant.In 1842, he won a match against Carl Jaenisch... , Otto von Oppen
1851	1852	Otto von Oppen, N.D. Nathan
1852	1858	Otto von Oppen
1858.12	1864	Max Lange Max Lange Max Lange was a German chess player and composer.In 1858–1864, he was an editor of the Deutsche Schachzeitung . He was a founder of Westdeutscher Schachbund , and an organizer of the 9th DSB–Congress at Leipzig 1894...
1865.01	1866	E. von Schmidt, Johannes Minckwitz Johannes Minckwitz Johannes Minckwitz was a German chess player and author.His best achievement was 2nd place, behind Adolf Anderssen, at Barmen 1869...
1867	1871	Johannes Minckwitz Johannes Minckwitz Johannes Minckwitz was a German chess player and author.His best achievement was 2nd place, behind Adolf Anderssen, at Barmen 1869...
1872	1876	Johannes Minckwitz Johannes Minckwitz Johannes Minckwitz was a German chess player and author.His best achievement was 2nd place, behind Adolf Anderssen, at Barmen 1869... , Adolf Anderssen Adolf Anderssen Karl Ernst Adolf Anderssen was a German chess master. He is considered to have been the world's leading chess player in the 1850s and 1860s...
1876.12	1878	Dr. Constantin Schwede, Adolf Anderssen Adolf Anderssen Karl Ernst Adolf Anderssen was a German chess master. He is considered to have been the world's leading chess player in the 1850s and 1860s...
1879.01	1886.12	Johannes Minckwitz Johannes Minckwitz Johannes Minckwitz was a German chess player and author.His best achievement was 2nd place, behind Adolf Anderssen, at Barmen 1869...
1887.01	1891	Curt von Bardeleben Curt von Bardeleben Curt von Bardeleben was a Count and a German chess master who committed suicide by jumping out of a window in 1924. His life and death were the basis for that of the main character in the novel The Defense by Vladimir Nabokov, which was made into the movie The Luzhin Defence... , Hermann von Gottschall Hermann von Gottschall Hermann von Gottschall was a German chess master, son of the poet Rudolf Gottschall who was also a noted chess player....
1892	1896	Hermann von Gottschall Hermann von Gottschall Hermann von Gottschall was a German chess master, son of the poet Rudolf Gottschall who was also a noted chess player....
1897		Siegbert Tarrasch Siegbert Tarrasch Siegbert Tarrasch was one of the strongest chess players and most influential chess teachers of the late 19th century and early 20th century....
1898		Johann Berger Johann Berger Johann Nepomuk Berger was an Austrian chess master, theorist, endgame study composer, author and editor.In September 1870, he won the first tournament in the Austro-Hungarian Empire at Graz... , Paul Lipke Paul Lipke Paul Lipke , was a German chess master.Lipke was born in Erfurt. In 1889, he tied for 5–6th in Breslau , and took 4th in Dessau. In 1892, he won in Dresden , and he took 2nd in Halle...
1899	1916	Johann Berger Johann Berger Johann Nepomuk Berger was an Austrian chess master, theorist, endgame study composer, author and editor.In September 1870, he won the first tournament in the Austro-Hungarian Empire at Graz... , Carl Schlechter Carl Schlechter Carl Schlechter was a leading Austrian chess master and theoretician at the turn of the 20th century. He is best known for drawing a World Chess Championship match with Emanuel Lasker.-Early life:...
1917	1918	Carl Schlechter Carl Schlechter Carl Schlechter was a leading Austrian chess master and theoretician at the turn of the 20th century. He is best known for drawing a World Chess Championship match with Emanuel Lasker.-Early life:...
1919	1921	Jacques Mieses Jacques Mieses ----Jacques Mieses was a German-born Jewish chess Grandmaster and writer. He became a naturalized British citizen after World War II.p258-Chess career:...
1922	1923	Friedrich Palitzsch
1924		Friedrich Palitzsch, Ernst Grünfeld Ernst Grünfeld ----Ernst Franz Grünfeld , an Austrian grandmaster and writer specializing in opening theory, was for a brief period after the First World War one of the strongest chess players in the world....
1925		Max Blümich Max Blümich Reinhold Max Blümich was a German chess master and editor.At the beginning of his chess career, he played in Leipzig where tied for 4-6th in 1909, took 8th in 1910, took 3rd in 1911, shared 1st in 1912, and took 5th in 1913.After World War I, he won or shared 1st at Mittwerda 1922, Frankfurt... , Friedrich Palitzsch, Ernst Grünfeld Ernst Grünfeld ----Ernst Franz Grünfeld , an Austrian grandmaster and writer specializing in opening theory, was for a brief period after the First World War one of the strongest chess players in the world....
1926		Max Blümich Max Blümich Reinhold Max Blümich was a German chess master and editor.At the beginning of his chess career, he played in Leipzig where tied for 4-6th in 1909, took 8th in 1910, took 3rd in 1911, shared 1st in 1912, and took 5th in 1913.After World War I, he won or shared 1st at Mittwerda 1922, Frankfurt... , Friedrich Palitzsch
1927	1931	Max Blümich Max Blümich Reinhold Max Blümich was a German chess master and editor.At the beginning of his chess career, he played in Leipzig where tied for 4-6th in 1909, took 8th in 1910, took 3rd in 1911, shared 1st in 1912, and took 5th in 1913.After World War I, he won or shared 1st at Mittwerda 1922, Frankfurt... , Friedrich Palitzsch, Heinrich Ranneforth
1932.02	1942	Max Blümich Max Blümich Reinhold Max Blümich was a German chess master and editor.At the beginning of his chess career, he played in Leipzig where tied for 4-6th in 1909, took 8th in 1910, took 3rd in 1911, shared 1st in 1912, and took 5th in 1913.After World War I, he won or shared 1st at Mittwerda 1922, Frankfurt... , Heinrich Ranneforth, Josef Halumbirek
1942.03	1942.04	Heinrich Ranneforth, Josef Halumbirek
1942.05	1943.03	Theodor Gerbec, Heinrich Ranneforth, Josef Halumbirek
1943.04	1944.09	Ludwig Rellstab Ludwig Rellstab (chess player) Ludwig Rellstab was a German chess master.He was German Champion, winning at Bad Oeynhausen 1942. He took 8th in the European Championship at Munich 1942 . In 1943, he took 6th in Salzburg...
1950.12	1988	Rudolf Teschner Rudolf Teschner Rudolf Teschner was a German chess master and writer.Teschner was seven times Champion of Berlin. In 1948, he won an East-Zones Championship in Bad Doberan, and later in 1951 took the German Championship .Teschner was leading member of the German Chess Olympic team in 1952 and 1956...