American Chess Quarterly

The American Chess Quarterly was a chess magazine that was published in the United States from Summer 1961[1] to 1965[2] by Nature Food Centres.

[4] Its principal editor was American grandmaster Larry Evans.

Complete sets of the American Chess Quarterly magazine are becoming more difficult to acquire and typically command prices at auction in the $1,000-$2,000 range.

The most famous article[5][6] published in its pages was "A Bust to the King's Gambit" by U.S. Champion and future World Champion Bobby Fischer, which appeared as the first article in the first issue.

[7][8] In that article, Fischer advocated what became known as the Fischer Defense to the King's Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d6), brashly claiming, "In my opinion the King's Gambit is busted.