Europe Échecs is a monthly French-language chess

Chess

Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...

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Founded in 1959 by Raoul Bertolo, who died in 1991 and who was at the time president of the Fédération française des échecs, it succeeded l'Échiquier de Turenne. It is the oldest chess magazine in France still running, and is now edited by the French International Grandmaster

International Grandmaster

The title Grandmaster is awarded to strong chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain....

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Bachar Kouatly

Bachar Kouatly a Lebanese–French chess master, journalist and activist.He played thrice for Lebanon in World Junior Chess Championship , and represented Lebanon in Chess Olympiad at La Valleta 1980. He won at Qatar 1981 and took 14th at Toluca 1982 .Kouatly won French Chess Championship in 1979...

. From 1985 to 1997, it was run by Jean-Claude Fasquelle, then P.-D.G., éditions Grasset

Éditions Grasset

-Two famous novels:* Une histoire française of François Nourissier, Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française)* Oublier Palerme of Edmonde Charles-Roux, Prix Goncourt...

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It publishes reports of the principal French, European, and world tournaments with numerous parts analysed by the players themselves (regularly featuring the best in the world), as well as presentations of the chess worlds, tactical exercises, articles about strategy, and announcements of future tournaments.

It can also be accessed online at www.europe-echecs.com.