Shakhmaty v SSSR

{{Short description|Soviet chess magazine}}

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Shakhmaty v SSSR ({{langx|ru|Шахматы в СССР}}; Chess in the USSR) was a Soviet chess magazine published between 1931 and 1991. It was edited by Viacheslav Ragozin for several years. Yuri Averbakh was also an editor.[http://www3.sympatico.ca/g.giffen/periodicals.htm chess periodicals] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926221207/http://www3.sympatico.ca/g.giffen/periodicals.htm |date=2007-09-26 }} 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, {{ISBN|1-55521-394-4}} The magazine was published by the USSR Chess Federation.