Burt Hochberg (1933-2006)
Former Chess Life editor Burt Hochberg passed away Saturday, May 13 after a long illness. Hew was 72. His tenure at the helm of Chess Life, from 1966-1979, is considered by most to be the Golden Age of American chess journalism. After leaving Chess Life, he was active as a chess consultant for publisher David McKay, authored several chess books and was sought out by many publishing houses for his extraordinary editing skills.
Services for Burt were held Monday, May 15 in New York City. The eulogies were moving. However, one in particular captured the man’s essence: “He was a brilliant, unassuming, quiet gentleman.” He will be deeply missed by friends and family.
Burt was the editor of my book World Champion’s Guide to Chess and he was the one who brought me to Random House.
(Source: ChessCafe.com) 
A sad loss for chess. May he rest in peace.
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Another chess luminary leaves us. I give my sympathies to family and greatly appreciate what he did for US Chess. I really enjoyed his work and will cherish the memories in Chess he was so big a part of.
Another chess luminary leaves us. I give my sympathies to family and greatly appreciate what he did for US Chess. I really enjoyed his work and will cherish the memories in Chess he was so big a part of.
That is sad news, my condolences to his family and friends.
I recommend Mr. Hochberg’s book “The 64-Square Looking Glass: Great Games of Chess in World Literature”
I’ve read Games Magazine since its beginning, and Hochberg had a wonderful knack for making chess articles entertaining, even to non-players like me. I’ll miss that.