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| AAM | The Anglo-American Magazine | |
| ACB | American Chess Bulletin | |
| ACMa | American Chess Magazine | 1846-1847 |
| ACMo | American Chess Monthly | |
| AdEx | Adelaide Express | |
| Age | The Age (Melbourne) | |
| AH | Algemeen Handelsblad | |
| Alb | Albion (New York) | 1848-1873 |
| AO | Adelaide Observer | |
| Arg | The Argus (Melbourne) | |
| AS | Auckland Star | |
| ATCJ | Australian Town and Country Journal | |
| AtSS | Atlanta Sunny South | |
| Aus | The Australasian | |
| BA | Baltimore American | |
| BACA | Bulletin of the American Chess Association | |
| BCC | Brooklyn Chess Chronicle | |
| BCM | British Chess Magazine | |
| BCR | British Chess Review | 1853-1854 |
| BCWG | Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette | |
| BDE | Brooklyn Daily Eagle | 1841-1873 |
| BDM | Daily Mail (Brisbane) | |
| BDP | Birmingham Daily Post | |
| BDSU | Brooklyn Daily Standard-Union | |
| BG | Birmingham Gazette | |
| BH | Bayonne Herald | 1872-1873 |
| BJO | British Journal of Ophthalmology | |
| BLL | Bell's Life in London | 1822-1873 |
| BLS | Bell's Life in Sydney | |
| BLV | Bell's Life in Victoria | |
| BM | The British Miscellany | |
| BMDP | The Bristol Mercury and Daily Post | |
| BMN | Belfast Morning News | |
| BNL | Belfast News-Letter | |
| BNP | Bury and Norwich Post (and Suffolk Herald) | |
| BrC | Brisbane Courier | |
| BrM | The Bristol Mercury | |
| BSB | Baltische Schachblätter | |
| BSN | Baltimore Sunday News | |
| BSU | Brooklyn Standard Union | |
| BT | Berliner Tageblatt | |
| Bun | Bunyip (Gawler, South Australia) | |
| BVZ | Berliner Volkszeitung | |
| BWJ | Berrow's Worcester Journal | |
| BWM | Birmingham Weekly Mercury | |
| Cai | Caissa | |
| CalM | The Caledonian Mercury | |
| CCC | Columbia Chess Chronicle | |
| CCS | Časopis českých šachistů | |
| CDN | Cambridge Daily News | |
| ChC | Cheltenham Chronicle | |
| CIN | Canadian Illustrated News | 1869-1873 |
| CLCM | City of London Chess Magazine | |
| CLJ | Canada Law Journal | |
| CMDH | Cleveland Morning Daily Herald | |
| CML | The Chess Monthly (London) | |
| CMNY | The Chess Monthly (New York) | 1857-1860 |
| CP | The Chess Player | 1851-1853 |
| CPC | Chess Player's Chronicle | 1841-1873 |
| CPM | Chess Player's Magazine | 1863-1867 |
| CPQC | Chess Player's Quarterly Chronicle | 1868-1871 |
| CR | The Cambridge Review | |
| CS | Canadian Spectator | |
| CSN | Charleston Sunday News | |
| CW | The Chess World | 1865-1869 |
| DAC | Daily Alta California | 1851-1860 |
| DCA | Dundee Courier and Argus | 1862-1863 |
| DCJ | Dubuque Chess Journal | |
| DDE | Dublin Daily Express | |
| DDG | Davenport Daily Gazette | 1859-1859 |
| DdlM | Diario de la Marina | |
| DeM | The Derby Mercury | |
| DFP | Detroit Free Press | 1859-1859 |
| DH | El Diario del Hogar | |
| Dial | The Dial (London) | 1861-1861 |
| DM | The Daily Mail (London) | |
| DN | The Daily News (London) | |
| DPFP | Dundee, Perth and Forfar People's Journal | |
| DSC | Daily Southern Cross | |
| DSZ | Deutsche Schachzeitung | |
| DT | Daily Telegraph | |
| EF | L'Echiquier Français | |
| EJA | Evening Journal (Adelaide) | |
| EM | English Mechanic | 1872-1873 |
| Emp | Empire (Sydney) | |
| ENS | Evening News (Sydney) | |
| EP | The Evening Post (Wellington) | |
| Era | The Era | 1838-1873 |
| ES | Evening Standard | |
| ESO | The Evening Star (Otago) | |
| ETAd | Express and Telegraph (Adelaide) | |
| ETI | El Tiempo Ilustrado | |
| FH | Falkirk Herald | |
| FJ | Freeman's Journal | |
| Fld | The Field | 1873-1873 |
| FLIN | Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper | 1855-1861 |
| FLNJ | Frank Leslie's New York Journal | 1855-1856 |
| FM | Fraser's Magazine | |
| FNW | Freeport North-West | 1866-1866 |
| GH | The Glasgow Herald | |
| Glo | The Globe (London) | |
| GM | The Gentleman's Magazine | |
| GWH | Glasgow Weekly Herald | |
| GWT | Georgia Weekly Telegraph | 1866-1867 |
| Harp | Harper's | 1858-1859 |
| HaS | Hastings Standard | |
| HBH | Hawke's Bay Herald | |
| HC | Home Circle | 1849-1853 |
| HCM | Huddersfield College Magazine | 1872-1873 |
| HCWYA | Huddersfield Chronicle and West Yorkshire Advertiser | |
| HDN | Hull Daily News | |
| HMNH | Hackney Mercury and North London Herald | |
| HoCM | Household Chess Magazine | 1865-1865 |
| HSLO | Hastings and St. Leonards Observer | |
| HSUL | History Studies: University of Limerick History Society Journal | |
| HWT | Hartford Weekly Times | 1871-1873 |
| ICM | The International Chess Magazine | |
| IJ | Ipswich Journal | |
| ILN | Illustrated London News | 1842-1878 |
| Imp | El Imparcial | |
| INYJ | Illustrated New York Journal | 1854-1854 |
| IS | Illustrovaný Svět | |
| ISDN | Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News | |
| JAd | The Journal (Adelaide) | |
| Know | Knowledge | |
| KSC | Kent and Sussex Courier | |
| LAT | Los Angeles Times | |
| LBMD | London Births, Marriages and Deaths | 1872-1872 |
| LeM | The Leeds Mercury | |
| LENP | London Evening News and Post | |
| LF | London Figaro | |
| LG | London Gazette | |
| LiM | The Liverpool Mercury | 1811-1873 |
| LoM | The London Mercury | |
| Luch | La Lucha | |
| LW | Land and Water | |
| MA | Malvern Advertiser | |
| MaG | Manchester Guardian | |
| MaT | Macon Telegraph | 1866-1866 |
| MaWT | Manchester Weekly Times | |
| MC | Morning Chronicle (London) | |
| MCLA | Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser | |
| MDH | Montreal Daily Herald | |
| MeL | The Leader (Melbourne) | |
| MeWT | The Weekly Times (Melbourne) | |
| MM | Maitland Mercury | |
| MoG | Montreal Gazette | |
| Mos | El Mosaico | |
| MoT | Montreal Transcript | |
| MP | The Morning Post | |
| MS | Manawatu Standard | |
| Mund | El Mundo | |
| MWEG | Manchester Weekly Express and Guardian | |
| MWER | Manchester Weekly Express and Review | |
| MWET | Manchester Weekly Examiner and Times | |
| MWNY | The Musical World (New York) | 1859-1859 |
| NBSZ | Neue Berliner Schachzeitung | |
| NCG | New Court Gazette | 1840-1840 |
| NDA | Nashville Daily American | |
| NFP | Neue Freie Presse | |
| NG | Nottinghamshire Guardian | |
| NHZ | Neue Hamburger Zeitung | |
| NL | Národní Listy | |
| NN | Norfolk News | |
| NODP | New Orleans Daily Picayune | 1837-1858 |
| NOSD | New Orleans Sunday Delta | 1858-1860 |
| NOSS | New Orleans Sunday Star | 1865-1866 |
| NOTD | New Orleans Times-Democrat | |
| NOTP | Times-Picayune (New Orleans) | |
| NR | La Nouvelle Régence | 1860-1864 |
| NSC | Newark Sunday Call | |
| NU | Nashville Union | |
| NYC | New York Clipper | 1853-1871 |
| NYEP | New York Evening Post | |
| NYET | New York Evening Telegram | |
| NYH | New York Herald | |
| NYL | New York Ledger | 1859-1860 |
| NYR | New York Recorder | |
| NYS | New York Sun | |
| NYSP | New York Saturday Press | 1858-1860 |
| NYSZ | New Yorker Staats Zeitung | |
| NYTi | New York Times | |
| NYTr | New York (Daily) Tribune | |
| NZH | New Zealand Herald | |
| NZM | New Zealand Mail | |
| NZT | New Zealand Times | |
| ODT | Otago Daily Times | |
| OH | Opus Habana | |
| OKC | Österreichische Kunst-Chronik | |
| OM | Oamaru Mail | |
| OW | Otago Witness | |
| Pais | El Pais | |
| Pal | Le Palamède | 1836-1847 |
| PDEB | Philadelphia Daily Evening Bulletin | 1864-1870 |
| PF | Le Palamède Français | 1864-1865 |
| Phil | The Philidorian | 1837-1838 |
| PI | Philadelphia Inquirer | |
| PM | El Pablo Morphy | |
| PMG | Pall Mall Gazette | |
| PMI | Paris Le Monde Illustre | 1861-1863 |
| Ppl | The People | |
| PSoT | Porter's Spirit of the Times | 1856-1857 |
| QCH | Quarterly for Chess History | |
| QMC | Quebec Morning Chronicle | |
| QR | The Quarterly Review | |
| QTIH | Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser | |
| Que | The Queenslander | |
| RA | La Revista de Ajedrez | |
| RCAA | Revista del Club Argentino de Ajedrez | |
| RE | La Revue d'Echecs | |
| Reg | La Régence | 1849-1856 |
| RegA | The Register (Adelaide) | |
| RIA | Revista Internacional de Ajedrez | |
| RiS | La Rivista degli Scacchi | 1859-1859 |
| RL | Ruy López | |
| RR | Rigasche Rundschau | |
| RT | The Round Table | 1869-1869 |
| SAA | South Australian Advertiser | |
| SAC | South Australian Chronicle | |
| SaH | Sport a Hry | |
| SAR | South Australian Register | |
| SDS | Syracuse Daily Standard | 1857-1859 |
| SFCa | San Francisco Call | |
| SFCh | San Francisco Chronicle | |
| ShDT | Sheffield Daily Telegraph | |
| ShI | The Sheffield Independent | |
| Sigl | El Siglo (Diez y Neuve) | |
| Sis | Sissa | |
| SLGD | Saint Louis Globe-Democrat | |
| SLk | Shakhmatniy Listok | |
| SLy | Šachové Listy | |
| SMH | Sydney Morning Herald | |
| SMNA | Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser | |
| SoT | Spirit of the Times (New York) | 1845-1873 |
| Sph | Le Sphinx | 1865-1867 |
| SRI | Sheffield and Rotherham Independent | |
| SST | The Sunday Times (Sydney) | |
| SSu | The Sun (Sydney) | |
| ST | The Sunday Times | 1822-1873 |
| Stan | The Standard (London) | |
| StI | The Staten Islander | |
| StM | Stamford Mercury | |
| Str | La Stratégie | 1867-1868 |
| StS | The Staffordshire Sentinel | |
| SuA | The Successful American | |
| SuM | Surrey Mirror | |
| SyDT | The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) | |
| SyM | Sydney Mail | 1867-1870 |
| SZ | Schachzeitung | |
| Tel | De Telegraaf | |
| TelB | The Telegraph (Brisbane) | |
| TFF | Turf, Field and Farm | 1865-1871 |
| TG | The Globe (Toronto) | |
| Tim | The Times (London) | |
| TLS | Times Literary Supplement | |
| TMH | Tasmanian Morning Herald | |
| TR | The Two Republics | |
| TS | Thames Star | |
| TSK | The Telegraph (Saint Kilda) | |
| Univ | El Universal | |
| VDC | Victoria Daily Colonist | |
| VZ | Vossische Zeitung | |
| WA | Wairarapa Age | |
| WB | Westminster Budget | |
| WDP | Western Daily Press | |
| WDWM | Warder and Dublin Weekly Mail | |
| Week | The Week | |
| WES | Washington Evening Star | |
| WFP | Winnipeg Free Press | |
| WM | Western Mail (Perth) | |
| WP | Westminster Papers | 1868-1873 |
| WR | Watertown Re-union | 1873-1873 |
| WSMS | Wilmington Sunday Morning Star | |
| WSoT | Wilkes' Spirit of the Times | 1860-1866 |
| WSZ | Wiener Schachzeitung | |
| YH | York (Yorkshire) Herald | |
| YP | Yorkshire Post | |
| YPLI | Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer | |
