Hermann Helms
(1870-1963)

Hermann Helms was one of the greatest journalists in the history of American chess. Through his tireless writing, he influenced chess from the days of William Steinitz, the first official World Champion, until the era of Bobby Fischer. For an incredible span of 62 years, from 1893 to 1955, Helms was chess editor of the Brooklyn Eagle. He also founded the American Chess Bulletin in 1904 and published it until his death in 1963.