Chess Voice magazine had the good fortune to publish during the Golden Age of California chess; 1968 to 1985. The chess landscape in the mid to late 1960's was dominated by chess clubs and chess club leagues; tournaments, not played within a club, were intermittent. The indefatigable Martin E. Morrison and his sidekick, Elwin C. Meyers, started by publishing the En Passant magazine for the Oakland Chess Club from 1964 to early 1968.