The December 2009 Issue of Chess Life Magazine celebrates the 70th Anniversary of the United States Chess Federation and includes extensive interviews with USCF Members whose birth years mark each anniversary decade. It also includes coverage of "US Chess Kids in Argentina", where American youth players won an unprecedented 5 gold medals against the world's top junior players. It also includes an exciting look at Chessonomics, how to downturn in the US economy has affected Chess-related companies such as the Internet Chess Club.