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Pages in category "Chess clubs in the United States" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
The Correspondence Chess League of America (CCLA) was the first American chess club to become an ICCF affiliate. It was created in 1917 as a merger of four clubs, one of which was a Canadian club. The number of Canadians in CCLA diminished after the Canadian Chess Association took over the Canadian Correspondence Chess Championship.
This is a list of chess organizations. Chess is played all over the world. Chess is played all over the world. The dominant international governing body of chess is FIDE , which confers titles and conducts world championship tournaments.
The five oldest existing American clubs are the South River Club in South River, Maryland (c.1690/1700), the Schuylkill Fishing Company in Andalusia, Pennsylvania (1732), the Old Colony Club in Plymouth, Massachusetts (1769), the Philadelphia Club in Philadelphia (1834), and the Union Club of the City of New York in New York City (1836). [1]
In 1939, the United States of America Chess Federation was created in Illinois through the merger of the American Chess Federation and National Chess Federation.The American Chess Federation, formerly the Western Chess Association, had held an annual open championship since 1900; that tournament, after the merger, became the U.S. Open. [5]
Chess clubs in the United States (9 P) Pages in category "Chess clubs" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
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Clubs are mainly attached to a national federation, either directly or through membership of a regional chess association. The national federation in turn is a member of FIDE, the international governing body of chess. The global aegis helps to establish uniformity of rules and playing conditions internationally, though some countries such as ...