Portuguese Chess Federation

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Federação Portuguesa de Xadrez
Founded 1927
Place of foundation Lisbon
president Francisco Manuel Fernandes de Castro
societies 105
Members 2584
Homepage http://www.fpx.pt/

The Federação Portuguesa de Xadrez (FPX, port. For the Portuguese Chess Federation) is the governing body for chess in Portugal . The FPX is based in Lisbon .

history

Chess became popular in Portugal in the 14th and 15th centuries in particular. King D. João I praised the game of chess as excellent military training in his book Livro de Montaria at the beginning of the 14th century , and D. João II liked to play, especially when traveling. In 1512 the Italian chess book Libro da imparare giocare a scachi by the Portuguese Damiano de Odemira was published in Rome and is distributed throughout Europe .

Under King D. Manuel I (1495–1521) and the wealth that arrived as a result of the Portuguese voyages of discovery , the Kingdom of Portugal fell into an increasing decadence , and with it the game of chess. It only became popular again in Portugal during the Renaissance .

In Pietro Carrera's work Il Gioco degli Scacchi , published in 1617, there was also a list of the best chess players. The Portuguese King D. Sebastião I was listed in 32nd place , after Ruy López and before the Spanish King Philip II , who hosted the world's first international chess tournament in 1575. Damiano de Odemira was listed in 25th place, however he was listed as a Spaniard.

With the loss of Portuguese independence in 1580, a period of various troubled epochs began in Portugal, for example in connection with the independence gained from 1640, the various Spanish-French invasions in the 18th and early 19th centuries, and the Liberal Revolution in 1822 . In the middle of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, the game of chess increased again in Portugal.

On January 22, 1927, the Federação Portuguesa de Xadrez was founded in Lisbon, the first president was Dr. João Maria da Costa. After it was often based in the university city of Coimbra from 1951 to 1954 , it has since moved back to the capital, now in a building it bought itself.

The fourth world chess champion , the Russian Alekhine , died in 1946 in his Portuguese exile in Estoril .

organization

The FPX has been a member of the world chess federation FIDE since it was founded in 1927 and is spatially assigned to zone 1.1 and therein subzone 1.1c. In Portugal she is u. a. the umbrella organization Confederação do Desporto de Portugal and the Olympic Committee of Portugal , the National Olympic Committee joined Portugal.

Members

In 2015 the FPX had 2751 organized active players, also from clubs not organized in the FPX. 101 clubs are members of the FPX themselves.

The chess federations of the Portuguese districts are organized in the FPX . Currently (2013) there are 14 district associations:

  • Associação de Xadrez da Região Autónoma dos Açores (Azores)
  • Associação de Xadrez de Aveiro (Aveiro)
  • Associação Distrital de Xadrez de Beja (Beja)
  • Associação de Xadrez do Distrito de Braga (Braga)
  • Associação de Xadrez do Distrito de Bragança (Bragança)
  • Associação de Xadrez do Distrito de Castelo Branco (Castelo Branco)
  • Associação de Xadrez do Distrito de Coimbra (Coimbra)
  • Associação de Xadrez do Distrito de Faro (Algarve)
  • Associação de Xadrez de Leiria (Leiria)
  • Associação de Xadrez de Lisboa (Lisbon)
  • Associação de Xadrez do Porto (Porto)
  • Associação de Xadrez de Santarém (Santarém)
  • Associação de Xadrez do Distrito de Setúbal (Setúbal)
  • Associação de Xadrez de Vila Real (Vila Real)

In addition, the correspondence chess association Associação Portuguesa de Xadrez por Correspondência (APXC) is organized in the FPX.

organs

Francisco Castro is the president . In addition to the Presidium and the General Assembly, the FPA has four other organs:

  • Conselho Fiscal (German: Supervisory Board or Control Council)
  • Conselho de Justiça (German: Judicial Council)
  • Conselho de Arbitragem (German: Arbitration Council)
  • Conselho Disciplinar (German: Disciplinary Council)

Competitions

The FPX organizes a large number of national competitions, including men's, women's and youth competitions, trophies, national championships, and preliminary rounds for international competitions. In addition, purely regional championships are played in the districts of Porto and Leiria.

The participation of Portugal in international competitions, such as the Chess Olympiad , is organized by the FPX.

The FPX also organizes a nationwide league for chess clubs , the Campeonatos Nacionais por Equipas . The highest division is the Primeira Divisão (German: first division), to which a second and below a third division is subordinate.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.casadoxadrez.blogspot.de (correspondence on the establishment of a history commission by the FPX, with a copy of the founding act), accessed on September 10, 2013
  2. ^ Treatise on the history of the game of chess in the world and in Portugal (Port.), Accessed on September 10, 2013
  3. ↑ List of players on the association's website , accessed on July 6, 2015
  4. ↑ List of associations on the association website , accessed on July 6, 2015