United States Chess Federation

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The United States Chess Federation (USCF) is the national chess federation of the United States .

This was founded in 1939 through the merger of the American Chess Federation and the National Chess Federation and, according to its own information, today represents around 2,200 chess clubs and 90,000 members. The state with the most members is Texas (7856), while Wyoming has only 58 players in the USCF. The oldest existing club is the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club in San Francisco (founded in 1855). The traditional Marshall Chess Club in New York should also be mentioned .

The federation is a member of the world chess federation FIDE . His tasks include the organization of the state championships and other tournaments (including correspondence chess ) as well as the youth work. She also publishes the monthly chess magazine Chess life . Since 1960 the USCF has been using the rating system developed by Arpad Elo ( Elo numbers ). It awards national championship titles based on the ratings . In 1984 she founded the US Chess Hall of Fame .

The USCF experienced a large increase in membership from 1972 when Bobby Fischer won the title of world chess champion. In 2002, however, Fischer was expelled from the organization because of his anti-American statements.

The current president is Allen Priest.

President

  • 1939–1942 George Sturgis
  • 1943–1948 Elbert Wagner, Jr.
  • 1948–1951 Paul Geir
  • 1951-1954 Harold M. Phillips
  • 1954–1957 Frank Graves
  • 1957-1960 Jerry Spann
  • 1960–1963 Fred Cramer
  • 1963-1966 Ed Edmondson
  • 1966–1969 Marshall Rohland
  • 1969–1972 Leroy Dubeck
  • 1972-1975 Frank Skoff
  • 1975–1978 George Koltanowski
  • 1978–1981 Gerald Sperling
  • 1981-1984 Tim Redman
  • 1984-1987 Steven Doyle
  • 1987-1990 Harold Winston
  • 1990-1993 Maxim Dlugy
  • 1993-1996 Denis Barry
  • 1996-1999 Don Schultz
  • 1999-2000 Bob Smith
  • 2000-2001 Tim Redman
  • 2001-2003 John McCrary
  • 2003-2005 Beatriz Marinello
  • 2005-2008 Bill Goichberg
  • 2009-2011 Jim Berry
  • 2011–2015 Ruth Haring
  • 2015-2017 Gary Walters
  • 2017–2018 Mike Hoffpauir
  • since 2018 Allen Priest

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FIDE Directory (accessed November 30, 2018)