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International Correspondence Chess Federation

Index International Correspondence Chess Federation

International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF) was founded in 1951 as a new appearance of the International Correspondence Chess Association (ICCA), which was founded in 1945, as successor of the Internationaler Fernschachbund (IFSB), founded in 1928. [1]

77 relations: Aarne Hermlin, Abir Har Even, Aivars Gipslis, Aulikki Ristoja, Baruch Harold Wood, César Augusto Blanco-Gramajo, CCLA, Chess, Chess rating system, Chess title, Colin McNab, Correspondence chess, Correspondence Chess Olympiad, Daniel Elyakim, Daniel M. Fleetwood, Darius Zagorskis, David Taylor (chess player), Duncan Suttles, Endgame tablebase, English Chess Federation, Eros Riccio, Executive Directors of the United States Chess Federation, Fedir Bohatyrchuk, Ferenc Chalupetzky, FIDE, Glossary of chess, Graham Russell Mitchell, Grandmaster (chess), Hans Berliner, Henk Temmink, Hong Kong Chess Federation, ICCA, ICCF, ICCF Austria, ICCF Finland, ICCF national member federations, ICCF numeric notation, ICCF U.S.A., International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster, Internationaler Fernschachbund, Irish Chess Union, Italian Chess Federation, Jānis Klovāns, Jonathan Berry, Jonathan Penrose, Károlyné Honfi, Leopold Mitrofanov, List of international sports federations, List of Presidents of the United States Chess Federation, Ljuba Kristol, ..., Martin Lohse, Michael Freeman (chess player), Middle East Technical University, Mohamed Samraoui, Mordechai Rechtman, N R Anil Kumar, New Zealand Chess Federation, Nikolai Kopilov, Olita Rause, Ortvin Sarapu, Outline of chess, Ponziani Opening, Roman Chytilek, SchemingMind, Simon Webb (chess player), Sverre Aarseth, Tim Harding (chess player), Tunç Hamarat, Uganda Chess Federation, United States Chess Federation, Viacheslav Ragozin, Vladimir Zagorovsky, Władyslawa Górska, World Correspondence Chess Championship, Yakov Neishtadt, Yoav Dothan, Zandor Nilsson. Expand index (27 more) »

Aarne Hermlin

Aarne Hermlin (6 Juny 1940, Võru, Estonia – 17 November 2007, Salo) was an Estonian chess player who won the Estonian Chess Championship.

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Abir Har Even

Abir Har Even is a chess International Grandmaster in Correspondence Chess and the Israeli champion of Correspondence Chess for the 1966 and 1974 championships.

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Aivars Gipslis

Aivars Gipslis (February 8, 1937 – April 13, 2000) was a Latvian chess FIDE Grandmaster and also an ICCF Grandmaster, and a chess writer and editor.

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Aulikki Ristoja

Aulikki Ristoja (also Ristoja-Lehtimäki, born 2 January 1949) is a Finnish chess player who holds the title of Lady International Correspondence Chess Master (LIMC, 1998).

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Baruch Harold Wood

Baruch Harold Wood MSc OBE (13 July 1909 – 4 April 1989), generally known as B. H. Wood, was an English chess player, editor and author.

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César Augusto Blanco-Gramajo

César Augusto Blanco-Gramajo is an ICCF chess grandmaster.

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CCLA

CCLA may refer to.

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Chess

Chess is a two-player strategy board game played on a chessboard, a checkered gameboard with 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid.

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Chess rating system

A chess rating system is a system used in chess to calculate an estimate of the strength of the player, based on his or her performance versus other players.

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Chess title

A chess title is a title created by a chess governing body and bestowed upon players based on their performance and rank.

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Colin McNab

Dr Colin Anderson McNab (born 3 February 1961) is a Scottish chess player.

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Correspondence chess

Correspondence chess is chess or variant chess played by various forms of long-distance correspondence, often through a correspondence chess server, a public internet chess forum, email, or the postal system.

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Correspondence Chess Olympiad

The Correspondence Chess Olympiad is a correspondence chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete.

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Daniel Elyakim

Daniel Elyakim is a chess International Grandmaster in Correspondence Chess and the Israeli champion of Correspondence Chess for the 1986 championship.

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Daniel M. Fleetwood

Daniel M. Fleetwood (born August 3, 1958) is an American scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator.

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Darius Zagorskis

Darius Zagorskis (born November 20, 1969) is a Lithuanian chess Grandmaster (2013).

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David Taylor (chess player)

David C. Taylor (born May 30, 1941) was the seventh U.S. Correspondence Chess Champion.

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Duncan Suttles

Duncan Suttles (born 21 December 1945) is a Grandmaster (chess) of chess who was the strongest Canadian player between the eras of Abe Yanofsky and Kevin Spraggett.

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Endgame tablebase

An endgame tablebase is a computerized database that contains precalculated exhaustive analysis of chess endgame positions.

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English Chess Federation

The English Chess Federation (ECF) is the governing chess organisation in England and is affiliated to FIDE.

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Eros Riccio

Eros Riccio (December 1, 1977, Lucca) is an Italian International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster, Advanced Chess Champion and chess opening book author.

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Executive Directors of the United States Chess Federation

Executive Directors of the United States Chess Federation.

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Fedir Bohatyrchuk

Fedir Parfenovych Bohatyrchuk (also Bogatirchuk, Bohatirchuk, Bogatyrtschuk) (in Ukrainian: Федір Парфенович Богатирчук, Fedir Parfenovych Bohatyrchuk; in Russian: Фёдор Парфеньевич Богатырчук, Fyodor Parfenyevich Bogatyrchuk) (27 November 1892 – 4 September 1984) was a Russian-Soviet-Ukrainian-Canadian International Master of chess, and an International Master of correspondence chess.

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Ferenc Chalupetzky

Ferenc Chalupetzky (6 April 1886, Magyaróvár – 19 August 1951, Győr) was a Hungarian chess master and author.

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FIDE

The Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national chess federations around the world and acts as the governing body of international chess competition.

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Glossary of chess

This page explains commonly used terms in chess in alphabetical order.

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Graham Russell Mitchell

Graham Russell Mitchell OBE, CB (1905–1984), was an officer of MI5, the British Security Service, between 1939 and 1963, serving as its deputy director general between 1956 and 1963.

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Grandmaster (chess)

The title Grandmaster (GM) is awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE.

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Hans Berliner

Hans Jack Berliner (January 27, 1929 – January 13, 2017) was a Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, and was the World Correspondence Chess Champion, from 1965–1968.

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Henk Temmink

Henk Temmink (11 June 1952, Elsloo, Limburg) is a Dutch chess player.

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Hong Kong Chess Federation

The Hong Kong Chess Federation (HKCF) is the governing body for chess in Hong Kong.

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ICCA

ICCA may refer to.

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ICCF

ICCF may stand for.

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ICCF Austria

The Austrian Correspondence chess subdivision of the Österreichischer Schachbund (ÖSB), the Fachgruppe Fernschach (OESB-FS) belongs to the ICCF national member federations as ICCF Austria.

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ICCF Finland

The Finnish Correspondence Chess Federation (FCCF) is a member of the (ICCF) in Europe.

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ICCF national member federations

The International Correspondence Chess Federation national member federations number 56 nations, divided into four geographical zones.

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ICCF numeric notation

ICCF numeric notation is the official chess game notation for all International Correspondence Chess Federation games.

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ICCF U.S.A.

ICCF U.S.A. is the member of the International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF) for the territory of the United States of America.

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International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster

International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster is a correspondence chess title created by FIDE in 1953, second only to that of world correspondence champion.

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Internationaler Fernschachbund

The Internationaler Fernschachbund (IFSB) was an international correspondence chess organisation, founded in 1928.

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Irish Chess Union

The Irish Chess Union (ICU), is the governing body for chess in the Republic of Ireland since it's formation in 1912.

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Italian Chess Federation

The Italian Chess Federation (Federazione Scacchistica Italiana; FSI) is the governing chess organization of Italy.

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Jānis Klovāns

Jānis Klovāns (April 9, 1935 – October 5, 2010) was a Latvian chess Grandmaster.

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Jonathan Berry

Jonathan Berry (born in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster, an International Arbiter, a FIDE Master (FM) over-the-board, and a chess journalist and author.

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Jonathan Penrose

Jonathan Penrose, OBE (born 7 October 1933, in Colchester) is an English chess Grandmaster and International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster (1983) who won the British Chess Championship ten times between 1958 and 1969.

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Károlyné Honfi

Károlyné Honfi (16 April 1933 – 10 October 2010) was a Hungarian chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1969).

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Leopold Mitrofanov

Leopold Adamovich Mitrofanov (July 2, 1932November 26, 1992) was a Russian chess composer, an International Judge of Chess Composition (awarded 1971) and an International Master of Chess Composition (awarded 1980).

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List of international sports federations

This is a list of international sports federations, each of which serves as a non-governmental governing body for a given sport and administers its sport at a world level, most often crafting rules, promoting the sport to prospective spectators and fans, developing prospective players, and organizing world or continental championships.

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List of Presidents of the United States Chess Federation

This article lists the Presidents of the United States Chess Federation from its foundation in 1939 to present.

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Ljuba Kristol

Ljuba Danielovna Kristol (לובה דניאלובנה קריסטול; Любовь Даниэловна Кристол; born May 26, 1944, Leningrad) is a Russian-born Israeli International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster and Woman International Master.

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Martin Lohse

Martin Lohse (born May 29, 1971) is a Danish 21st century classical composer and visual artist.

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Michael Freeman (chess player)

Michael Roy Freeman (born 9 December 1960) is a New Zealand chess player.

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Middle East Technical University

Middle East Technical University (commonly referred to as METU; in Turkish, Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi ODTÜ) is a public technical university located in Ankara, Turkey.

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Mohamed Samraoui

Mohamed Samraoui (born 1953) is a former member of the Algerian secret services (Intelligence and Security Directorate, DRS) who wrote a book claiming that the DRS had been involved in torture and extralegal killings, and had manipulated the Armed Islamic Groups on a large scale to commit further massacres.

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Mordechai Rechtman

Mordechai Rechtman (מרדכי רכטמן; born 16 May 1926. —) is an Israeli bassoonist, conductor, educator and arranger.

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N R Anil Kumar

N R Anil Kumar is an Indian chess player, who participated in Chess Olympiad, 1982.

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New Zealand Chess Federation

The New Zealand Chess Federation (NZCF) is a chess federation in New Zealand.

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Nikolai Kopilov

Nikolai Georgiyevich Kopilov (Николай Георгиевич Копылов) (26 October 1919 - 7 May 1995) was a Russian chess player from Novonikolayevsk.

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Olita Rause

Olita Rause (born November 21, 1962 in the Soviet Union) is a Latvian Woman Grandmaster (1993), International Master (1995), International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster (1998).

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Ortvin Sarapu

Ortvin Sarapu MBE (Born: Ortvin Sarapuu); 22 January 1924 in Narva, Estonia – 13 April 1999 in Auckland, New Zealand), sometimes known as "Mr Chess", was a New Zealand chess International Master who won or shared the New Zealand Chess Championship 20 times from 1952 to 1990.

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Outline of chess

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to chess: Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard (a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid).

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Ponziani Opening

The Ponziani Opening is a chess opening that begins with the moves: It is one of the oldest chess openings, having been discussed in the literature by 1497.

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Roman Chytilek

Roman Chytilek (born 24 February 1976) is a Czech correspondence chess grandmaster, currently No.1 of International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF) rating list and winner of the 16th Olympiad (with the team Czech Republic).

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SchemingMind

SchemingMind is a privately owned international correspondence chess club founded in 2002.

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Simon Webb (chess player)

Simon Webb (10 June 1949 – 14 March 2005) was a British chess player, an International Master, a Correspondence Chess Grandmaster, and a chess writer.

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Sverre Aarseth

Sverre Johannes Aarseth, (born 20 July 1934) is a research scientist at the Institute of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge.

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Tim Harding (chess player)

Timothy David (Tim) Harding (born 6 May 1948 in London) is a chess player and author with particular expertise in correspondence chess.

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Tunç Hamarat

Tunç Hamarat (born 1946 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish chess player living in Austria and the sixteenth ICCF World Champion, 1999–2004.

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Uganda Chess Federation

The Uganda Chess Federation (UCF) is the governing body of chess competition in Uganda and a member of FIDE, the international chess federation.

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United States Chess Federation

The United States Chess Federation (also known as US Chess or USCF) is the governing body for chess competition in the United States and represents the U.S. in FIDE, the World Chess Federation.

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Viacheslav Ragozin

Viacheslav Vasilyevich Ragozin (Вячесла́в Васи́льевич Раго́зин, 8 October 1908 – 11 March 1962) was a Soviet chess Grandmaster, an International Arbiter of chess, and a World Correspondence Chess Champion.

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Vladimir Zagorovsky

Vladimir Pavlovich Zagorovsky (Влади́мир Па́влович Загоро́вский; 29 June 1925, Voronezh, Russia, formerly USSR – 6 November 1994, Voronezh, Russia) was a Russian chess grandmaster of correspondence chess.

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Władyslawa Górska

Władyslawa Górska (10 March 1920 – 23 April 2014) was a Polish chess player who won the Polish Women's Chess Championship in 1954.

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World Correspondence Chess Championship

The World Correspondence Chess Championship determines the World Champion in correspondence chess.

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Yakov Neishtadt

Yakov Isaevich Neishtadt (Яков Исаевич Нейштадт), born Moscow 6 October 1923, is a Russian (formerly Soviet), now Israeli chess player and author.

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Yoav Dothan

Yoav Dothan is a chess International Grandmaster in Correspondence Chess, the Israeli champion of Correspondence Chess for the 1997 championship and the winner of the Finland Jubilee 40.

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Zandor Nilsson

Zandor Nilsson (July 2, 1913, Stockholm – July 1, 1973, Stockholm) was a Sweden chess player, who two times won Swedish Chess Championship.

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Redirects here:

Correspondence Chess League of America, International Correspondence Chess Association.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Correspondence_Chess_Federation

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