The Austrian Chess Federation (German: Österreichischer Schachbund - ÖSB) is the national organisation for chess in Austria. It is based in Graz. The...
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The Austrian Chess Championship is held by the Austrian Chess Federation (Österreichischer Schachbund). For its correspondence chess subdivision, see OESB-FS...
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OESB-FS (redirect from ICCF Austria)
chess subdivision of the Austrian Chess Federation. It was founded in 1947 and is part of the ICCF national member federation. Correspondence chess developed...
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ICGA - Torino - 14th WCCC 2006 ICGA - Reykjavik - 13th WCCC 2005 Austrian Chess Federation - WCCC 2003 at Graz at the Wayback Machine (archived April 6,...
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FIDE, established in 1924. Most national chess federations are now members of FIDE; several supranational chess organizations are also affiliated with FIDE...
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Arab Chess Federation European Chess Union Chess Federation of Armenia Austrian Chess Federation Azerbaijan Chess Federation Bulgarian Chess Federation Croatian...
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Albanian Chess Federation Andorra – Andorran Chess Federation Armenia – Chess Federation of Armenia Austria – Austrian Chess Federation Azerbaijan – Azerbaijan...
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FIDE titles (redirect from International chess master)
FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (Fédération Internationale des Échecs) for outstanding performance. The highest...
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Dokhoian (1964–2021), Chess Federation of Russia, 1 July 2021, retrieved 2 July 2021 Stichlberger, Martin (3 September 2024), Austrian chess legend Andreas Dückstein...
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Ingeborg Kattinger (category Austrian female chess players)
2003), also Inge Kattinger, was an Austrian chess player. She was a four-time winner of the Austrian Women's Chess Championship, taking home the championship...
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International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF) was founded on 26 March 1951 as a new appearance of the International Correspondence Chess Association (ICCA)...
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The 45th Chess Olympiad was an international team chess event organised by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in Budapest, Hungary, from 10 to 23...
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chess club was established in Melbourne. The Australian Chess Federation consists of seven chess association members, corresponding to each of the six Australian...
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Gisela Harum (category Austrian female chess players)
Women's World Chess Championship 1933 in Folkestone due to financial reasons. Even though she was set to play, the Austrian Chess Federation Österreichischer...
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Rudolf Spielmann (category Austrian chess players)
Spielmann (5 May 1883 – 20 August 1942) was a Jewish-Austrian chess master of the romantic school, and chess writer. Spielmann was born in 1883, second child...
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a list of unorthodox chess pieces, see Fairy chess piece; for a list of terms specific to chess problems, see Glossary of chess problems; for a list of...
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humans and win the tournament. Most chess tournaments are organized and directed according to the World Chess Federation (FIDE) handbook, which offers guidelines...
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Correspondence chess is chess played by various forms of long-distance correspondence, traditionally through the postal system. Today it is usually played...
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Chess.com is an internet chess server and social networking website. One of the largest chess platforms in the world, the site operates on a freemium...
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The International Correspondence Chess Federation national member federations number 56 nations, divided into four geographical zones: Zone 1: Europe (35...
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its section for chess composition, the Permanent Commission for Chess Composition, and now awarded by the World Federation for Chess Composition, an independent...
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reigning world champion Alexander Alekhine in 1946, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) took over administration of the World Championship, beginning...
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president of the United States Chess Federation from 1984 to 1987, founded the World Chess Hall of Fame in 1986 as the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame. It opened in...
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This usage can be seen in chess rule books, such as the FIDE Laws of Chess and the US Chess Federation’s Official Rules of Chess. In play, the term is usually...
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Egon Brestian (category Austrian chess players)
(born 28 July 1964), is an Austrian chess International Master (IM) (1988), Austrian Chess Championship winner (1987), Chess Olympiad individual gold medalist...
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A chess set consists of a chessboard and white and black chess pieces for playing chess. There are sixteen pieces of each color: one king, one queen,...
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Carl Göring (category Chess theoreticians)
first Austrian Chess Federation Congress, held in Graz (Johann Berger won). In 1871, he took 4th in Krefeld (9th WDSB–Congress, West German Chess Congress...
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Kirill Alekseenko (category Austrian chess players)
FIDE flag, in July 2023 he transferred to the Austrian Chess Federation. Alekseenko's grandfather was a chess enthusiast and taught Alekseenko the rules...
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The World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC) is the highest body governing the official activities in the chess composition. It was known as the Permanent...
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Salome Reischer (category Austrian female chess players)
February 1899 – 1980) was an Austrian chess player. In 1937 she tied for 17-20th places at the 6th Women's World Chess Championship in Stockholm, won...
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