The USSR Chess Federation (Russian: Шахматная федерация СССР, Shakhmatnaya fyedyeratsiya SSSR) was the national organization for chess in the USSR. It...
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The USSR Chess Championship was played from 1920 to 1991. Organized by the USSR Chess Federation, it was the strongest national chess championship ever...
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USSR Chess Federation. Its headquarters are in Moscow. The president is Andrey Filatov, who was elected in 2014. The structure of the Russian Chess Federation...
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as FIDE, the US Chess Federation (USCF or US Chess), International Correspondence Chess Federation, and the English Chess Federation. Most of the systems...
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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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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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2025, according to FIDE, the International Chess Federation. As of June 2025, the top 10 active Indian chess players have an average rating of 2727, the...
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Bobby Fischer (redirect from Bobby Fischer (chess career))
1972, letter from Paul Keres to the USSR Chess Federation). Garry Kasparov and Keene Raymond (1989). Batsford Chess Openings 2. Collier Books. p. 382....
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Yuri Averbakh (category Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR)
February 1922 – 7 May 2022) was a Russian chess grandmaster and author. He was chairman of the USSR Chess Federation from 1973 to 1978. Averbakh was the first...
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FIDE (redirect from World Chess Federation)
International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE (/ˈfiːdeɪ/ FEE-day, Fédération Internationale...
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Anatoly Karpov (category Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR)
twice World Chess champion as a member of the USSR team (1985, 1989), and a six-time winner of Chess Olympiads as a member of the USSR team (1972, 1974...
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Swedish Chess Federation Swedish Chess Computer Association Chess Federation of Russia USSR Chess Federation African Chess Union Chess Federation of Zambia...
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Shakhmaty v SSSR (redirect from Chess in the USSR)
Listok (Chess Papers) and edited by Alexander Ilyin-Genevsky. The circulation was 55,000. The magazine was published by the USSR Chess Federation. chess periodicals...
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composers and solvers of chess problems, awarded by the World Federation for Chess Composition (see List of grandmasters for chess composition). The International...
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Algebraic notation is the standard method of chess notation, used for recording and describing moves. It is based on a system of coordinates to identify...
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the Georgian Chess Federation, from 1973 to 1975 and again from 1992 to 1996. In 1986, he was elected President of the USSR Chess Federation and served...
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Mikhail Tal (redirect from Tal (chess))
Championship Title". US Chess Federation. Section "The Champion Speaks" – interview with Alexander Shabalov "Mikhail Tal vs. Alexander Tolush, USSR Championship...
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old on 1 January in the year of competition) organized by the World Chess Federation (FIDE). The idea was the brainchild of William Ritson-Morry, who organized...
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Garry Kasparov (category Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR)
quickly through the FIDE world rankings. Due to an oversight by the USSR Chess Federation, which believed that a grandmaster tournament in Banja Luka, Yugoslavia...
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the incumbent champion to take place. After 1948, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) began organizing the Championship under its auspices. The championship...
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been two chess matches featuring USSR vs. Rest of the World, in 1970 and 1984, and one match Russia vs. Rest of the World, in 2002. The USSR team won...
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Nikolai Krogius (category Chess Grandmasters)
served as chairman of the USSR Chess Federation, and co-authored five chess books. He was the co-winner of the 1993 World Senior Chess Championship. Nikolai...
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Mikhail Botvinnik (category Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR)
made it difficult to host the match in the USSR. Botvinnik opened negotiations with the British Chess Federation to host the match in England, but these...
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The USSR Federation tried unsuccessfully at the 1961 FIDE Congress to get Smyslov seeded into the Interzonal. The United States Chess Federation designated...
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Champion of the World (2021 film) (category Films about chess)
Anatoly Karpov's team Dmitry Miller as Sevastyanov, Chairman of the USSR Chess Federation Aleksandr Filippenko as General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev David...
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Armenia took part in the USSR Chess Championship. The federation organizes men and women tournaments every year in the Armenian Chess Championship. The first...
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groups, in order of experience, from group D, C, B to A. The FIDE World Chess Federation displays the list of International Arbiters with their ID numbers,...
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Paul Keres (category Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR)
champion Mikhail Botvinnik, among others. The USSR Chess Federation organized the "Absolute Championship of the USSR" in 1941, with the top six finishers from...
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Vladimir Alatortsev (category Chess Grandmasters)
as a chess organizer, teacher, and coach. He served as chairman of the All-Union chess section from 1954 to 1959 and as chairman of the USSR Chess Federation...
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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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