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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. US Chess administers the official national rating s ...
* 1952–1960
Kenneth Harkness Kenneth Harkness (byname of Stanley Edgar; November 12, 1896 – October 4, 1972) was a chess organizer. He is the creator of the Harkness rating system. Life and career He was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He was Business Manager of the United Sta ...
* 1960–1961 Frank Brady * 1963–1964 Joe Reinhardt * 1966–1976 Ed Edmondson * 1977–1978 Martin Morrison * part year Richard Meyerson * part year George Cunningham * 1979–1987 Gerald Dullea * 1988–1996 Al Lawrence * 1996 (acting) George Filippone * 1997–1999 Mike Cavallo * 1999–2000 Gerald Dullea * 2000–2002 George DeFeis * 2002–2003 Frank Niro * 2003 (acting) Grant Perks * 2004–2005
Bill Goichberg William Goichberg (born November 11, 1942) is a chess master and chess tournament organizer and director. He founded the Continental Chess Association (CCA), which runs the annual World Open and other large tournaments. He is also a former pre ...
* 2005–May 2013 Bill Hall * June 2013-October 2013 Francisco Guadalupe (interim) * November 2013-October 2017 Jean Hoffman * October 2017-present Carol B. Meyer Note: Before 1967, the executive director was called the business manager. Meyerson and Cunningham were titled "staff director".


See also

* Presidents of the United States Chess Federation *
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. US Chess administers the official national rating s ...
*
Fédération Internationale des Échecs The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE ( Fédération Internationale des Échecs), is an international organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national c ...
(FIDE) *
International Correspondence Chess Federation International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF) was founded on 26 March 1951 as a new appearance of the International Correspondence Chess Association (ICCA), which was founded in 1945, as successor of the Internationaler Fernschachbund (IF ...
(ICCF)


References

* {{cite book , year=2016 , title=2016 US Chess Yearbook , publisher=United States Chess Federation] , url=http://www.uschess.org/images/stories/Yearbooks/2016yearbook.pdf , access-date=June 28, 2018


External links


Official United States Chess Federation website
Chess organizations Chess in the United States