The Italian Chess Federation ( it, Federazione Scacchistica Italiana; FSI) is the governing
chess
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organization of Italy. It is a member of the
Italian National Olympic Committee
The Italian National Olympic Committee ( it, Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano, CONI), founded in 1914 and a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), is responsible for the development and management of sports activity in Italy. ...
(
CONI
The Italian National Olympic Committee ( it, Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano, CONI), founded in 1914 and a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), is responsible for the development and management of sports activity in Italy. ...
) and
FIDE (the World Chess Federation).
Administration
* President
* President Honoris
* Board of Directors (10 members)
* Presidential Commission (5 members)
* Board of Fiscal Directors (5 members)
* Commission of Justice and Discipline (14 members)
* Commission of Arbiters (5 members)
* Office staff (3 members)
Only the three-member office staff receives compensation.
Clubs and individual members
The Italian Chess Federation is structured in terms of clubs which are members of the federation, and individuals which are members of the clubs. All individual memberships are made through the clubs and are on a calendar year basis with the individual being a member of only one club for any particular calendar year.
2011 Membership Statistics:
* 380 clubs
* 14,184 individual members
* 856 instructors (a part (subset) of the individual members)
* 366 arbiters (a part (subset) of the individual members)
Since memberships are on an annual basis as opposed to a rolling basis, complete 2012 statistics will be not available until December 31, 2012.
See also
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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
External links
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National members of the European Chess Union
Chess in Italy
Chess
Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...
Chess organizations
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