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The International Correspondence Chess Federation
national member federations number 83 nations, divided into four geographical zones:
International Correspondence Chess Federation
International Correspondence Chess Federation was founded in 1951 as a new appearance of the ICCA , which was founded in 1945, as successor of the IFSB , founded in 1928....
national member federations number 83 nations, divided into four geographical zones:
- Zone 1: EuropeEuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
(36 active countries and 4 inactive) - Zone 2: Latin AmericaLatin AmericaLatin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
(12 active countries and 7 inactive) - Zone 3: North AmericaNorth AmericaNorth America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
/Pacific (9 active countries) - Zone 4: AfricaAfricaAfrica is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
/AsiaAsiaAsia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
(10 active countries and 7 inactive)
Zone 1: Europe
Zonal Director: Gian-Maria Tani (ITA)| ICCF Federation | Official ICCF Delegate | ICCF Email Contact | Other |
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| ICCF Austria ICCF Austria The Austrian Correspondence chess subdivision of the Österreichischer Schachbund , the Fachgruppe Fernschach belongs to the ICCF national member federations as ICCF Austria... |
Tunç Hamarat Tunç Hamarat Tunç Hamarat is a Turkish chess player living in Austria and the 16th International Correspondence Chess Federation World Champion in 2004.... |
Rudolf Hofer | |
| ICCF Belarus ICCF Belarus ICCF Belarus belongs to the ICCF national member federations.-History:The first mention of Correspondence Chess in Belarus was the publication of the game between the towns of Vitebsk and Tver in the Russian "Chess Messenger" of 1914, which finished in a draw.During the 1920s and 1930s the... |
Dmitry V. Lybin | Vitaly Kornilovich | |
| ICCF Belgium ICCF Belgium Belongs to the ICCF national member federationsThe national federation history-Early beginnings:The first Correspondence Chess games in Belgium were those played by Antwerp amateurs. They played between 1827 and 1829 two games against amateurs from Amsterdam. The names of the players are not known... |
Paul Clément | Jean-Pierre Dondelinger | Frans Huybrecht |
| ICCF Bulgaria ICCF Bulgaria The ICCF Bulgaria belongs to the ICCF national member federations.-Grandmaster: *Mladen Gudyev*Nikolai Ninov*Dr. Georgi Alexandrov Popov-International Master:*Dobrotich Andrejev*Valentin Iotov*Dimitar Karapchanski*Dimitar Krastanov*Ivan Minkov... |
Petyo Marinov | Alexandar Parushev | Georgi Sapundjiev |
| ICCF Croatia ICCF Croatia ICCF Croatia belongs to the ICCF national member federations.-Senior International Master :*Dr. Zvonko Krecak *Nenad Piculjan*Ante Ljubicic-International Ladies Master :*Mrs. Snjezana Bazaj-Bockaj *Mrs. Vesna Dadic-Movre... |
Zvonko Krečak | ||
| ICCF Czech Republic ICCF Czech Republic Belongs to the ICCF national member federationsThe national federation historyThe national championshipThe winnersThe tablesThe gamesInternational events with the national teamOlympiadRegional tournaments... |
Petr Buchnicek | Miroslav Michálek | |
| ICCF Denmark ICCF Denmark ICCF Denmark belongs to the ICCF national member federations.-Grandmaster:*Erik Bang *Ove Ekebj‘rg *Niels Jørgen Fries Nielsen *Curt Hansen *Arne Bjørn Jørgensen... |
Søren Peschardt | ||
| ICCF England ICCF England The ICCF England belongs to the ICCF national member federations.-Grandmaster: *John G. Brookes *Dr. Ian S. Brooks *Peter Hugh Clarke *Peter Coleman *Richard V. M. Hall... |
Andrew Dearnley | Alan Rawlings | |
| ICCF Estonia | Lembit Vahesaar | Ervin Liebert | Merike Rõtova |
| ICCF Finland ICCF Finland The Finnish Correspondence chess Federation is a member of the in Europe.-Overview:The first known correspondence chess game in Finland started on the 1st of March 1889. Helsinki Chess Club organised a match between Messers Backmansson and Öhquist... |
Ragnar Wikman | Heikki Arppi | |
| ICCF France | Eric Ruch | ||
| ICCF Germany | Fritz Baumbach | Tom Mirbach | |
| ICCF Greece | Panagiotis Trandalis | Michalis Prevenios | Christos Pilalis |
| ICCF Hungary | Ivan Bottlik | Attila Kiss | |
| ICCF Iceland | Jón A. Pálsson | ||
| ICCF Ireland | Tim Harding | David A. Salter | |
| ICCF Israel | Yoav Dothan 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... |
Itamar Oren | |
| ICCF Italy | Gianni Mastrojeni | Giorgio Ruggeri Laderchi | Gian-Maria Tani |
| ICCF Latvia | Artis Gaujens | Aivars Kazoks | |
| ICCF Lithuania | Marijonas Rocius | Virginijus Grabliauskas | Alfonsas Kupšys |
| ICCF Luxembourg | Thed Klauner | François Riva | |
| ICCF Malta | Ron Sammut | Colin Pace | Henry Camilleri |
| ICCF Netherlands | Nol van ‘t Riet | Cor van Wieringen | Tom de Ruiter |
| ICCF Norway | Raymond Boger | Roald Berthelsen | |
| ICCF Poland | Józef Lubas | ||
| ICCF Portugal | Joaquím Pedro Soberano | João Salvador Marques | Alvaro F.P. Pereira |
| ICCF Romania | Miron Sferle | Marius Ceteras | |
| ICCF Russia | Sergey Ja. Grodzensky | Aleksandr L. Alpert | Valery I. Myakutin |
| ICCF Scotland | George D. Pyrich | Alan P. Borwell | |
| ICCF Slovakia | Milan Manduch | Jan Helbich | |
| ICCF Slovenia | Marjan Šemrl | Danilo Korže | Janko Bohak |
| ICCF Spain | Josep Mercadal Benejam | Adrián de Blois Figueredo | Carlos Flores Gutiérrez |
| ICCF Sweden | Per Söderberg | ||
| ICCF Switzerland | Georg Walker | René Freydl | |
| ICCF Turkey | Ali Dikmen | Aydin Satici | |
| ICCF Ukraine | Andrei Yeremenko | Nikolay Andriuschenko | Yuri Yaroshenko |
Zone 2: Latin America
Zonal Director: Carlos Cranbourne (ARG)| ICCF Federation | Official ICCF Delegate | ICCF Email Contact | Other |
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| ICCF Argentina | J. Daniel Finkelstein | Claudio Javier Gonçalves | |
| ICCF Brazil | Márcio Barbosa de Oliveira | José Joaquim de Amorim Neto | |
| ICCF Chile | Guillermo Toro Solis de Ovando | José Ledezma Alvarez | |
| ICCF Colombia | Ariolfo Angulo | E. Duban Pena Gomez | |
| ICCF Cuba | Pablo Salcedo Mederos | Armando A. Pérez Pérez | Roque A. López Ruíz |
| ICCF Ecuador | Pavao Bjazevic | ||
| ICCF Guatemala | Cesar Augusto Blanco Gramajo |
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| ICCF Nicaragua | Guy José Bendana | ||
| ICCF Panama | Hermann V. Rosch M | ||
| ICCF Peru | Dario Biella Bianchi | Miguel Bailly Badiola | Guillermo Rivas Mongrut |
| ICCF Uruguay | Antonio Jorge Macchia | Martìn Marotta | Cèsar Sacco |
| ICCF Venezuela | José Manuel Piña |
Zone 3: North America/Pacific
Zonal Director: Leonard Schakel (USA)| ICCF Federation | Official ICCF Delegate | ICCF Email Contact | Other |
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| ICCF Australia | Tim Runting | Clive Murden | |
| ICCF Canada | Manny Migicovsky | Joe Deidun, Jr | Ralph P. Marconi |
| ICCF Hong Kong | Henry Leung | Michael Spooner | |
| ICCF Indonesia | Kwik Tong Soen | Ali Sintoro | |
| ICCF Japan | Hirokaz Onoda | Shuji Hasidume | |
| ICCF Mexico | Santiago Cardoso Contreras | Jorge Aldrete | |
| ICCF New Zealand | Michael R. Freeman | Brett E. Sinclair | |
| ICCF Singapore | Wang Mong Lin | ||
| ICCF U.S.A. ICCF U.S.A. ICCF U.S.A. is a member of the International Correspondence Chess Association for the territory of the United States.- History :The Correspondence Chess League of America was the first American chess club to become an ICCF affiliate. It was created in 1917 as a merger of four clubs, one of which... |
Leonard Schakel |
Zone 4: Africa/Asia
Zonal Director: Dinand Knol (RSA)| ICCF Federation | Official ICCF Delegate | ICCF Email Contact | Other |
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| ICCF Algeria | Malik Mohandoussaid | ||
| ICCF Burkina Faso | Etienne Sandaogo | Solange Laba | |
| ICCF Côte d'Ivoire | |||
| ICCF Ghana | Beatrice Odonkor | Ole Jacobsen | |
| ICCF India | Alok Saxena | Ambar Chatterjee | |
| ICCF Kazakhstan | Adil G. Murzaliew | Georgiy G. Gagloyev | Timur Irzhanov |
| ICCF Kenya | Kim Bhari | ||
| ICCF Qatar | Khalifa Mohammed Al-Hitmi | Essa Moussa | |
| ICCF South Africa | Dinand Knol | Iain Smuts | |
| ICCF Tunisia | Wajdi Chouari | Béchir Massoudi | Brahim Fekih |
| ICCF Togo | |||
| ICCF Turkmenistan | Vladimir Annaev | Sergey Simonenko |