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The International Correspondence Chess Federation
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: Europe
    Europe
    Europe 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 America
    Latin America
    Latin 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 America
    North America
    North 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: Africa
    Africa
    Africa 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...

    /Asia
    Asia
    Asia 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
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
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
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
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
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

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