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(September 2003) Our About Chess article on 'Where to play chess' (see the link box in the upper right corner), said
Many national federations maintain lists of affiliated chess clubs and the Web can help you find them. Start with the About Chess Organizations link, where we list the chess organizations for the principle English-speaking countries. If your country is not listed there, see the FIDE link on the same page.
The FIDE Directory lists all FIDE member federations in alphabetical order. Most entries have the national federation's postal address, phone/fax, email, president, and FIDE delegate, as well as the International Arbiters from that country. Even more important is the address of the federation's website, the key to finding clubs in that country.
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Rated tournaments in different countries are also controlled by national federations. The same websites that we used to locate chess clubs have announcements for tournaments.
We tested these statements with two objectives:-
- To provide quick links to the national federation pages which list chess clubs and events for the English-speaking countries.
- To see if the FIDE Directory (see the link box again) is well maintained.
The results are summarized in the following table.
| Country |
Clubs |
Events |
Notes |
| Australia |
|
|
(1) |
| Britain |
* |
* |
(2) |
| Canada |
* |
* |
|
| India |
* |
* |
|
| Ireland |
* |
* |
|
| New Zealand |
* |
* |
|
| Scotland |
* |
* |
|
| South Africa |
|
|
(3) |
| U.S. |
* |
* |
|
| Wales |
|
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(4) |
Notes:
(1) Chess clubs and events are maintained by the States, whose sites are linked by the national organization. See 'Organizations' on the left of this page for the address of the national site.
(2) 'Scotland, Wales, Ireland and the Channel Islands have their own federations.' The Channel Islands -- Guernsey and Jersey -- have no sites listed by FIDE.
(3) FIDE lists no site.
(4) The site listed by FIDE no longer exists.
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