The International Committee of Silent Chess (ICSC) was founded in 1949 in Copenhagen (Denmark) and is recognised by FIDE and by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It is an international body uniting the national federations of deaf chess players as the highest autority in matters of deaf chess. ICSC purpose is "the promotion of chess among the deaf off all nations, general improvement of their cultural level and chess knowledge and achievement of close international cooperation among chess players in their activites regarding the science of chess and in their other and cultural activities" (taken from ICSC statutes).

ICSC organizes a number of major international events, including some team tournaments:

ICSC publishes its periodical magazine "Mitteilungsblatt" (ICSC Bulletin) every four months. The Society of Friends of ICSC was founded in 1990 and approved by the ICSC Congress in 1992. The objectives of the Society are to encourage countries of the Third World to participate in ICSC events and to assist them with financial subsidies; to promote the ladies' chess within the ICSC and to provide assistance and promotion of chess events and efforts made by young deaf chess players. ICSC headquarters are located in Hertfordshire, England.

People interested in obtaining further information on deaf chess will be happy to find that ICSC home page offers most complete information on contemporary ICSC fields of activity as well as excellent archive section. It should satisfy everyone.