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	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News
		The English Chess Federation (ECF) is the governing chess organisation in England and is one of the federations of the FIDE.
		The ECF was founded in 1904 as the British Chess Federation and, although Scotland, Wales, Ireland and the Channel Islands had their own federations for many years, it was not until 2005 that the BCF was renamed to reflect this.
		The British Chess Federation (BCF) was the governing body of chess in England from 1904 until 2005.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=British_Chess_Federation (260 words)

	Chess Trivia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		He was a Lieutenant in the British army and a Captain in the US Army, fighting for the North during the Civil War.
		Daughter of Otto II who was "won" as a result of a chess match between Ezzo, the Count of Palatine, and her brother, the Holy Emperor, Otto III.
		But since the German Chess Federation was not part of FIDE, the event was not recognized as belongiing to the official series of Olympiads.
	www.logicalchess.com /info/trivia/m.html (2309 words)

	Guildford Chess Club
		We are one of the strongest chess clubs in the UK, with approximately 50 regular players in membership spanning the complete ability range from beginner to Grandmaster.
		We were awarded the BCF (British Chess Federation) Club of the Year award in 1996, which also marked our Centenary.
		Guildford Chess Club is open from 7pm to 10.30pm on Monday evenings, excluding August and Bank holidays.
	www.guildfordchess.fsnet.co.uk (418 words)

	No entry for Indians in British chess championship
		Indian chess players will not be participating in the British chess championship, one of the biggest prize-money tournaments in the world, from next year after the organisers caved in to pressure and decided to restrict participation to English and Irish players.
		The British championship carries a first prize of 10,000 pounds and there were lot of murmurs about participating countries after Indian International Master R B Ramesh won it last year. Many domestic players had then shown their dissent and most of them gave the championship a miss this time.
		The British Chess Federation, however, has not said anything about the appearance money part in the accord it has reached on restricted participation and it remains to be seen whether from next year the likes of Nigel Short, Jonathan Speelman and many other top British Grandmasters turn up for the event.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2003/jul/28chess.htm (336 words)

	BCF Grand Prix Checklist
		Ensure that the British Chess Federation Grand Prix is announced prominently (preferably on the front page) in your entry form or programme.
		The BCF also welcomes mention of the British Chess Federation Prixette, Senior Prix, Junior Prix, Amateur Prix and Disabled Prix, for all of which most congresses are eligible.
		British Chess Federation leader boards and rules for display should reach you about one week before the event.
	www.bcf.org.uk /events/grandprix/checklist2003.htm (395 words)

	Chess Trivia
		The muse or goddess of chess, originally a wood-nymph, in a poem by Sir William Jones in 1763.
		Chinese chess is played on a board 9 squares by 8 and the pieces move on the intersections of the lines rather than the squares, so that the actual playing area is 10 by 9.
		The first chess effort on the part of a computer is a mate in 2 programmed in 1949 on a Ferranti digital machine.
	www.logicalchess.com /info/trivia/c.html (2881 words)

	Chess Mail: history of the BCCA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Chess Mail is sponsoring the BCCA-100 GM tournament, starting today on the ICCF webserver.
		After the First World War, the Association played an increasingly significant role in British chess affairs, which was recognised when the (then) British Chess Federation arranged for BCCA to run the British Correspondence Championship, starting in the late 1930s.
		From 1932, when the fore-runner of the present National Correspondence Chess Club was founded, BCCA has always had at least one rival club competing for the British "market", and this was apparently the main reason for separating the championships.
	www.chessmail.com /ccinfo/bcca-history.html (985 words)

	ChessBase.com - Chess News - First British Internet Schools Championship
		British schools are invited to register for the first Internet Championship, which, if successful, will be widening out into Europe, and eventually all over the World.
		You are at the gateway to the future of chess in education.
		Chess and Bridge (London) are providing trophies for all winning schools in the first stage of the event.
	www.chessbase.com /newsdetail.asp?newsid=2498 (1736 words)

	Chess Glossary
		It is a combination of letters and numbers (a to h and 1 to 8) which denotes the 64 squares of the board.
		A system of recording the moves of a Chess game similar to Algebraic Notation except that small pictures of the pieces and Pawns are substituted for their names.
		A clock which, in addition to serving the usual functions of a Chess clock, adds a certain amount of time to each player's clock after each move, in order to avoid desperate time scrambles at the end of a game, which often result in poor moves.
	www.chess-poster.com /english/glossary.htm (4349 words)

	Chess Edinburgh
		Chess Edinburgh is an amalgamation of all adult affiliated chess clubs within Edinburgh and the Lothians and undertakes a variety of functions to promote the game in the area.
		Chess Edinburgh actively supports junior chess including the Primary and Secondary schools leagues, and has provided financial assistance and help with the training of juniors.
		Chess Edinburgh has organised the Scottish Chess Championships for Chess Scotland on several occasions and in 2003 assisted the British Chess Federation in bringing the British Chess Championships to Edinburgh where it enjoyed one of its most successful events.
	chessedinburgh.co.uk (257 words)

	BCF GRADES
		Rapidplay chess, Lightning chess and Correspondence chess are excluded.
		The BCF requires data to be sent on floppy disks produced by an IBM PC or compatible machine.
		The BCF Grading Administrator is a member of the BCF Office staff and is responsible for the maintenance of the Grading Records, the input of the data received and the printing of Grading Lists and other reports.
	members.aol.com /norfolkchess/bcfgrade.htm (1440 words)

	Malcolm Pein on the British Championships
		Chess Club (to read the columns you need to register which is free).
		It is such a shame that the so called British Championship should be reduced to what is effectively a fusion of the Indian and Scottish titles combined with fifty amateur players who have qualified at events throughout the year and deserve a better reward than this.
		The British Chess Federation is an anachronism and would be best disbanded and reconstituted as the English Chess Federation with a new charter and new personnel.
	www.chesscenter.com /twic/malcbrit03.html (682 words)

	British Federation for Correspondence Chess: About the British Federation for Correspondence Chess
		The British Federation for Correspondence Chess was founded in 1962 as the British Postal Chess Federation (BPCF) and each year has gone from strength to strength.
		Thanks to its work, correspondence chess is no longer regarded as something less than chess but a valuable form of the game which can produce extremely fine games and serve as an excellent medium for research and analysis as well as being a fascinating pastime.
		In 1981 and 1989 the Federation organised the ICCF Congress in London and in 1981 began a 'Jubilee Tournament' which was won by Dr Jonathon Penrose ahead of Simon Webb, both of whom won their Grandmaster title for their score in this event.
	www.bfcc-online.org.uk /bfcc.htm (267 words)

	[No title]
		Her experience as a chess teacher has given her a unique insight into the thinking of average players." In addition, Women's Grandmaster Lalic (her correct title as referenced on the book's first page), was also a former Chess Cafe columnist.
		There are numerous references throughout to the British Chess Federation and its rating or "grading" system, as well as discussions of other aspects of chess peculiar to Great Britain.
		Established opening reference books such as Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (3rd edition, C57) and Beliavsky and Mikhalchishin in their recent The Two Knights Defence consider Black's best move to be 11 Nc7 and after 12 Bf4 and now 12 Kf7, assess the position as unclear (not favorable to either side).
	www.chesscafe.com /text/chessquestions.txt (1162 words)

	Amos Burn - A Chess Biography by Richard Forster
		The C.C.A. stood in stark contrast to the professional chess circles of the Metropolis and the B.C.A. With a strong clerical element and a firm determination to support amateur chess, it was very influential in the provinces but not very popular in the capital.
		This provoked endless controversies with the metropolitan chess circles which did not see why generous prizes should be paid at these meetings to mere amateurs, who, with very few exceptions, were markedly weaker than the city professionals.
		The fate of the Counties' Chess Association is inseparably connected with the name of the Rev. Arthur Bolland Skipworth (1830–1898).
	www.chesshistory.com /burn/burn_ch4.html (1360 words)

	ChessBase.com - Chess News - The Match of the Generations
		The British Chess Federation was founded 7 May 1904.
		Before the game Philip, the only serious chess player in the UK older than the federation said, “I am looking forward to an exciting match and fully intend to win.” Jonathan said, “I think he will win, he has had more time to practice” (note, child has his father’s wit).
		President of the British Chess Federation, Gerry Walsh, said today, “The match will demonstrate the attraction of chess for players of all ages.
	www.chessbase.com /newsdetail.asp?newsid=1641 (390 words)

	Chess Strategy in Action (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		He illustrates the modern practice of chess with many examples from imaginative players such as Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand, Ivanchuk and tempestuous innovators such as Shirov and Morozevich.
		He explained how modern players are more willing than their predecessors to favour dynamic considerations over static ones, and how they have increasingly transcended the limiting 'rules' which influenced play in earlier times.
		Chess Strategy in Action can also be read on its own as an outstanding collection of modern games with thoughtful and enlightening annotations.
	www.thechessstore.com /product/GAMBIT67 (254 words)

	NCO - Nunn's Chess Openings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This single volume covers all chess openings in detail and will enable every chess-player, right up to grandmaster standard, to play the opening with confidence.
		Nunn’s Chess Openings is indeed written by a team of experts: four players who are acclaimed as outstanding chess writers and experts in their fields.
		Chess Olympiad he won three individual gold medals and in 1988-9 finished sixth overall in the World Cup.
	www.chess.it /libri/3827.htm (281 words)

	British Chess Magazine: The Chess Shop and the Bridge Shop
		He was very approachable and on the friendliest terms with the chess public, happily discussing the finer points of chess with humble woodpushers.
		It need hardly be added that she took the British Women's Championship title (her third in a row if you allow for the fact that it was not competed for last year).
		I accompanied two members of the British Chess Federation book of the year committee this evening to make the 2005 BCF Book of the Year award to Garry Kasparov … more...
	www.bcmchess.co.uk (7349 words)

	Chessville - Keene On Chess: Robert Wade - with GM Raymond Keene, OBE
		Active in the world chess federation, FIDE, Wade was part of the committee that drew up the first official rules of the game and he sat on the committee that decided on the original holders of the International Master and Grandmaster titles (his own IM title was awarded in 1950).
		He instituted regular adult chess classes at Morley College, tirelessly visited schools around the UK and also participated in numerous training tournaments where his experience could be imparted first hand to up-and-coming British hopefuls.
		Twenty years later, an explosion in chess strength was apparent: England’s first Grandmasters qualified in the 1970s and the English team came second to the USSR in two chess Olympiads of the 1980s.
	www.chessville.com /Keene/Wade.htm (3289 words)

	Braille Chess Associations from all over the world
		Aims and objectives: to encourage and support the playing of chess by blind and partially sighted people, to give blind and partially sighted people the self-confidence to integrate into chess clubs and events not confined to the visually handicapped.
		Braille Chess Association of Ireland, The Braille Chess Association of Ireland was established in 1985 with the aim of promoting Chess among the blind and partially sighted.
		United States Braille Chess Association, The purpose of the United States Braille Chess Association (USBCA) is to actively encourage and assist in the promotion and advancement of correspondence and over-the-board chess among chess enthusiasts who are blind or visually impaired.
	www.braillechess.net /links.html (575 words)

	English Chess Federation
		The new design follows a long period of research and development and reflects the traditional federation colour scheme and communicates the new Anglicisation of the federation...
		The English Chess Federation is delighted to announce the launch of a new monthly chess magazine, The Right Move...
		The English Chess Federation has warmly welcomed the launch of the Harry Potter chess set, which will be built up through a unique part-work series, Harry Potter: The Step-by-step chess manual.
	www.bcf.org.uk /index.html (816 words)

	B.C.A constitution
		The name of the Association shall be: "Braille Chess Association" (hereinafter referred to as "the Association").
		The Objects of the Association shall be the furtherance of education amongst the blind in relation to the game of chess by:
		Membership of the Association shall be open to any visually handicapped person on application to the Secretary and, subject to Clauses 5, 5B and 6 below, on payment of the first annual subscription, or appropriate proportion thereof, to the Treasurer.
	www.braillechess.org.uk /constitution/index.html (1396 words)

	Chess Guide > Libraries
		Due to mergers and acqusitions in recent years there are only two chess libraries of major signicance and only a few other specialist collections.
		The Chess and Draughts collection at the Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana (part of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, the National Library of the Netherlands).
		Built on the donations of from the private chess libraries of Antonius van der Linde, Meindert Niemeijer and G.L. Gortmans.
	www.chess.freegames.eu.com /documentation/libraries.html (221 words)

	[No title]
		I am an active player (club and county chess and tournaments including international ones) and hold the title of County Master.
		At correspondence chess, I play for Britain in international friendly matches, and have qualified for the final (F4) of the Open Championship of the British Federation for Correspondence Chess and for the final of the Bernard Partridge Memorial Tournament, an international (North Sea) “stars barred” event.
		British Federation for Correspondence Chess Information Circular, which I edited for a year.
	members.lycos.co.uk /Stephen_M_Williams/CHESS.htm (186 words)

	Chess pictures : Stories: BRITAIN vs USSR Radio match
		He mentioned that the match was the first to be played from England by radio-telegraphy and that during the match would occur the first "hook-ups" for general broadcasting between the B.B.C. and Moscow radio.
		We learnt in the relay from Moscow that play there was in a spacious, airy hall and the British players could only gasp at the casual mention of the team doctor adjuring Flohr not to forget to take his vitamin tablets.
		The logical sequel seems to be a match with the U.S.A. We have been endeavouring to arrange an over-the-board match with the U.S.A.team as it journeys through to Russia early in September, but this has proved impossible, as the various members of the team are travelling at different times and by different methods and routes.
	www.chessgraphics.net /rr.htm (1568 words)

	BBC Wales - Raise Your Game - Get over it!
		When you sit down at a chess board for the first time it's the only time in the game when you know how the pieces are set up.
		This is the phase in chess when there are only a few pieces left on the chess board and technique and book knowledge become really important.
		In chess, win, lose or draw, sit down with your opponent and analyse what your opponent was thinking at each stage of the game.
	www.bbc.co.uk /wales/raiseyourgame/pages/alan_ruffle.shtml (704 words)

	Ralph Marconi's Chess Page:Readers' Games (528)
		It was quite clear then that the existing relationhsip between the BCF and the BCCA Executives was such that it prevented British CC players from participating in the international team tournaments, therefore an alternative approach had to be developed to achieve the main objective.
		A significant initiative towards enriching British CC chess was taken by Reg the late J. Potter, Secretary of the Social Correspondence Chess Association.
		At this stage the reader may be forgiven for thinking that the BCF Executive had learned a good lesson and would allow CC players in the country to organize their own affairs and decide their chessical future.
	correspondencechess.com /marconi/jjm.htm (4148 words)

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