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| | US Chess Federation: |
 | | Nine students from the Karpov School of Chess in Poikovsky, Siberia arrived in Lindsborg, Kansas with Alexander Bah, executive director of the Russian Chess Federation, Alexander Andreevsky, chairman of the district sports commission, Galina Kovaleva, director of the Karpov School of Chess in Poikovsky, and Tatyana Danilova, deputy commissioner of the Poikovsky district. |
 | | The United States Chess Federation (USCF), founded in 1939, serves as the governing body for chess in the United States and is now headquartered in Crossville, Tennessee. |
 | | USCF is devoted to extending the role of chess in American society. |
| www.uschess.org /news/press/uspr0548.php (791 words) |
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