Russian Chess Federation

The Russian Chess Federation (Russian: Российская шахматная федерация ) is the national umbrella organization for chess players of Russia, based in Moscow. It was launched at the founding congress as successor to the Soviet Chess Federation on 15 February 1992, the. He sees his main task in the promotion of chess in Russia and in the interests of its members at home and abroad. The association is a member of the World Chess Federation ( FIDE ) and the National Olympic Committee of Russia.

Activities

The duties of the Association include preparation and care of the training system for the highly skilled chess player, aid in the transport of young people and orientation of chess tournaments and other chess events. Every year Russian youth championships, which serve to make the game more attractive for children and young people and to increase the chess skills of young talent further. Since 1992, Russia has frequently location of the star-studded international tournaments. The Tal Memorial in Moscow, one of the major tournaments around the world.

Structure

The Association is the self-governing Community Association, which is composed of the member organizations of the republics, regions, areas, cities and federal rank of the Autonomous regions or districts. The governing bodies consisted of the Congress, the Executive Committee and the Governing Board until early 2010. As part of the redesign -driven, the Executive Committee and the Board have been replaced by the Supervisory Board and the Management Board. In February 2014, the Office of the President is re-established. The Congress as the supreme body of the Association is formed of delegates from member associations and convened at least once every four years.

• Arkadi Muraschew (1992-1993)
• Yevgeny Bebtschuk (1993-1994)
• Andrei Makarov (1994-1997)
• Andrei Selivanov (1997-2003)
• Alexander Zhukov (2003-2009)

• Arkady Dvorkovich (2010-2014)

• Alexander Bach ( 2010)
• Ilya Lewitow (2010-2014)

• Andrei Filatov (2014 - )