The Brazilian Chess Confederation (Portuguese: Confederação Brasileira de Xadrez) is the national governing body for chess in Brazil and a member of the International Chess Federation (usually referred to as FIDE).
The organization was founded on November 11, 1924 as the Federação Brasileira de Xadrez (Brazilian Chess Federation)[1] and affiliated with FIDE in 1935.[2] It is based in Santa Maria de Jetibá, Espírito Santo.[3] Its president is Darcy Lima, who took office in 2013.[4][5] It has 19 constituent clubs and 30,000 members.[2]
Chess in Brazil is more popular in the South and Southeast than in the Northeast, and the confederation and its member associations have been affected by competition from online chess.[6]
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- ^ a b Xadrez Archived September 24, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Asociação Brasileira de Esportes Intelectuais (Brazilian Association of Mind Sports), 2011, retrieved April 30, 2013 (in Portuguese)
- ^ Directory Archived March 8, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, FIDE, retrieved April 30, 2013.
- ^ Diretoria, Confederação Brasileira de Xadrez, retrieved April 30, 2013 (in Portuguese)
- ^ Presidentes da Confederação Brasileira de Xadrez Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine, Tabuleiro de Xadrez, retrieved April 30, 2013 (in Portuguese)
- ^ Raitza Vieira, Diário de Pernambuco, "Xeque-mate no xadrez de Pernambuco", Super Esportes, January 24, 2011 (in Portuguese)