Hong Kong Chess Federation

Not to be confused with the Hong Kong Chess Association 香港國際象棋協會有限公司

Hong Kong Chess Federation
Chinese	香港國際象棋總會
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xiānggǎng guójìxiàngqí zǒng huì Wade–Giles Hsiang-kang kuochihsiangch'i tsung hui IPA [ɕjáŋkàŋ kwǒtɕîɕjɛ̂ntɕʰǐ tsùŋ xwî] Yale Romanization Syānggǎng gwójìsyàngchí dzǔng hwèi Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Hoeng1 gong2 gwok3 zai3 zoeng6 kei4 zung2 wui4 IPA [hœ́ːŋkɔ̌ːŋ kʷɔ̄ːktsɐ̄itsœ̀ːŋkʰȅi tsʊ̌ŋ wȕːi] Yale Romanization Heūng góng kwok jai jeuhng kèih júng wuìh

The Hong Kong Chess Federation (HKCF; Chinese: 香港國際象棋總會) is the governing body for chess in Hong Kong.^[1]

• Founded in 1960
• HKCF joined FIDE in 1961 and is part of Zone 3.3^[2]
• President as of April 2015 is David Garceran Nieuwenburg. Before then Dr. Hong Ki Tsang had replaced Jackson Li in December 2014 after Jackson Li's Presidency of almost 2 decades.^[3]
• Member of the International Correspondence Chess Federation, delegate: Henry Leung.^[4]
• Member of the Asian Chess Federation

The HKCF organises social and competition chess in Hong Kong, and selects players to represent Hong Kong internationally, e.g. the Chess Olympiad, which takes place every second year. Hong Kong has participated at the Chess Olympiads since 1967.^[5] It also supports the development of junior players, with school championships organised as well as individual junior championships.

The Hong Kong team in the 1974 Students' Chess Olympiad consisted of five brothers aged 8 to 18. In 1990 the Hong Kong Olympiad team consisted of four players from four different countries.^[6]

The Asian Cities Chess Championship was launched by the Hong Kong Chess Federation in 1978 under the sponsorship of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank.^[7][8][9] The first Asian Cities title went to Singapore.

References

1. Hong Kong Chess Federation Hong Kong Chess Federation Accessed 1 January 2015
2. http://asia-chess.com/
3. http://www.fide.com/component/fidedirectory/?task=country&fid=62
4. http://www.iccf.com/content/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=217
5. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=&art_id=65113&sid=&con_type=1&archive_d_str=19960901
6. http://www.chess.com/chessopedia/view/hong-kong
7. http://www.olimpbase.org/index.html?http%3A%2F%2Fwww.olimpbase.org%2Fclub%2Facc_history.html
8. http://www.chessbase.com/newsprint.asp?newsid=3733
9. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5404

External links

• Official website
• Hong Kong Chess Association (HKCA) Limited, a non-profit organization with the main objective to promote and encourage the development of chess among students in Hong Kong.
• Federations Ranking (FIDE)

Further reading

• Chess for Friday 6 May 2000 by Kaarlo Schepel about the end of the chess column of the South China Morning Post
• Knights of the square table Kevin Kwong, Saturday, 9 March 1996