Brazilian Chess Confederation

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]

Administration

Presidents from to
Gustavo Garnott 1927 1930
Antônio Américo Barbosa de Oliveira 1930 1935
Luiz Felipe Burlamaqui 1935 1938
Joaquim de Almeida Pinto 1938 1942
Olavo Coutinho Marques 1942 1943
Rui de Castro 1943 1947
Edmundo Gastão da Cunha 1948 1951
Roberto da Gama e Silva 1951 1953
Edmundo Gastão da Cunha 1953 1966
Márcio Elísio de Freitas 1966 1967
Luiz Tavares da Silva 1968 1970
Luiz Campelo Gentil 1970 1976
Washington de Oliveira January 1976 June 1976
Erasmo Couto 1976 (interim)
Célio Teodoro Assunção 1976 1978
Sérgio Farias 1978 1979
Márcio do Carmo Miranda 1980 1982
Sérgio Farias 1982 1986
Luiz Tavares da Silva 1986 1988
Jaime Sunye Neto 1988 1992
Antônio Bento de Araújo Lima 1992 1996
Estevão Antônio Reis Bakô 1997 1998
Darcy Lima 1999 2004
Sérgio da Silva Freitas 2005 2008
Pablyto Robert Baioco Ribeiro 2009 2012
Darcy Lima 2013 2020
Máximo Igor Miranda de Macedo 2021

See also

References

  1. ^ Confederação Brasileira de Xadrez, Confederaçãos, Comitê Olímpico Brasileiro (Brazilian Olympic Committee), retrieved April 30, 2013 (in Portuguese)
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ Directory Archived March 8, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, FIDE, retrieved April 30, 2013.
  4. ^ Diretoria, Confederação Brasileira de Xadrez, retrieved April 30, 2013 (in Portuguese)
  5. ^ Presidentes da Confederação Brasileira de Xadrez Archived 2014-02-22 at the Wayback Machine, Tabuleiro de Xadrez, retrieved April 30, 2013 (in Portuguese)
  6. ^ Raitza Vieira, Diário de Pernambuco, "Xeque-mate no xadrez de Pernambuco", Super Esportes, January 24, 2011 (in Portuguese)