# USSR Chess Federation

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The '''USSR Chess Federation''' ({{langx|ru|Шахматная федерация СССР}}, {{Transliteration|ru|Shakhmatnaya fyedyeratsiya SSSR}}) was the national organization for [chess](/source/chess) in the [USSR](/source/USSR). It was founded in 1924 and its headquarters were in [Moscow](/source/Moscow). It was affiliated with the [World Chess Federation](/source/World_Chess_Federation). The USSR Chess Federation organized a [USSR Chess Championship](/source/USSR_Chess_Championship) and published a newspaper called ''[Шахматы в СССР](/source/Shakhmaty_v_SSSR)'' (Chess in the USSR).

== Administration ==

=== Board ===
The board consisted of a [chairman](/source/chairman), a deputy chairman, a [secretary](/source/secretary), and a treasurer.

=== Chairmen ===
* [Nikolai Krylenko](/source/Nikolai_Krylenko) (1924–1938)
* [Mikhail Botvinnik](/source/Mikhail_Botvinnik) (1938–1939)
* [Vladimir Herman](/source/Vladimir_Herman) (1939–1941 and 1945–1947)
* [Boris Weinstein](/source/Boris_Weinstein) (1942–1945)
* [Vladislav Vinogradov](/source/Vladislav_Vinogradov) (1947–1949, 1952–1954 and 1961–1962)
* [M. Kharlamov](/source/M._Kharlamov) (1949–1952)
* [Vladimir Alatortsev](/source/Vladimir_Alatortsev) (1954–1961)
* [Boris Rodionov](/source/Boris_Rodionov) (1962–1968)
* [Alexey Serov](/source/Alexey_Serov) (1968–1969)
* [Dmitry Postnikov](/source/Dmitry_Postnikov) (1969–1972)
* [Yuri Averbakh](/source/Yuri_Averbakh) (1972–1977)
* [Vitaly Sevastyanov](/source/Vitaly_Sevastyanov) (1977–1986 and 1988–1989)
* [Aleksandre Chikvaidze](/source/Aleksandre_Chikvaidze) (1986–1988)
* Vladimir Popov (1989–1991)

== Soviet chess players ==
* [Mikhail Botvinnik](/source/Mikhail_Botvinnik) (1911–1995), chairman of the USSR Chess Federation (1938–1938) and world champion and USSR champion
* [Garry Kasparov](/source/Garry_Kasparov), world champion
* [Anatoly Karpov](/source/Anatoly_Karpov), world champion
* [Mikhail Tal](/source/Mikhail_Tal), USSR champion and world champion
* [Tigran Petrosian](/source/Tigran_Petrosian), world champion

== See also ==
{{Portal|USSR|Chess|Games}}

{{Sports governing bodies in the Soviet Union}}

{{Authority control}}

Category:Chess organizations
Category:Chess in the Soviet Union
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Category:Sports organizations established in 1924

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