Brazilian Chess Confederation


The Brazilian Chess Confederation is the national governing body for chess in Brazil and a member of the International Chess Federation.
The organization was founded on November 11, 1924 as the Federação Brasileira de Xadrez and affiliated with FIDE in 1935. It is based in Santa Maria de Jetibá, Espírito Santo. Its president is Darcy Lima, who took office in 2013. It has 19 constituent clubs and 30,000 members.
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.

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