The Hong Kong China Chess Federation (HKCF; ) is the governing body for chess in Hong Kong.Hong Kong Chess Federation Official Website www.hongkongchess.com Founded in 1960, the HKCF joined FIDE in 1961 and is part of Zone 3.3. The President as of August 2026 is KK Chan. Member of the International Correspondence Chess Federation and 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.http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=&art_id=65113&sid=&con_type=1&archive_d_str=19960901 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 countries.
The Asian Cities Chess Championship was launched by the Hong Kong Chess Federation in 1978 under the sponsorship of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank. The first Asian Cities title went to Singapore.
Correspondence Chess In 1978, the HKCF established the Correspondence Chess Section, holding a tournament in this format to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Federation's founding, but it met with little interest. In 1983, the English-language newspaper South China Morning Post launched a tournament celebrating its 80th anniversary, which garnered significant attention. Taking advantage of this event, the HKCF organized de 1st Hong Kong Correspondence Chess Championship, with Georghe Murphy as the winner. Let's review the list of champions:
Georghe Murphy, 1986. Arnulfo Domenden, 1988. Henry Leung, 1990. Henry Leung, 1993. Geoff Wise, 1996. Glenn Turner, 1998. Geoff Wise, 2001. Chris Champion, 2003. Michael Spooner, 2005. Michael Spooner, 2007. Graeme Hall, 2009. Allan Johnston, 2011. Allan Johnston, 2013. Allan Johnston, 2015. Lai Hei Hysan Wong, 2017.
References
External links Hong Kong Chess Federation official website Hong Kong China Chess Federation Hong Kong Chess Association (HKCA) Limited, a non-profit organisation 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 Kevin Kwong, Saturday, 9 March 1996