__NOTOC__ The Brazilian Chess Confederation () 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)Confederação Brasileira de Xadrez, Confederaçãos, Comitê Olímpico Brasileiro (Brazilian Olympic Committee), retrieved April 30, 2013 and affiliated with FIDE in 1935.Xadrez , Asociação Brasileira de Esportes Intelectuais (Brazilian Association of Mind Sports), 2011, retrieved April 30, 2013 It is based in Santa Maria de Jetibá, Espírito Santo.Directory , FIDE, retrieved April 30, 2013. Its president is Darcy Lima, who took office in 2013.Diretoria, Confederação Brasileira de Xadrez, retrieved April 30, 2013 Presidentes da Confederação Brasileira de Xadrez , Tabuleiro de Xadrez, retrieved April 30, 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.Raitza Vieira, Diário de Pernambuco, "Xeque-mate no xadrez de Pernambuco", Super Esportes, January 24, 2011
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 :Category:Brazilian chess players
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