Hong Kong Chess Federation
# Hong Kong Chess Federation

The Hong Kong Chess Federation (HKCF; Chinese: 香港國際象棋總會) is the governing body for chess in Hong Kong

* Founded in 1960
* HKCF joined FIDE in 1961 and is part of Zone 3.3
* President as of September 2016 is Robin Lai.
* President as of April 2015 is David Garceran Nieuwenburg. Before then Dr. Hong Ki Tsang had replaced Jackson Li in December 2014 after Jackson Li's Presidency of almost 2 decades.
* Member of the International Correspondence Chess Federation, delegate: Henry Leung.
* Member 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. 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.

