List of presidents of the United States Chess Federation
# List of presidents of the United States Chess Federation

This article lists the presidents of the United States Chess Federation from its foundation in 1939 to present. The presidents were elected by voting members to three-year terms. Now the executive board elects its own officers annually.

## List

* 1939–1942 George Sturgis
* 1943–1948 Elbert Wagner, Jr.
* 1948–1951 Paul Geirs
* 1951–1954 Harold M. Phillips
* 1954–1957 Frank Graves
* 1957–1960 Jerry Spann
* 1960–1963 Fred Cramer
* 1963–1966 Ed Edmondson
* 1966–1969 Marshall Rohland
* 1969–1972 Leroy Dubeck
* 1972–1975 Frank Skoff
* 1975–1978 George Koltanowski
* 1978–1981 Gary Sperling
* 1981–1984 Tim Redman
* 1984–1987 Steven Doyle
* 1987–1990 Harold Winston
* 1990–1993 Maxim Dlugy
* 1993–1996 Denis Barry
* 1996–1999 Don Schultz
* 1999–2000 Bob Smith
* 2000–2001 Tim Redman
* 2001–2003 John McCrary
* 2003–2005 Beatriz Marinello
* 2005–2008 Bill Goichberg
* 2009–2011 Jim Berry
* 2011–2015 Ruth Inez Haring
* 2015–2017 Gary Walters
* 2017–2018 Mike Hoffpauir
* 2018–2020 W. Allen Priest
* 2020–2022 Mike Hoffpauir
* 2022–present Randy Bauer
