The Singapore Chess Federation (

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: SCF) is the principal authority over all

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events in Singapore. SCF was founded in 1949 by Lim Kok Ann. The Federation is affiliated to the world governing body,

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(FIDE), and is part of the

ASEAN Chess Confederation The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, commonly abbreviated as ASEAN, is a regional grouping of 10 states in Southeast Asia "that aims to promote economic and security cooperation among its ten members." Together, its member states re ...

and the

Asian Chess Federation The Asian Chess Federation is the continental governing body of the sport of chess in Asia. The ACF annually organized the Asian Chess Championship. Member Federations Tournaments * Asian Chess Championship The Asian Chess Championship is ...

. SCF is located at Singapore Intellectual Games Centre in Bishan. Its promotion of the game has caused participation in its youth and interschool events, among others, to jump from 517 in 1999 to over 1200 in 2004. As a result, Singapore has one of the highest number of chess players in schools

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. The current president is

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Hsu Li Yang. The current vice president is Grandmaster

Wong Meng Kong Wong Meng Kong (born 18 September 1963) a Singaporean chess grandmaster. He won the Singaporean Chess Championship in 1986, 1989, 1990 and 1991. He represented Singapore at the Chess Olympiad eleven times (1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1 ...

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* National members of the Asian Chess Federation Chess in Singapore

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