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The Uganda Chess Federation (UCF) is the
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of
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competition in
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and a member of
FIDE The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE ( , ), is an international organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national chess federations and acts as the Spor ...
, the international chess federation. It administers the official national
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which awards both numeric ratings and titles of distinction. The UCF was founded in 1972, became affiliated with the National Council of Sports in 1973, and in 1978 was affiliated with FIDE, the first Federation in East Africa to achieve this. The UCF was formerly known as the Chess Association of Uganda, which was formed in 1972 by a group of Ugandan physicians in the wake of excitement over the defeat of
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by
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at that year's
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. Chess was not well known and rarely played in the country prior to the early 1970s. After the organization's formation, the initial venue for matches was commonly
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or Makarere University, both located in Uganda's capital city of
Kampala Kampala (, ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,875,834 (2024) and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kampala, Kawempe Division, Kawempe, Makindy ...
. The name change to Uganda Chess Federation took place after FIDE's involvement in 1976. In the late 1970s the UCF began publishing ''Checkmate'', a pamphlet that helped foster wider interest in the sport. As of 2014, the UCF's president was Vianney Luggya.


See also

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Fédération Internationale des Échecs The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE ( , ), is an international organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national chess federations and acts as the go ...
(FIDE) *
International Correspondence Chess Federation International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF) was founded on 26 March 1951 as a new appearance of the International Correspondence Chess Association (ICCA), which was founded in 1945, as successor of the Internationaler Fernschachbund (IF ...
(ICCF) *
Phiona Mutesi Phiona Mutesi (born 28 March 1996) is a Ugandan chess player. She has represented Uganda at four Women's Chess Olympiads, and is one of the first titled female players in Ugandan chess history. Mutesi is the subject of a 2012 book and a 2016 fi ...


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