The Brazilian Chess Confederation (pt|'''Confederação Brasileira de Xadrez''') 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)[1] and affiliated with FIDE in 1935.[2] It is based in Santa Maria de Jetibá, Espírito Santo.[3] Its president is Darcy Lima, who took office in 2013.[4] [5] It has 19 constituent clubs and 30,000 members.[2]
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.[6]
| 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 |