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The American Chess Association represents the United States as the official governing body within the World Chess Federation, Inc. It was founded in 1857 when it sponsored the First American Chess Congress. On November 11, 1857 Paul Morphy, who had defeated Paulsen for the ACA title, was presented a silver service at the prize giving by Colonel Mead, President of the American Chess Association. On behalf of Paul Morphy, the American Chess Association offered a $5,000 challenge to any player in Europe to contest a match with the recently crowned ACA champion (see Illustrated London News, December 26, 1857). The purpose of the ACA is to extend the role of chess in American society. Current membership as of 2007 is approximately 71,000 members. Membership is $1 for life. The ACA publishes a monthly magazine, American Chess Monthly, now in its 151st year of publication, which can be subscribed to separately. American Chess Monthly has been published since Vol 1, #1 was founded and edited by Willard Fiske (who helped organize the First American Chess Congress), in January 1857.(see the Passionate Collector http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/collector/chess/chess_2.html). Fiske , with Paul Morphy as co-editor(http://sbchess.sinfree.net/willard.html), edited the American Chess Monthly until 1861. The American Chess Monthly was edited from 1892-1893 by George H Walcott, Jr. (as documented @ www.bcmchess.co.uk/chessbooksmoravian.html)Back issues Reprints from the organization dating back to 1861 are available from the ACA organization's library. ACA contact info is amchess@cox.net. |
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The '''American Chess Association''' was a [[chess]] organisation founded in [[1857]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.chessville.com/BillWall/StrangeButTrue.htm | title = Strange But True | work = Bill Wall's Wonderful World of Chess | author = Bill Wall | accessdate = 2007-07-08 }}</ref> The organization organized the first major chess tournament, the First American Chess Congress, in the United States on Oct 6, 1857.<ref>http://www.brainyhistory.com/events/1857/october_6_1857_53681.html</ref> On November 11, 1857, [[Paul Morphy]], who had defeated [[Louis Paulsen]] in the tournament, was presented with a silver service at the prize giving by Colonel Mead, President of the ACA. On behalf of Paul Morphy, the American Chess Association offered a $5,000 challenge to any player in Europe to contest a match with the recently crowned ACA champion.<ref>see ''Illustrated London News', December 26, 1857 -- verification needed</ref> |
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The ACA published a monthly magazine, ''American Chess Monthly'', founded in January 1857 by [[Willard Fiske]], who had helped organize the First American Chess Congress.<ref>http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/collector/chess/chess_2.html</ref> Fiske edited ''American Chess Monthly'' until 1861.{{Fact|date=July 2007}}<!-- sinfree.net citation removed, it appears to be a celebirty fan site of dubious provenance--> |
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It is believed that the ACA was defunct by the 1870's.{{Fact|date=July 2007}} |
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==References== |
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Revision as of 23:55, 27 July 2007
The American Chess Association represents the United States as the official governing body within the World Chess Federation, Inc. It was founded in 1857 when it sponsored the First American Chess Congress. On November 11, 1857 Paul Morphy, who had defeated Paulsen for the ACA title, was presented a silver service at the prize giving by Colonel Mead, President of the American Chess Association. On behalf of Paul Morphy, the American Chess Association offered a $5,000 challenge to any player in Europe to contest a match with the recently crowned ACA champion (see Illustrated London News, December 26, 1857). The purpose of the ACA is to extend the role of chess in American society. Current membership as of 2007 is approximately 71,000 members. Membership is $1 for life. The ACA publishes a monthly magazine, American Chess Monthly, now in its 151st year of publication, which can be subscribed to separately. American Chess Monthly has been published since Vol 1, #1 was founded and edited by Willard Fiske (who helped organize the First American Chess Congress), in January 1857.(see the Passionate Collector http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/collector/chess/chess_2.html). Fiske , with Paul Morphy as co-editor(http://sbchess.sinfree.net/willard.html), edited the American Chess Monthly until 1861. The American Chess Monthly was edited from 1892-1893 by George H Walcott, Jr. (as documented @ www.bcmchess.co.uk/chessbooksmoravian.html)Back issues Reprints from the organization dating back to 1861 are available from the ACA organization's library. ACA contact info is amchess@cox.net.