The Polish Chess Federation (PZSzach) was created on 11 April 1926 in Warsaw

Warsaw

Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...

. Józef Żabiński

Józef Zabinski

Józef Żabiński was a Polish chess master and problemist.Born in Warsaw , he was educated in a high school gymnasium and graduated in Law Faculty at the Imperial University of Warsaw in 1886.Żabiński won the 2nd Warsaw City Chess Championship in 1883/84...

 was the first chairman. The initial statute

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 outlined the fundamental objectives of the association

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 including amongst others the popularisation of the game of chess

Chess

Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...

 and general organization of the chess movement in Poland

Poland

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, representation outside of the country, coordination of the activities of clubs and regional associations as well as organization of individual and team tournaments and championships (in different age categories). The Polish Chess Federation was invited to join the International Chess Federation (FIDE

Fédération Internationale des Échecs

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) in 1927. After 2nd World War

World War II

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, The Polish Chess Federation was re-established on 30 April 1946 and with the exception of the period between 1950 and 1957 has been continually active till today. The General Delegate Assembly is the highest decision making body, however, the daily activities are managed by a Board

Board of directors

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consisting of 10 to 15 members elected for four-tear terms.