Randy Bauer
Encyclopedia
Randy Bauer is a chess
master and a member of the Executive Board of the United States Chess Federation
.
He was first elected to the board for a one-year term in 2004. During his one year term, the board voted on and completed the move of the headquarters of the United States Chess Federation to Crossville
, Tennessee
.
He ran for re-election in 2005 but was defeated.
He served two years on the USCF
Finance Committee, then ran for re-election in 2007 and this time was elected.
He has been the Budget Director of the State of Iowa
under Governor Tom Vilsack
who later ran for President of the United States
.
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...
master and a member of the Executive Board of the United States Chess Federation
United States Chess Federation
The United States Chess Federation is a non-profit organization, the governing chess organization within the United States, and one of the federations of the FIDE. The USCF was founded in 1939 from the merger of two regional chess organizations, and grew gradually until 1972, when membership...
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He was first elected to the board for a one-year term in 2004. During his one year term, the board voted on and completed the move of the headquarters of the United States Chess Federation to Crossville
Crossville, Tennessee
Crossville is a city in and the county seat of Cumberland County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 10,795 at the 2010 Census.-Geography:Crossville is located at...
, Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
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He ran for re-election in 2005 but was defeated.
He served two years on the USCF
United States Chess Federation
The United States Chess Federation is a non-profit organization, the governing chess organization within the United States, and one of the federations of the FIDE. The USCF was founded in 1939 from the merger of two regional chess organizations, and grew gradually until 1972, when membership...
Finance Committee, then ran for re-election in 2007 and this time was elected.
He has been the Budget Director of the State of Iowa
Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
under Governor Tom Vilsack
Tom Vilsack
Thomas James "Tom" Vilsack is an American politician, a member of the Democratic Party, and presently the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. He served as the 40th Governor of the state of Iowa. He was first elected in 1998 and re-elected to a second four-year term in 2002...
who later ran for President of the United States
President of the United States
The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
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