Southern California
Chess Federation
The Southern California Chess Federation (SCCF) is the affiliate organization recognized
by the United States Chess Federation (USCF),
for the Southern California area. Click here to join or renew your membership on line. Northern California is represented by affiliate
CalChess,
the Northern California Chess Federation.
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The January-February and March-April issues of Rank & File are now available in PDF format. Earlier issues may be found here. Please note that these files are in excess of 5 MB, and will take at least 15-20 minutes to download with a dial-up connection.
New feature: Games from the Los Angeles Times chess column. In two files: 1881-1955, and 1956-85. Note that you will need ChessBase to access these files. Thanks to John Blackstone for providing them.
"ACA Beasts!" top Amateur Team West
"Yellow is Mellow" second, "OC Chess Club" third on tiebreak
Games in PGN format
Games in Java viewer
Sevillano first in Western Pacific Open
Games in PGN format
Games in Java viewer
Vincent Huang tops SCCF High School Championship
Jeffrey Ding, David Minasyan, Leo Kamgar win sections
Video interviews
Interview with John Rowell (new!)
Interview with IM Cyrus Lakdawala (new!)
Interview with IM Jeremy Silman
Interview with IM John Donaldson
News & Notes
The SCCF publishes the bimonthly magazine Rank &File, which offers games, tournament reports, instructional articles, and much other material of local and regional interest. Advertsising rates may be found here.
If you play chess in Southern California, then you want to be a part of the SCCF and its activities. We survive on the volunteerism of our members, but our members benefit through an active and interesting schedule of events. If you are not a member of the SCCF, you should be.
Membership in the SCCF is $18 per
year for Adults and $10 per year for juniors (under 19), and
includes a subscription to the bimonthly Rank & File. To join, please send dues to Membership Secretary Randy Hough, PO Box 205, Monterey Park, CA, 91754, or click on the link above.
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