Chess in South Africa


There are records of organised chess being played in South Africa as far back as 1847, but the oldest surviving chess club is the Cape Town Chess Club, founded in 1885.

A national body, the Chess Federation of South Africa, was formed in 1948. Under apartheid, society was divided on racial grounds, and governed by whites, and the body catered for whites only. The first non-racial organisation, the Western Province Chess Association, was founded in 1964.

The following lists competitions for Chess in South Africa.

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