The UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION (USCF) is the governing organization for chess in America. A not-for-profit corporation, it has approximately 90,000 paid members. Its membership spans every state and territory of the U.S and beyond. There are nearly 2,200 USCF-affiliated chess clubs, and more than 100,000 chess players participate in USCF events every year. The official publication, Chess Life, has a monthly readership of approximately 250,000.

The Association of Chess Professionals. Chess players having the FIDE title of International Master (IM and WIM) and International Grandmaster will automatically become members upon the payment of the membership fee. The players having none of the above mentioned titles may apply for admission. They will have to address an application to the Board of the Association (until the board is elected the applications should be sent to the members of the Initiative group) in order to prove that chess constitutes an important part of their professional activity, whether they are chess trainers, chess teachers, chess journalists, presidents of chess clubs, etc. This list is not exhaustive.

America's Foundation for Chess (AF4C) is committed to the education of our children. By making chess a larger part of America's cultural fabric - accessible in schools and in popular culture - AF4C hopes to elevate the profile of chess in America so that it will soon become a regular part of every child's classroom experience.