List of presidents of the United States Chess Federation

This article lists the presidents of the United States Chess Federation from its foundation in 1939 to present. The presidents were elected by voting members to three-year terms. Now the executive board elects its own officers annually.

List

 * 1939–1942  George Sturgis
 * 1943–1948  Elbert Wagner, Jr.
 * 1948–1951  Paul Geirs
 * 1951–1954  Harold M. Phillips
 * 1954–1957  Frank Graves
 * 1957–1960  Jerry Spann
 * 1960–1963  Fred Cramer
 * 1963–1966  Ed Edmondson
 * 1966–1969  Marshall Rohland
 * 1969–1972  Leroy Dubeck
 * 1972–1975  Frank Skoff
 * 1975–1978  George Koltanowski
 * 1978–1981  Gary Sperling
 * 1981–1984  Tim Redman
 * 1984–1987  Steven Doyle
 * 1987–1990  Harold Winston
 * 1990–1993  Maxim Dlugy
 * 1993–1996  Denis Barry
 * 1996–1999  Don Schultz
 * 1999–2000  Bob Smith
 * 2000–2001  Tim Redman
 * 2001–2003  John McCrary
 * 2003–2005  Beatriz Marinello
 * 2005–2008  Bill Goichberg
 * 2009–2011  Jim Berry
 * 2011–2015  Ruth Inez Haring
 * 2015–2017  Gary Walters
 * 2017–2018  Mike Hoffpauir
 * 2018–2020  W. Allen Priest
 * 2020–2022  Mike Hoffpauir
 * 2022–present Randy Bauer