Don Schultz is a former president and a former vice-president 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...

 (USCF). He currently resides in Florida. He was elected vice-president on August 14, 2005. He was defeated by the Susan Polgar

Susan Polgar

Susan Polgar is a Hungarian-American chess Grandmaster...

-Paul Truong

Paul Truong

Paul Truong is an American chess player, trainer, promoter, and organizer.-Biography:Truong was born Hoainhan Truong in Saigon, South Vietnam....

 slate when he ran for re-election in July, 2007. He is a rated chess expert

Chess expert

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Schultz first ran for USCF President in 1966, but was defeated by Marshall Rohland. In the 1981, Schultz was appointed U.S. Delegate to FIDE, the World Chess Federation. In 1982, in Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki

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, Schultz was elected to the Executive Council of FIDE.

In 1992, he was elected to the Policy Board of the USCF. In 1993, he organized a tour for the Israel Youth Chess Team to the US. In 1993 and 1994 he, along with Yasser Seirawan, ran a chess school for children in Fond du Lac

Fond du Lac

-United States:*Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin**Fond du Lac, Wisconsin ***Fond du Lac High School***University of Wisconsin–Fond du Lac***Fond du Lac Light, a lighthouse**Fond du Lac , Wisconsin**North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin...

, Wisconsin

Wisconsin

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. In 1996, Schultz was elected President of 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...

 for a three-year term. In 2003, Schultz was elected to the Executive Board of 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...

 for a four year term. He is the author of two books, "Chessdon" and "Fischer, Kasparov and the Others". He has held numerous political positions in chess. Here is a list:

State Associations

• President, NYS Chess Association 1964-1965
• President, North Carolina Chess Association 1966–1971
• President, Georgia Chess Association 1977–1979
• President, Florida Chess Association – 1987 -1993
• Elected Honorary Lifetime Member Florida Chess Association Board of Directors in 1996.
• Editor floridaCHESS 1994 to 1996. Won numerous awards including Best State publication in 1995 and 1996.
• FIDE Delegate: 1983 to 1989 and 1993
• FIDE Zonal President: 1982, 1993 to 1994
• FIDE Executive Board; 1982 to 1990
• Attended 21 FIDE Congresses (1972, 1974, 1978 to 1991, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2002 and 2005).

Major Tournaments Organized

• 1963 NYS Championship – Poughkeepsie, NY
• 1962 U.S. 30/30 Championship, Poughkeepsie, NY
• 1967 U.S. Junior Open, Raleigh, NC
• 1969 North Carolina Invitational, Raleigh, NC
• 1990 World Youth Chess Championship
  World Youth Chess Championship
  The World Youth Chess Championship is a chess competition for girls and boys under the age of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18.The first predecessor of the youth championship was the Cadet Championship. It started off unofficially in 1974 in France for players under 18. The 1975 and 1976 editions were also...
  
  s, Fond du Lac, WI
• 1991 U.S. Women’s Championship, Highland Beach, FL
• 1993 Amateur Team Finals, Baltimore, MD
• 1994 US Championship, Key West, FL
• 1996 New York Invitational, NYC (one of the strongest round robins ever held in U.S.)
• 2005 U.S. Senior Open in Boca Raton, Florida

Other Major Event Organized

• 1981 FIDE Congress in Atlanta: (only FIDE Congress ever held in the U.S.)

Other Key Positions

• FIDE Executive Council 1982 to 1990
• Co-Chair FIDE UNESCO Commission- 1981, 82
• USCF Executive Board Member: 1992 to 1995
• USCF President: 1996 to 1999
• USCF Secretary: 2004, 05
• USCF Vice President: 2005 –
• Chess for Peace Advisory Board: 2005 -

External links

• Don Schultz website