Effective September 14, 2007, the redesign of the U.S.C.F. website has gone live, and some pages are incorporated into the new website, while other pages still exist only on the old website. Some information is currently not available at all. The U.S.C.F. has explained it, here. I'll be tracking the changes over there and making the appropriate updates here at our website. In the meantime, please pardon the chaos. -Stef



U.S.C.F. Member Services

Visit the Main Page of the Member Services Area to look up information on players, clubs, and tournaments. (from the old site, but preserved on the new site)



U.S.C.F. General Information

About the U.S.C.F. (new site)

About the U.S.C.F. (old site)

F.A.Q. Index (old site)

U.S.C.F. Staff Members Directory (new site)

Governance Information (new site)

Governance Information (old site)

Click here to search for U.S.C.F. affiliates in any state. (new site)

Click here to search for U.S.C.F. affiliates in any state. (old site)



U.S.C.F. Brochures and Forms

The United States Chess Federation (U.S.C.F.) is the governing organization for chess in America. It is a not-for-profit corporation, and the R.C.C.C. is an affiliate member. The U.S.C.F. website has several brochures and forms, but we've also included a few of them here for convenience. In order to view .pdf files, you'll need Adobe's free Acrobat Reader.

"Let's Play Chess" (a quick guide for beginners)

New Membership and Renewal Forms (for individuals)

New Membership and Renewal Forms (for individuals - affiliate commission)

Official Affiliate Application (for organizations)

Application to be a U.S. Chess Federation Certified Club Tournament Director

Tournament Director Certification Standards

Step-By-Step Brochure On Running Your First Tournament

Allowable Time Controls

The New and Improved U.S.C.F. Rating System

Keeping Score! How To Write and Read Chess Notation

Tournament Life Announcement Form

Official Tournament Report Form for USCF National Rating

U.S.C.F. Correspondence Chess Rules

U.S.C.F. Correspondence Chess Rules (2004)

How Does Correspondence Chess Work?

How To Bid on a U.S.C.F. National Event

Order Form for U.S.C.F. Mailing Lists, Labels or Disks (for non-commercial uses only)

Ten Tips for Winning Chess



Electronic Scoresheets

The MonRoi Personal Chess Manager is the first hand-held device to receive official certification by the U.S.C.F. as an electronic scoresheet that can be used in a rated U.S.C.F. event, in lieu of a traditional paper scoresheet. Check out the links below, for more information.

MonRoi

Letter to TDs from the MonRoi Team

The Chess House - Review of the Monroi Personal Chess Manager

Here are some U.S.C.F. documents on the matter. These documents are also available at the U.S.C.F. website.

Proposed Changes to Rule 15A

Guidelines for Certification of an Electronic Scoresheet

David Kuhns' Report on the MonRoi Personal Chess Manager



U.S.C.F. Tournament Administrator Software

This file is in a .zip format and can be extracted using a zip utility such as Winzip.

We're keeping this download available on the website strictly for historical purposes. Unfortunately, this is a DOS-based application (from 1992), but it seems to work just fine on Windows XP (we haven't tested it on Vista), assuming one doesn't mind using DOS programs in the year 2009. To our knowledge, this is the final version of the U.S.C.F.'s official tournament software. I doubt that the U.S.C.F. will create a modern Windows-based version of the Tournament Administrator in the near future, because most TDs are simply importing the Golden Databases and supplements into third-party pairing programs, such as SwissSys (Windows), used by the R.C.C.C., WinTD (Windows & Mac), or Vega (Windows & Linux). If you know of any other chess tournament programs for Linux, Windows, or Mac, please contact the webmaster. We'd like to test them.

Tournament Administrator (254 KB) This program is for use with the Golden Database.

To use this ancient thing,
1) download the .zip file to any drive,
2) create a new folder on your C-drive and name it "TNMTADMT" (yes, it must be on the C-drive),
3) open the .zip file,
4) copy (highlight, drag, & drop) all of the files from the .zip file to the TNMTADMT folder (C:\TNMTADMT),
5) open the TNMTADMT folder and click on the tarptsys.exe file to open the Tournament Administrator (you can also create a short cut icon for your desktop).

If you plan to use the Golden Database with the Tournament Administrator,
1) copy the taratsup.dbf file from the Golden Database .zip file to the TNMTADMT folder,
2) open the Tournament Administrator and choose the Utilities command,
3) choose the Index command and reindex all files.
The database should be ready to use and/or update. After loading the latest database, I recommend importing every supplement, from that point forward (as opposed to only the most recent one). Unfortunately, the database supplements may be imported only from your computer's A-drive or B-drive, and only to the C-drive. I tried to find a way around that without rewriting the program, but I don't think it's possible. For the large supplements, you'll need to use two or more floppy diskettes. -Stef



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