International Correspondence Chess Federation

...This has a similar meaning to the ranks in shogi and go. Chess played by mail is also popular, and the International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF) was formed in 1927, with 111 countries (1983) including Japan as members. It is unclear when chess was introduced to Japan, but it is thought to have been at the end of the Edo period.

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…これは将棋や碁の段位に近い意味をもつ。郵便によるチェスも盛んで，国際通信チェス連盟International Correspondence Chess Federation(ICCF)が1927年に結成され，日本を含め111ヵ国(1983)が加盟している。　日本へのチェスの伝来時期は定かではないが，江戸時代末と推定される。…

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