4NCL  Four Nations Chess League
   AFB   Air Force Base
   APCT  American Postal Chess Tournaments
   BCF   British Chess Federation
   BDG   Blackmar-Diemer Gambit
   BL    Bundesliga
   blnd  blindfold
   cand  candidate
   cat   category
   CC    chess club
   CCLA  Correspondence Chess League of America
   ch    championship
   cl    class
   corr  correspondence
   EU    Europe
   EUR   Europe
   exh   exhibition
   FIDE  Federation Internationale des Echecs
   FM    Fide Master
   fnl   final
   FSGM  First Saturday Grandmaster
   FSIM  First Saturday International Master
   G15   game in 15 minutes
   G30   game in 30 minutes
   G5    game in 5 minutes
   G6/5  White=6 min., Black=5 min.
   GM    grandmaster
   GP    grand prix
   HS    high school
   ICCF  International Correspondence Chess Federation
   IECC  International E-mail Chess Club
   IECG  International E-mail Chess Group
   IM    International Master
   Inv   invitational
   izt   interzonal tournament
   iztw  interzonal tournament women
   jr    junior
   jub   jubilee
   KO    knockout
   LM    Life Master
   mem   memorial
   mt    match
   MX    Master/Expert (also M/X)
   NM    National Master
   ol    olympiade
   olm   men's olympiade
   olw   women's olympiade
   op    open
   PanAm Pan America
   pl    place
   plof  play-off
   prel  preliminary
   q-play quick play
   qf    quarter-final
   qual  qualifier
   res   reserve
   rpd   rapid play
   rr    round robin
   sen   senior
   sf    semi-final
   simul simultaneous
   SM    Senior Master
   snr   senior
   stud  student
   Tch   team championship
   tt    team tournament
   U     under
   univ  university
   USCF  United States Chess Federation
   vet   veterans (seniors)
   Wch   world championship
   WchJ  World Junior Championship
   WFM   Woman FIDE Master
   WGM   Woman Grandmaster
   WIM   Woman International Master
   wmn   woman
   WYCF  World Youth Chess Festival
   wzt   women zonal tournament
   X     Expert
   Ych   youth championship
   znl   zonal tournament
   zt    zonal tournament
   ztw   women zonal tournament

Landeskenner im Schach

      Countries
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    ALG  Algeria
    ARG  Argentina
    ARM  Armenia
    AUS  Australia
    AUT  Austria
    BEL  Belgium
    BIH  Bosnia/Herzegovina
    BLR  Byelorussia
    BNG  Bangladesh
    BRA  Brazil
    BRD  Germany
    BRZ  Brazil
    BUL  Bulgaria
    CAN  Canada
    CHI  Chile
    CHL  Chile
    CHN  China
    COL  Colombia
    CRO  Croatia
    CSR  Czechoslovakia
    CSSR Czechoslovakia
    CUB  Cuba
    CZE  Czechoslovakia
    DDR  Germany
    DEN  Denmark
    EGY  Egypt
    ENG  England
    ESP  Spain
    EST  Estonia
    EU   Europe
    EUR  Europe
    FIN  Finland
    FRA  France
    FRG  Germany
    GB   Great Britain
    GEO  Georgia
    GER  Germany
    GRE  Greece
    HUN  Hungary
    ICE  Iceland
    INA  Indonesia
    IND  India
    IRE  Ireland
    IRL  Ireland
    ISR  Israel
    ITA  Italy
    JPN  Japan
    KAZ  Kazakhstan
    LAT  Latvia
    LEB  Lebanon
    LIB  Liberia
    LIT  Lithuania
    LUX  Luxembourg
    MAL  Malaysia
    MDA  Moldava
    MNC  Monaco
    MEX  Mexico
    NED  Netherlands
    NLD  Netherlands
    NOR  Norway
    NZD  New Zealand
    NZL  New Zealand
    OST  Austria
    PER  Peru
    PHI  Philippines
    POL  Poland
    POR  Portugal
    PRC  People's Republic of China
    QAT  Qatar
    ROM  Romania
    RUM  Rumania
    RSA  South Africa
    SCO  Scotland
    SLO  Slovenia
    SNG  Singapore
    SPA  Spain
    SPN  Spain
    SU   Soviet Union
    SUI  Switzerland
    SVK  Slovakia
    SWE  Sweden
    SWZ  Switzerland
    TUR  Turkey
    UK   United Kingdom
    UKR  Ukraine
    USA  United States
    USSR Soviet Union
    UZB  Uzbekistan
    VEN  Venezuela
    VIE  Vietnam
    WLS  Wales
    YUG  Yugoslavia