ʻO ka ʻōlelo mua loa i ʻike ʻia o ka chess ma Alaska aia ma ka waena o ke kenekulia 20, i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ka pāʻani e kaulana i waena o nā kamaʻāina o ka mokuʻāina. I kēia mau makahiki i hala iho nei, ua ulu ka hui chess ma Alaska a ua hoʻokumu ʻia nā hui chess like ʻole ma ka mokuʻāina. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka Alaska Chess Association (ACA) i ka makahiki 1980, he hui waiwai ʻole ia e hāpai ana i ka chess ma ka mokuʻāina ma o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā hanana e like me nā hoʻokūkū, nā papahana aʻo a me nā keʻena chess. Hoʻokumu ʻia kēia mau hanana i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka pāʻani chess i nā makahiki āpau a me nā pae akamai, a me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka ulu ʻana o ke kaiāulu chess ma Alaska. Ke hana pū nei ka ACA i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka chess ma nā kula a me nā papahana ʻōpio, a e hoʻoulu i ka hoʻomohala ʻana o nā mea pāʻani chess ʻōpio ma ka mokuʻāina. ʻOiai ka ʻinoʻino a me ka wahi mamao, hoʻomau ka pāʻani ʻana a leʻaleʻa ʻia ka chess e nā poʻe o nā makahiki āpau ma Alaska.
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