Hiki ke ʻike ʻia ka moʻolelo o ka chess ma Hawaiʻi i ka makahiki 1800, i ka wā i hoʻolauna ʻia ai i nā mokupuni e nā poʻe ʻAmelika a me ʻEulopa. Ua lilo ka pāʻani i mea kaulana i waena o ka poʻe kamaʻāina, a i nā makahiki 1900, ua hoʻokumu ʻia kekahi mau hui chess.
ʻO kekahi o nā hui chess mua ma Hawaiʻi, ʻo ia ka Honolulu Chess Club, i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka makahiki 1890, a me ka Honolulu Chess and Checker Club, i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka makahiki 1900. ʻO nā hui kaulana ʻē aʻe ʻo ia ka Waikiki Chess Club, ka Oahu Chess Club, a me ke Kulanui o Hawaii Chess Club.
I nā lā mua, ua pāʻani nui ʻia ka chess ma Hawaiʻi e ka poʻe luna, akā ma hope ua laha aku i ka lehulehu. I kēia mau lā, hoʻokani nui ʻia ka chess ma Hawaiʻi, me nā hoʻokūkū a me nā hanana i mālama ʻia a puni ka makahiki.
I kēia mau makahiki i hala iho nei, ua ikaika ka Hawaii State Chess Federation i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka pāʻani chess ma Hawaiʻi a me ke kōkua ʻana i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā hoʻokûkû, me ka hoʻokûkû kaʻekuʻekuʻe makahiki o Hawaiʻi.
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