SCF was founded in 1949 by Lim Kok Ann.
[2] Its promotion of the game has caused participation in its youth and interschool events, among others, to jump from 517 in 1999 to over 1200 in 2004.
As a result, Singapore has one of the highest number of chess players in schools per capita in Asia.
The current president is International Master Hsu Li Yang.
[3] The current vice president is Grandmaster Wong Meng Kong.