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The American Chess Association was a chess organisation founded in 1857. The organization organized the first major chess tournament, the First American Chess Congress, in the United States on Oct 6, 1857. On November 11, 1857, Paul Morphy, who had defeated Louis Paulsen in the tournament, was presented with a silver service at the prize giving by Colonel Mead, President of the ACA. On behalf of Paul Morphy, the American Chess Association offered a $5,000 challenge to any player in Europe to contest a match with the recently crowned ACA champion.

The ACA published a monthly magazine, American Chess Monthly, founded in January 1857 by Willard Fiske, who had helped organize the First American Chess Congress. Fiske edited American Chess Monthly until 1861.

It is believed that the ACA was defunct by the 1870's.

References

1. Bill Wall. "Strange But True". Bill Wall's Wonderful World of Chess. Retrieved 2007-07-08.
2. http://www.brainyhistory.com/events/1857/october_6_1857_53681.html
3. see Illustrated London News', December 26, 1857 -- verification needed
4. http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/collector/chess/chess_2.html

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