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Chess is played all over the world. The international governing body of chess is FIDE, established in 1924. Most national chess federations are now members of FIDE; several supranational chess organizations are also affiliated with FIDE.

National level: Current FIDE members

The table below lists the member federations of FIDE[1] and their national championship. The number of grandmasters[2] and players registered for each federation in the FIDE database[3] as of September 2016 are also indicated.

Country Zone National federation #GM #FIDE National championship
 Afghanistan 3.4 Afghan National Chess Federation 0 197 Afghan Chess Championship
 Albania 1.5a Albania Chess Federation [Wikidata] [1] 1 507 Albanian Chess Championship
 Algeria 4.1 Fédération Algérienne des échecs [Wikidata] [2] 2 3295 Algerian Chess Championship
 Andorra 1.10 Federació d'Escacs Valls d'Andorra [Wikidata] [3] 2 146 Andorran Chess Championship
 Angola 4.3 Federação Angolana de Xadrez [Wikidata] 0 995 Angolan Chess Championship
 Antigua and Barbuda 2.3.5 Antigua and Barbuda Chess Federation 0 15 –
 Argentina 2.5 Argentine Chess Federation [4] 23 8982 Argentine Chess Championship
 Armenia 1.5b Armenian Chess Federation [5] 39 1124 Armenian Chess Championship
 Aruba 2.3.5 Federashon di Ajedrez di Aruba 0 42 –
 Australia 3.6 Australian Chess Federation [6] 8 2001 Australian Chess Championship
 Austria 1.2a Österreichischer Schachbund [7] 9 3561 Austrian Chess Championship
 Azerbaijan 1.8 Azerbaijan Chess Federation [8] 23 1701 Azerbaijani Chess Championship
 Bahamas 2.3.5 Bahamas Chess Federation [9] 0 34 Bahamian Chess Championship
 Bahrain 3.1 Bahrain Mind Sports Association 0 53 Bahraini Chess Championship
 Bangladesh 3.2 Bangladesh Chess Federation [10] 5 1322 Bangladeshi Chess Championship
 Barbados 2.3.5 Barbados Chess Federation [11] 0 138 Barbadian Chess Championship
 Belarus 1.8 Belarus Chess Federation [12] 16 1048 Belarusian Chess Championship
 Belgium 1.1b FRBE-KBSB-KSB [Wikidata] [13] 9 3039 Belgian Chess Championship
 Bermuda 2.3.5 Bermuda Chess Association [14] 0 68 –
 Bhutan 3.2 Bhutan Chess Federation 0 7 Bhutan National Premier Chess Championship
 Bolivia 2.4 Federación Boliviana de Ajedrez [15] 1 1043 Bolivian Chess Championship
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.2b Sahovski Savez Bosne i Hercegovine [16] 8 875 Bosnia and Herzegovina Chess Championship
 Botswana 4.3 Botswana Chess Federation 0 392 Botswana Chess Championship
 Brazil 2.4 Confed. Brasileira de Xadrez [17] 14 4,943 Brazilian Chess Championship
 British Virgin Islands 2.3.5 British Virgin Islands Chess Federation 0 4 –
 Brunei 3.3 Brunei Chess Federation [18] 0 79 Brunei Chess Championship
 Bulgaria 1.4 Bulgarian Chess Federation [19] 31 1779 Bulgarian Chess Championship
 Burkina Faso 4.4 Comité National Burkinabé des Échecs 0 15 Burkinabé Chess Championship
 Burundi 4.2 Burundi Chess Federation [Wikidata] 0 11 Burundian Chess Championship
 Cambodia 3.3 Cambodian Chess Federation 0 2 Cambodian Chess Championship
 Cameroon 4.4 Cameroon Chess Federation [Wikidata] [20] 0 16 Cameroonian Chess Championship
 Canada 2.2 Chess Federation of Canada [21] 14 1605 Canadian Chess Championship
 Cape Verde 4.4 Federação Cabo-verdiana de Xadrez [Wikidata] 0 22 Cape Verdean Chess Championship
 Central African Republic 4.4 Chess Federation of Central African Republic 0 4 Central African Chess Championship
 Chile 2.5 Fed. Deportiva Nacional De Ajedrez 5 2140 Chilean Chess Championship
 China 3.5 Chinese Chess Association [22] 43 1445 Chinese Chess Championship
 Chinese Taipei 3.3 Chinese Taipei Chess Association [23] 0 120 Taiwanese Chess Championship
 Colombia 2.3.4 Fed. Colombiana de Ajedrez [24] 7 2559 Colombian Chess Championship
 Comoros 4.3 Comoros Islands Chess Federation [Wikidata] 0 0 Comorian Chess Championship
 Republic of the Congo 4.3 Congolese Chess Federation [Wikidata] 0 7 Congolese Chess Championship
 Costa Rica 2.3.2 Federacion Central de Ajedrez [25] 1 653 Costa Rican Chess Championship
 Croatia 1.2b Hrvatski šahovski savez [26] 29 3135 Croatian Chess Championship
 Cuba 2.3.3 Fed. Cubana de Ajedrez 24 2033 Cuban Chess Championship
 Cyprus 1.10 Cyprus Chess Federation [27] 0 134 Cypriot Chess Championship
 Czech Republic 1.4 Šachový svaz České republiky [28] 35 7539 Czech Chess Championship
 Denmark 1.3 Dansk Skak Union [29] 11 3880 Danish Chess Championship
 Djibouti 4.2 Djiboutian Chess Federation 0 8 Djiboutian Chess Championship
 Dominican Republic 2.3.5 Federación Dominicana de Ajedrez [30] 1 657 Dominican Chess Championship
 Ecuador 2.3.5 Fed. Ecuatoriana de Ajedrez [31] 1 1208 Ecuadorian Chess Championship
 Egypt 4.2 Egyptian Chess Federation 5 2026 Egyptian Chess Championship
 England 1.1a English Chess Federation [32] 36 3390 British Chess Championship
 El Salvador 2.3.2 Federación Salvadoreña de Ajedrez [33] 0 294 Salvadoran Chess Championship
 Eritrea 4.2 Eritrea Chess Federation 0 6 Eritrean Chess Championship
 Estonia 1.7 Eesti Maleliit [34] 6 425 Estonian Chess Championship
 Ethiopia 4.2 Ethiopian Chess Federation [35] 0 77 Ethiopian Chess Championship
 Faroe Islands 1.10 Talvsamband Foroya [36] 1 165 Faroese Chess Championship
 Fiji 3.6 Fiji Chess Federation [37] 0 43 Fijian Chess Championship
 Finland 1.3 Suomen Keskusshakkiliitto [38] 5 1045 Finnish Chess Championship
 France 1.1b French Chess Federation [39] 50 22,351 French Chess Championship
 Gabon 4.4 Fédération Gabonaise des Échecs 0 3 Gabonese Chess Championship
 Gambia 4.4 Gambia Chess Federation 0 9 Gambian Chess Championship
 Georgia 1.5b Chess Federation of Georgia 31 1163 Georgian Chess Championship
 Germany 1.2a Deutscher Schachbund [40] 92 25,470 German Chess Championship
 Ghana 4.4 Ghana Chess Association [Wikidata] [41] 0 66 Ghanaian Chess Championship
 Greece 1.5a Elliniki Skakistiki Omospondia [42] 13 5497 Greek Chess Championship
 Guam 3.6 Guam Chess Federation 0 28 –
 Guatemala 2.3.2 Fed. Nac. de Ajedrez de Guatemala 0 235 Guatemalan Chess Championship
 Guernsey 1.10 Guernsey Chess Federation [43] 0 25 Guernsey Chess Championship
 Guyana 2.3.5 Guyana Chess Federation 0 29 Guyanese Chess Championship
 Haiti 2.3.5 Haitian Chess Federation 0 12 Haitian Chess Championship
 Honduras 2.3.2 Federación Nacional de Ajedrez de Honduras [44] 0 192 Honduran Chess Championship
 Hong Kong 3.3 Hong Kong Chess Federation 0 258 Hong Kong Chess Championship
 Hungary 1.4 Magyar Sakkszovetseg [45] 48 6229 Hungarian Chess Championship
 Iceland 1.3 Skáksamband Íslands [46] 13 600 Icelandic Chess Championship
 India 3.7 All India Chess Federation [47] 52 30,609 Indian Chess Championship
 Indonesia 3.3 Persatuan Catur Seluruh Indonesia [48] 3 808 Indonesian Chess Championship
 Iran 3.1 Chess Fed. of Islamic Rep. of Iran [49] 15 9502 Iranian Chess Championship
 Iraq 3.1 Iraqi Chess Federation 0 679 Iraqi Chess Championship
 Ireland 1.1a Irish Chess Union [50] 1 656 Irish Chess Championship
 Israel 1.2b Israel Chess Federation [51] 42 2321 Israeli Chess Championship
 Italy 1.1c Federazione Scacchistica Italiana [52] 14 9618 Italian Chess Championship
 Ivory Coast 4.4 Fédération Ivoirienne des Échecs [Wikidata] 0 33 Ivorian Chess Championship
 Jamaica 2.3.5 Jamaica Chess Federation [53] 0 233 Jamaican Chess Championship
 Japan 3.3 Japan Chess Association [54] 0 206 Japanese Chess Championship
 Jersey 1.10 Jersey Chess Federation [55] 0 26 Jersey Chess Championship
 Jordan 3.1 Royal Jordanian Chess Federation [56] 0 495 Jordanian Chess Championship
 Kazakhstan 3.4 Kazakhstan Chess Federation [57] 14 2162 Kazakhstani Chess Championship
 Kenya 4.2 Chess Kenya [Wikidata] [58] 0 438 Kenyan Chess Championship
 Kosovo 1.2b Kosovo Chess Federation [59] 0 205 Kosovan Chess Championship
 Kuwait 3.1 Kuwait Chess Federation 0 111 Kuwaiti Chess Championship
 Kyrgyzstan 3.4 Chess Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic 0 319 Kyrgyzstani Chess Championship
 Laos 3.3 Lao Chess Federation 0 16 Laotian Chess Championship
 Latvia 1.7 Latvijas Saha Savieniba [60] 11 678 Latvian Chess Championship
 Lebanon 3.1 Federation Libanaise des Echecs [61] 0 214 Lebanese Chess Championship
 Lesotho 4.3 Chess Federation of Lesotho 0 98 Lesotho Chess Championship
 Liberia 4.4 Liberia Chess Federation 0 13 Liberian Chess Championship
 Libya 4.1 General Libyan Chess Federation 0 480 Libyan Chess Championship
 Liechtenstein 1.10 Liechtensteiner Schachverband 0 15 Liechtenstein Chess Championship
 Lithuania 1.7 Lietuvos Sachmatu Federacija [62] 6 1022 Lithuanian Chess Championship
 Luxembourg 1.10 Federation Luxembourgeoise des Echecs [63] 0 290 Luxembourg Chess Championship
 Macau 3.3 Grupo de Xadrez de Macau 0 39 –
 North Macedonia 1.2b Chess Federation of Macedonia [64] 9 573 Macedonian Chess Championship
 Madagascar 4.3 Madagascar Chess Federation [Wikidata] 0 248 Malagasy Chess Championship
 Malawi 4.3 Chess Association of Malawi [65] 0 177 Malawian Chess Championship
 Malaysia 3.3 Malaysian Chess Federation [66] 0 1573 Malaysian Chess Championship
 Maldives 3.2 Maldives Chess Federation 0 34 Maldivian Chess Championship
 Mali 4.1 Federation Malienne du Jeu D'Echecs [Wikidata] 0 10 Malian Chess Championship
 Malta 1.10 Il-Federazzjoni Maltija tac-Cess [67] 0 142 Maltese Chess Championship
 Mauritania 4.1 Mauritanian Chess Federation [Wikidata] [68] 0 70 Mauritanian Chess Championship
 Mauritius 4.3 Mauritius Chess Federation [Wikidata] [69] 0 27 Mauritian Chess Championship
 Mexico 2.3.1 Fed. Nac. de Ajedrez de Mexico AC [70] 3 1818 Mexican Chess Championship
 Moldova 1.8 Federația de Șah a Republicii Moldova [71] 7 618 Moldovan Chess Championship
 Monaco 1.10 Monaco Chess Federation [Wikidata] 3 69 Monaco Chess Championship
 Mongolia 3.3 Mongolian Chess Federation [72] 4 530 Mongolian Chess Championship
 Montenegro 1.5a Montenegro Chess Federation [73] 6 404 Montenegrin Chess Championship
 Morocco 4.1 Fed. Royale Marocaine des Echecs [74] 1 344 Moroccan Chess Championship
 Mozambique 4.3 Mozambique Chess Federation [Wikidata] 0 58 Mozambican Chess Championship
 Myanmar 3.3 Myanmar Chess Federation [75] 0 647 Myanmar Chess Championship
 Namibia 4.3 Namibia Chess Federation [76] 0 61 Namibian Chess Championship
 Nauru 3.6 Nauru Chess Federation 0 8 Nauruan Chess Championship
 Nepal 3.2 Nepal Chess Association [77] 0 724 Nepalese Chess Championship
 Netherlands 1.1b Koninklijke Nederlandse Schaakbond [78] 35 4128 Dutch Chess Championship
 Netherlands Antilles 2.3.5 Curaçao Chess Federation 0 44 Netherlands Antilles Chess Championship
 New Zealand 3.6 New Zealand Chess Federation [79] 1 446 New Zealand Chess Championship
 Nicaragua 2.3.2 Federacion Nicaragüense de Ajedrez [80] 0 361 Nicaraguan Chess Championship
 Nigeria 4.4 Nigeria Chess Federation [81] 0 307 Nigerian Chess Championship
 Norway 1.3 Norges Sjakkforbund [82] 16 3025 Norwegian Chess Championship
 Oman 3.1 Oman Chess Committee [83] 0 82 Omani Chess Championship
 Pakistan 3.2 Chess Federation of Pakistan [84] 0 120 Pakistani Chess Championship
 Palau 3.6 Palau Chess Federation [85] 0 112 Palauan Chess Championship
 Palestine 3.1 Palestine Chess Federation 0 183 Palestinian Chess Championship
 Panama 2.3.2 Fed. de Ajedrez de Panama [86] 0 246 Panamanian Chess Championship
 Papua New Guinea 3.6 Papua New Guinea Chess Federation 0 10 Papua New Guinean Chess Championship
 Paraguay 2.5 Federacion Paraguaya de Ajedrez [87] 4 1089 Paraguayan Chess Championship
 Peru 2.4 Federacion Peruana de Ajedrez [88] 8 6201 Peruvian Chess Championship
 Philippines 3.3 National Chess Federation of the Philippines [89] 14 2619 Philippine Chess Championship
 Poland 1.4 Polish Chess Federation [90] 41 18,252 Polish Chess Championship
 Portugal 1.1c Federação Portuguesa de Xadrez [91] 3 5320 Portuguese Chess Championship
 Puerto Rico 2.3.5 Fed. de Ajedrez de Puerto Rico [92] 0 670 Puerto Rican Chess Championship
 Qatar 3.1 Qatar Chess Association [93] 3 123 Qatari Chess Championship
 Romania 1.4 Federatia Romana de Sah [94] 21 6592 Romanian Chess Championship
 Russia 1.6 Russian Chess Federation [95] 234 59,294 Russian Chess Championship
 Rwanda 4.2 Rwanda Chess Federation [Wikidata] [96] 0 79 Rwandan Chess Championship
 San Marino 1.10 Federazione Sammarinese degli Scacchi [97] 0 15 Sammarinese Chess Championship
 São Tomé and Príncipe 4.4 Sao Tome and Principe Chess Federation [Wikidata] 0 18 São Tomé and Príncipe Chess Championship
 Saudi Arabia 3.1 Saudi Chess Association [98] 0 993 Saudi Arabian Chess Championship
 Scotland 1.1a Chess Scotland [99] 6 708 Scottish Chess Championship
 Senegal 4.1 Senegalese Chess Federation [Wikidata] 0 21 Senegalese Chess Championship
 Serbia 1.5a Chess Federation of Serbia [100] 55 7732 Serbian Chess Championship
 Seychelles 4.2 Seychelles Chess Federation 0 50 Seychelles Chess Championship
 Sierra Leone 4.4 Sierra Leone Chess Federation 0 14 Sierra Leonean Chess Championship
 Singapore 3.3 Singapore Chess Federation [101] 3 2377 Singaporean Chess Championship
 Slovakia 1.4 Slovensky Sachovy Zvaz [102] 10 6192 Slovak Chess Championship
 Slovenia 1.2a Sahovska Zveza Slovenije [103] 12 4143 Slovenian Chess Championship
 Solomon Islands 3.6 Solomon Islands Chess Federation 0 35 Solomon Island Chess Championship
 Somalia 4.2 Somali Chess Federation 0 43 Somali Chess Championship
 South Africa 4.3 Chess South Africa [104] 1 2478 South African Chess Championship
 South Korea 3.3 Korea Chess Federation [105] 1 752 South Korean Chess Championship
 South Sudan 4.2 South Sudan Chess Federation 0 74 South Sudanese Chess Championship
 Spain 1.1c Federacion Espanola de Ajedrez [106] 47 39,632 Spanish Chess Championship
 Sri Lanka 3.2 Chess Federation of Sri Lanka 0 8993 Sri Lankan Chess Championship
 Sudan 4.2 Sudan Chess Federation 0 312 Sudanese Chess Championship
 Suriname 2.3.5 De Surinaamse Schaakbond [107] 0 355 Surinamese Chess Championship
 Eswatini 4.3 Swaziland National Chess Federation 0 63 Swazi Chess Championship
 Sweden 1.3 Sveriges Schackförbund [108] 21 4561 Swedish Chess Championship
 Switzerland 1.2a Schweizerischer Schachbund [109] 8 3685 Swiss Chess Championship
 Syria 3.1 Syrian Arab Chess Federation 0 801 Syrian Chess Championship
 Tajikistan 3.4 Federazijai Shakhmati Tajikistan 1 166 Tajikistani Chess Championship
 Tanzania 4.2 Tanzania Chess Association 0 76 Tanzanian Chess Championship
 Thailand 3.3 Thailand Chess Association [110] 0 704 Thai Chess Championship
 Timor-Leste 3.3 Federação Xadrez de Timor-Leste 0 58 Timorese Chess Championship
 Togo 4.4 Togolese Chess Federation [Wikidata] [111] 0 95 Togolese Chess Championship
 Trinidad and Tobago 2.3.5 Trinidad and Tobago Chess Association [112] 0 535 Trinidad and Tobago Chess Championship
 Tunisia 4.1 Tunisian Chess Federation [Wikidata] [113] 2 941 Tunisian Chess Championship
 Turkey 1.5a Turkish Chess Federation [114] 10 24,200 Turkish Chess Championship
 Turkmenistan 3.4 Turkmenistan Chess Federation 5 410 Turkmen Chess Championship
 Uganda 4.2 Uganda Chess Federation [115] 0 369 Ugandan Chess Championship
 Ukraine 1.9 Ukrainian Chess Federation [116] 87 8713 Ukrainian Chess Championship
 United Arab Emirates 3.1 UAE Chess Federation [117] 2 1949 Emirati Chess Championship
 United States 2.1 United States Chess Federation [118] 90 13,579 U.S. Chess Championship
U.S. Women's Chess Championship
 United States Virgin Islands 2.3.5 US Virgin Islands Chess Federation [119] 0 50 –
 Uruguay 2.5 Federación Uruguaya de Ajedrez [120] 1 952 Uruguayan Chess Championship
 Uzbekistan 3.4 Chess Federation of Uzbekistan [121] 12 1073 Uzbekistani Chess Championship
 Venezuela 2.3.5 Fed. Venezolana de Ajedrez [122] 1 4700 Venezuelan Chess Championship
 Vietnam 3.3 Vietnam Chess Federation [123] 9 1855 Vietnamese Chess Championship
 Wales 1.1a Welsh Chess Union [124] 1 475 Welsh Chess Championship
 Yemen 3.1 Yemen Chess Association 0 280 Yemeni Chess Championship
 Zambia 4.3 Chess Federation of Zambia 1 893 Zambian Chess Championship
 Zimbabwe 4.3 Zimbabwe Chess Federation [125] 0 433 Zimbabwean Chess Championship

Former FIDE members

The list below includes nations that no longer exist as well as national federations that are currently not members of FIDE.

Country National federation National championship
 Belize Belize Chess Federation [126] Belizean Chess Championship
 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak Chess Championship
 Soviet Union USSR Chess Federation USSR Chess Championship
 Yugoslavia Yugoslav Chess Championship

Supranational level

Countries (zone) Federation Official Website Championships
Europe (1) European Chess Union (ECU) http://www.europechess.org Individual, Youth, Junior,
Senior and Team
America (2) Confederation of Chess for America (CCA) http://www.fideamerica.com Pan American Chess Championship
Asia (3) Asian Chess Federation (ACF) http://www.asianchess.com Asian Chess Championship, Asian Senior Chess Championship
Africa (4) African Chess Confederation (ACC) http://africa-chess.org African Chess Championship
Arab world Arab Chess Federation (ACF) http://www.arabfide.com Arab Chess Championship
ASEAN ASEAN Chess Confederation http://aseanchess.org/ –
Commonwealth of Nations Commonwealth Chess Association (CCA) http://www.commonwealthchess.com Commonwealth Chess Championship
European microstates – – European Small Nations Chess Championship
Francophone countries International Chess Federation of French-speaking countries (AIDEF) https://web.archive.org/web/20170809133711/http://aidef.ffechecs.org/ AIDEF Chess Championship
Ibero-America Iberoamerican Chess Federation (FIBDA) http://www.fibda.com Iberoamerican Chess Championship
Mediterranean countries Mediterranean Chess Association http://www.medchess.org Mediterranean Chess Championship
Nordic countries Nordic Chess Federation http://www.sjakk.no/nordisk/ Nordic Chess Championship
Oceania (3.6) Oceania Chess Confederation (OCC) http://www.oceaniachess.com/ Oceania Chess Championship
South America - - South American Chess Championship

References

  1. ^ "Member Federations by Zone". FIDE. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  2. ^ "Federations Ranking". FIDE. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  3. ^ "FIDE Advanced players search". FIDE. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
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