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Chess, a strategy board game, 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
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The table below lists the member federations of FIDE[1] and their national championship. The number of grandmasters and players registered for each federation in the FIDE database, as of January 2024, are also indicated.[2]
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Country Zone National federation #GM #FIDE National championship 
Afghanistan3.4 Afghan National Chess Federation 0 452 Afghan Chess Championship 
Albania1.5a Albania Chess Federation [Wikidata][3] 1 972 Albanian Chess Championship 
Algeria4.1 Fédération Algérienne des échecs [Wikidata][4] 3 6,376 Algerian Chess Championship 
Andorra1.10 Federació d'Escacs Valls d'Andorra [Wikidata][5] 3 175 Andorran Chess Championship 
Angola4.5 Federação Angolana de Xadrez [Wikidata] 0 1,889 Angolan Chess Championship 
Antigua and Barbuda2.3.5 Antigua and Barbuda Chess Federation 0 52 – 
Argentina2.5 Argentine Chess Federation[6] 23 14,121 Argentine Chess Championship 
Armenia1.5b Armenian Chess Federation[7] 40 2,356 Armenian Chess Championship 
Aruba2.3.5 Federashon di Ajedrez di Aruba 0 182 – 
Australia3.6 Australian Chess Federation[8] 10 7,276 Australian Chess Championship 
Austria1.2a Österreichischer Schachbund[9] 11 9,553 Austrian Chess Championship 
Azerbaijan1.8 Azerbaijan Chess Federation[10] 30 7,219 Azerbaijani Chess Championship 
Bahamas2.3.5 Bahamas Chess Federation[11] 0 202 Bahamian Chess Championship 
Bahrain3.1 Bahrain Mind Sports Association 0 791 Bahraini Chess Championship 
Bangladesh3.2 Bangladesh Chess Federation[12] 5 9,637 Bangladeshi Chess Championship 
Barbados2.3.5 Barbados Chess Federation[13] 0 688 Barbadian Chess Championship 
Belarus1.8 Belarus Chess Federation[14] 15 3,119 Belarusian Chess Championship 
Belgium1.1b FRBE-KBSB-KSB [Wikidata][15] 9 8,893 Belgian Chess Championship 
Belize2.3.2 Belize Chess Federation[16] 0 9 Belize National Chess Championship 
Bermuda2.3.5 Bermuda Chess Association[17] 0 193 – 
Bhutan3.2 Bhutan Chess Federation 0 133 Bhutan National Premier Chess Championship 
Bolivia2.4 Federación Boliviana de Ajedrez[18] 1 5,454 Bolivian Chess Championship 
Bosnia and Herzegovina1.2b Sahovski Savez Bosne i Hercegovine[19] 7 3,881 Bosnia and Herzegovina Chess Championship 
Botswana4.5 Botswana Chess Federation 0 2,888 Botswana Chess Championship 
Brazil2.4 Confed. Brasileira de Xadrez[20] 15 26,903 Brazilian Chess Championship 
British Virgin Islands2.3.5 British Virgin Islands Chess Federation 0 10 – 
Brunei3.3 Brunei Chess Federation[21] 0 366 Brunei Chess Championship 
Bulgaria1.4 Bulgarian Chess Federation[22] 35 6,120 Bulgarian Chess Championship 
Burkina Faso4.2 Comité National Burkinabé des Échecs 0 46 Burkinabé Chess Championship 
Burundi4.3 Burundi Chess Federation [Wikidata] 0 82 Burundian Chess Championship 
Cambodia3.3 Cambodian Chess Federation 0 20 Cambodian Chess Championship 
Cameroon4.3 Cameroon Chess Federation [Wikidata][23] 0 196 Cameroonian Chess Championship 
Canada2.2 Chess Federation of Canada[24] 14 6,051 Canadian Chess Championship 
Cape Verde4.2 Federação Cabo-verdiana de Xadrez [Wikidata] 0 270 Cape Verdean Chess Championship 
Cayman Islands2.3.5 Cayman Islands Chess Federation[25] 0 68 - 
Central African Republic4.3 Chess Federation of Central African Republic 0 100 Central African Chess Championship 
Chad4.3 Chad Chess Federation[26] 0 17 - 
Chile2.5 Fed. Deportiva Nacional De Ajedrez 6 7,422 Chilean Chess Championship 
China3.5 Chinese Chess Association[27] 51 5,024 Chinese Chess Championship 
Chinese Taipei3.3 Chinese Taipei Chess Association[28] 1 521 Taiwanese Chess Championship 
Colombia2.3.4 Fed. Colombiana de Ajedrez[29] 11 13,176 Colombian Chess Championship 
Comoros4.4 Comoros Islands Chess Federation [Wikidata] 0 44 Comorian Chess Championship 
Republic of the Congo4.3 Congolese Chess Federation [Wikidata] 0 97 Congolese Chess Championship 
Costa Rica2.3.2 Federacion Central de Ajedrez[30] 1 6,264 Costa Rican Chess Championship 
Croatia1.2b Hrvatski šahovski savez[31] 30 11,726 Croatian Chess Championship 
Cuba2.3.3 Fed. Cubana de Ajedrez 26 3,518 Cuban Chess Championship 
Cyprus1.10 Cyprus Chess Federation[32] 0 1,296 Cypriot Chess Championship 
Czech Republic1.4 Šachový svaz České republiky[33] 33 16,984 Czech Chess Championship 
Denmark1.3 Dansk Skak Union[34] 16 8,092 Danish Chess Championship 
Djibouti4.4 Djiboutian Chess Federation 0 130 Djiboutian Chess Championship 
Dominica2.3.5 Dominica Chess Federation[35] 0 37 - 
Dominican Republic2.3.5 Federación Dominicana de Ajedrez[36] 1 3,470 Dominican Chess Championship 
Ecuador2.4 Fed. Ecuatoriana de Ajedrez[37] 1 5,560 Ecuadorian Chess Championship 
Egypt4.1 Egyptian Chess Federation 6 16,217 Egyptian Chess Championship 
El Salvador2.3.2 Federación Salvadoreña de Ajedrez[38] 0 1,072 Salvadoran Chess Championship 
England1.1a English Chess Federation[39] 40 13,885 British Chess Championship 
Equatorial Guinea4.3 Asociación Nacional de Ajedrez de Guinea Ecuatorial[40] 0 65 - 
Eritrea4.4 Eritrea Chess Federation 0 171 Eritrean Chess Championship 
Estonia1.7 Eesti Maleliit[41] 6 2,685 Estonian Chess Championship 
Eswatini4.5 Eswatini National Chess Federation 0 288 Swazi Chess Championship 
Ethiopia4.4 Ethiopian Chess Federation[42] 0 1,071 Ethiopian Chess Championship 
Faroe Islands1.10 Talvsamband Føroya[43] 1 532 Faroese Chess Championship 
Fiji3.6 Fiji Chess Federation[44] 0 435 Fijian Chess Championship 
Finland1.3 Suomen Keskusshakkiliitto[45] 4 2,154 Finnish Chess Championship 
France1.1b French Chess Federation[46] 55 98,861 French Chess Championship 
Gabon4.3 Fédération Gabonaise des Échecs 0 123 Gabonese Chess Championship 
Gambia4.2 Gambia Chess Federation 0 75 Gambian Chess Championship 
Georgia1.5b Chess Federation of Georgia 31 4,542 Georgian Chess Championship 
Germany1.2a Deutscher Schachbund[47] 97 47,579 German Chess Championship 
Ghana4.2 Ghana Chess Association [Wikidata][48] 0 358 Ghanaian Chess Championship 
Greece1.5a Elliniki Skakistiki Omospondia[49] 17 28,134 Greek Chess Championship 
Grenada2.3.5 Grenada Chess Federation[50] 0 21 - 
Guam3.6 Guam Chess Federation 0 432 – 
Guatemala2.3.2 Fed. Nac. de Ajedrez de Guatemala 0 764 Guatemalan Chess Championship 
Guernsey1.10 Guernsey Chess Federation[51] 0 41 Guernsey Chess Championship 
Guyana2.3.5 Guyana Chess Federation 0 302 Guyanese Chess Championship 
Haiti2.3.5 Haitian Chess Federation 0 252 Haitian Chess Championship 
Honduras2.3.2 Federación Nacional de Ajedrez de Honduras[52] 0 1,318 Honduran Chess Championship 
Hong Kong3.3 Hong Kong Chess Federation 0 1,654 Hong Kong Chess Championship 
Hungary1.4 Magyar Sakkszövetség[53] 52 12,532 Hungarian Chess Championship 
Iceland1.3 Skáksamband Íslands[54] 15 3,021 Icelandic Chess Championship 
India3.7 All India Chess Federation[55] 83 134,560 Indian Chess Championship 
Indonesia3.3 Persatuan Catur Seluruh Indonesia[56] 4 3,364 Indonesian Chess Championship 
Iran3.1 Chess Fed. of Islamic Rep. of Iran[57] 15 63,462 Iranian Chess Championship 
Iraq3.1 Iraqi Chess Federation 0 3,705 Iraqi Chess Championship 
Ireland1.1a Irish Chess Union[58] 1 2,971 Irish Chess Championship 
Israel1.2b Israel Chess Federation[59] 49 7,538 Israeli Chess Championship 
Italy1.1c Federazione Scacchistica Italiana[60] 18 32,862 Italian Chess Championship 
Ivory Coast4.2 Fédération Ivoirienne des Échecs [Wikidata] 0 556 Ivorian Chess Championship 
Jamaica2.3.5 Jamaica Chess Federation[61] 0 1,073 Jamaican Chess Championship 
Japan3.3 National Chess Society of Japan [ja][62] 0 609 Japanese Chess Championship 
Jersey1.10 Jersey Chess Federation[63] 0 223 Jersey Chess Championship 
Jordan3.1 Royal Jordanian Chess Federation[64] 1 2,908 Jordanian Chess Championship 
Kazakhstan3.4 Kazakhstan Chess Federation[65] 18 13,681 Kazakhstani Chess Championship 
Kenya4.4 Chess Kenya [Wikidata][66] 0 4,797 Kenyan Chess Championship 
Kosovo1.2b Kosovo Chess Federation[67] 0 875 Kosovan Chess Championship 
Kuwait3.1 Kuwait Chess Federation 0 834 Kuwaiti Chess Championship 
Kyrgyzstan3.4 Chess Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic 0 4,782 Kyrgyzstani Chess Championship 
Laos3.3 Lao Chess Federation 0 202 Laotian Chess Championship 
Latvia1.7 Latvijas Šaha Federācija[68] 10 4,537 Latvian Chess Championship 
Lebanon3.1 Federation Libanaise des Echecs[69] 0 2,480 Lebanese Chess Championship 
Lesotho4.5 Chess Federation of Lesotho 0 434 Lesotho Chess Championship 
Liberia4.2 Liberia Chess Federation 0 328 Liberian Chess Championship 
Libya4.1 General Libyan Chess Federation 0 1,881 Libyan Chess Championship 
Liechtenstein1.10 Liechtensteiner Schachverband 0 45 Liechtenstein Chess Championship 
Lithuania1.7 Lietuvos šachmatų federacija[70] 11 6,341 Lithuanian Chess Championship 
Luxembourg1.10 Federation Luxembourgeoise des Echecs[71] 0 875 Luxembourg Chess Championship 
Macau3.3 Grupo de Xadrez de Macau 0 86 – 
Madagascar4.4 Madagascar Chess Federation [Wikidata] 0 953 Malagasy Chess Championship 
Malawi4.5 Chess Association of Malawi[72] 0 1,009 Malawian Chess Championship 
Malaysia3.3 Malaysian Chess Federation[73] 0 15,533 Malaysian Chess Championship 
Maldives3.2 Maldives Chess Federation 0 573 Maldivian Chess Championship 
Mali4.2 Federation Malienne du Jeu D'Echecs [Wikidata] 0 135 Malian Chess Championship 
Malta1.10 Il-Federazzjoni Maltija tac-Cess[74] 0 142 Maltese Chess Championship 
Mauritania4.1 Mauritanian Chess Federation [Wikidata][75] 0 839 Mauritanian Chess Championship 
Mauritius4.4 Mauritius Chess Federation [Wikidata][76] 0 69 Mauritian Chess Championship 
Mexico2.3.1 Fed. Nac. de Ajedrez de Mexico AC[77] 5 14,128 Mexican Chess Championship 
Moldova1.8 Federația de Șah a Republicii Moldova[78] 7 1,524 Moldovan Chess Championship 
Monaco1.10 Monaco Chess Federation [Wikidata] 3 303 Monaco Chess Championship 
Mongolia3.3 Mongolian Chess Federation[79] 8 2,663 Mongolian Chess Championship 
Montenegro1.5a Montenegro Chess Federation[80] 11 1,377 Montenegrin Chess Championship 
Morocco4.1 Fed. Royale Marocaine des Echecs[81] 1 4,879 Moroccan Chess Championship 
Mozambique4.5 Mozambique Chess Federation [Wikidata] 0 634 Mozambican Chess Championship 
Myanmar3.3 Myanmar Chess Federation[82] 0 2,354 Myanmar Chess Championship 
Namibia4.5 Namibia Chess Federation[83] 0 1,206 Namibian Chess Championship 
Nauru3.6 Nauru Chess Federation 0 69 Nauruan Chess Championship 
Nepal3.2 Nepal Chess Association[84] 0 4,986 Nepalese Chess Championship 
Netherlands1.1b Koninklijke Nederlandse Schaakbond[85] 43 10,479 Dutch Chess Championship 
Netherlands Antilles2.3.5 Curaçao Chess Federation 0 276 Netherlands Antilles Chess Championship 
New Zealand3.6 New Zealand Chess Federation[86] 1 2,547 New Zealand Chess Championship 
Nicaragua2.3.2 Federacion Nicaragüense de Ajedrez[87] 0 1,255 Nicaraguan Chess Championship 
Niger4.2 Niger Chess Federation[88] 0 69 - 
Nigeria4.2 Nigeria Chess Federation[89] 0 3,878 Nigerian Chess Championship 
North Macedonia1.2b Chess Federation of Macedonia[90] 10 1,749 Macedonian Chess Championship 
Norway1.3 Norges Sjakkforbund[91] 18 8,552 Norwegian Chess Championship 
Oman3.1 Oman Chess Committee[92] 0 2,595 Omani Chess Championship 
Pakistan3.2 Chess Federation of Pakistan[93] 0 2,963 Pakistani Chess Championship 
Palau3.6 Palau Chess Federation[94] 0 267 Palauan Chess Championship 
Palestine3.1 Palestine Chess Federation 0 2,410 Palestinian Chess Championship 
Panama2.3.2 Fed. de Ajedrez de Panama[95] 0 2,786 Panamanian Chess Championship 
Papua New Guinea3.6 Papua New Guinea Chess Federation 0 22 Papua New Guinean Chess Championship 
Paraguay2.5 Federacion Paraguaya de Ajedrez[96] 5 1,724 Paraguayan Chess Championship 
Peru2.4 Federacion Peruana de Ajedrez[97] 10 13,178 Peruvian Chess Championship 
Philippines3.3 National Chess Federation of the Philippines[98] 13 11,996 Philippine Chess Championship 
Poland1.4 Polish Chess Federation[99] 50 43,572 Polish Chess Championship 
Portugal1.1c Federação Portuguesa de Xadrez[100] 4 8,047 Portuguese Chess Championship 
Puerto Rico2.3.5 Fed. de Ajedrez de Puerto Rico[101] 0 1,316 Puerto Rican Chess Championship 
Qatar3.1 Qatar Chess Association[102] 3 186 Qatari Chess Championship 
Romania1.4 Federația Română de Șah[103] 26 13,041 Romanian Chess Championship 
Russia3.8 Chess Federation of Russia[104] 185 120,128 Russian Chess Championship 
Rwanda4.4 Rwanda Chess Federation [Wikidata][105] 0 192 Rwandan Chess Championship 
Saint Kitts and Nevis2.3.5 Saint Kitts and Nevis Chess Federation[106] 0 12 - 
Saint Lucia2.3.5 Saint Lucia Chess Federation[107] 0 70 - 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2.3.5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Chess Federation[108] 0 21 - 
San Marino1.10 Federazione Sammarinese degli Scacchi[109] 0 54 Sammarinese Chess Championship 
São Tomé and Príncipe4.3 Sao Tome and Principe Chess Federation [Wikidata] 0 170 São Tomé and Príncipe Chess Championship 
Saudi Arabia3.1 Saudi Chess Association[110] 0 3,516 Saudi Arabian Chess Championship 
Scotland1.1a Chess Scotland[111] 6 1,468 Scottish Chess Championship 
Senegal4.2 Senegalese Chess Federation [Wikidata] 1 194 Senegalese Chess Championship 
Serbia1.5a Chess Federation of Serbia[112] 53 12,767 Serbian Chess Championship 
Seychelles4.4 Seychelles Chess Federation 0 79 Seychelles Chess Championship 
Sierra Leone4.2 Sierra Leone Chess Federation 0 79 Sierra Leonean Chess Championship 
Singapore3.3 Singapore Chess Federation[113] 5 5,618 Singaporean Chess Championship 
Slovakia1.4 Slovenský šachový zväz[114] 14 9,528 Slovak Chess Championship 
Slovenia1.2a Šahovska Zveza Slovenije[115] 14 7,053 Slovenian Chess Championship 
Solomon Islands3.6 Solomon Islands Chess Federation 0 122 Solomon Island Chess Championship 
Somalia4.4 Somali Chess Federation 0 146 Somali Chess Championship 
South Africa4.5 Chess South Africa[116] 1 8,599 South African Chess Championship 
South Korea3.3 Korea Chess Federation[117] 1 2,416 South Korean Chess Championship 
South Sudan4.4 South Sudan Chess Federation 0 502 South Sudanese Chess Championship 
Spain1.1c Federacion Espanola de Ajedrez[118] 59 74,610 Spanish Chess Championship 
Sri Lanka3.2 Chess Federation of Sri Lanka 0 21,776 Sri Lankan Chess Championship 
Sudan4.4 Sudan Chess Federation 0 1,664 Sudanese Chess Championship 
Suriname2.3.5 De Surinaamse Schaakbond[119] 0 637 Surinamese Chess Championship 
Sweden1.3 Sveriges Schackförbund[120] 25 8,537 Swedish Chess Championship 
Switzerland1.2a Schweizerischer Schachbund[121] 11 5,854 Swiss Chess Championship 
Syria3.1 Syrian Arab Chess Federation 0 1,531 Syrian Chess Championship 
Tajikistan3.4 Federazijai Shakhmati Tajikistan 1 409 Tajikistani Chess Championship 
Tanzania4.4 Tanzania Chess Association 0 242 Tanzanian Chess Championship 
Thailand3.3 Thailand Chess Association[122] 0 2,087 Thai Chess Championship 
Timor-Leste3.3 Federação Xadrez de Timor-Leste 0 594 Timorese Chess Championship 
Togo4.2 Togolese Chess Federation [Wikidata][123] 0 546 Togolese Chess Championship 
Trinidad and Tobago2.3.5 Trinidad and Tobago Chess Association[124] 0 1,326 Trinidad and Tobago Chess Championship 
Tunisia4.1 Tunisian Chess Federation [Wikidata][125] 3 4,933 Tunisian Chess Championship 
Turkey1.5a Turkish Chess Federation[126] 14 49,282 Turkish Chess Championship 
Turkmenistan3.4 Turkmenistan Chess Federation 7 1,347 Turkmen Chess Championship 
Uganda4.4 Uganda Chess Federation[127] 0 3,870 Ugandan Chess Championship 
Ukraine1.9 Ukrainian Chess Federation[128] 88 18,518 Ukrainian Chess Championship 
United Arab Emirates3.1 UAE Chess Federation[129] 2 3,244 Emirati Chess Championship 
United States2.1 United States Chess Federation[130] 106 25,204 U.S. Chess Championship
U.S. Women's Chess Championship
United States Virgin Islands2.3.5 US Virgin Islands Chess Federation[131] 0 73 – 
Uruguay2.5 Federación Uruguaya de Ajedrez[132] 3 2,453 Uruguayan Chess Championship 
Uzbekistan3.4 Chess Federation of Uzbekistan[133] 17 3,304 Uzbekistani Chess Championship 
Venezuela2.3.5 Fed. Venezolana de Ajedrez[134] 1 11,363 Venezuelan Chess Championship 
Vietnam3.3 Vietnam Chess Federation[135] 13 6,065 Vietnamese Chess Championship 
Wales1.1a Welsh Chess Union[136] 0 830 Welsh Chess Championship 
Yemen3.1 Yemen Chess Association 0 656 Yemeni Chess Championship 
Zambia4.5 Chess Federation of Zambia 1 2,932 Zambian Chess Championship 
Zimbabwe4.5 Zimbabwe Chess Federation[137] 0 1,863 Zimbabwean Chess Championship Close
In addition, the Isle of Man Chess Association (since 2020), the Chess League of New Caledonia (Ligue d'Echecs de Nouvelle-Calédonie, since 2023), and the Greenlandic Chess Federation (since 2024) are affiliated organizations.
Former FIDE members
The list below includes nations that no longer exist as well as national federations that are currently not members of FIDE.
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Country National federation National championship CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovak Chess Championship 
Soviet UnionUSSR Chess Federation USSR Chess Championship 
YugoslaviaYugoslav Chess Championship Close
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