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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.

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National level: Current FIDE members

The table below lists the member federations of FIDE1 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

CountryZoneNational federation#GM#FIDENational championship
 Afghanistan3.4Afghan National Chess Federation0452Afghan Chess Championship
 Albania1.5aAlbania Chess Federation [Wikidata]31972Albanian Chess Championship
 Algeria4.1Fédération Algérienne des échecs [Wikidata]436,376Algerian Chess Championship
 Andorra1.10Federació d'Escacs Valls d'Andorra [Wikidata]53175Andorran Chess Championship
 Angola4.5Federação Angolana de Xadrez [Wikidata]01,889Angolan Chess Championship
 Antigua and Barbuda2.3.5Antigua and Barbuda Chess Federation052–
 Argentina2.5Argentine Chess Federation62314,121Argentine Chess Championship
 Armenia1.5bArmenian Chess Federation7402,356Armenian Chess Championship
 Aruba2.3.5Federashon di Ajedrez di Aruba0182–
 Australia3.6Australian Chess Federation8107,276Australian Chess Championship
 Austria1.2aÖsterreichischer Schachbund9119,553Austrian Chess Championship
 Azerbaijan1.8Azerbaijan Chess Federation10307,219Azerbaijani Chess Championship
 Bahamas2.3.5Bahamas Chess Federation110202Bahamian Chess Championship
 Bahrain3.1Bahrain Mind Sports Association0791Bahraini Chess Championship
 Bangladesh3.2Bangladesh Chess Federation1259,637Bangladeshi Chess Championship
 Barbados2.3.5Barbados Chess Federation130688Barbadian Chess Championship
 Belarus1.8Belarus Chess Federation14153,119Belarusian Chess Championship
 Belgium1.1bFRBE-KBSB-KSB [Wikidata]1598,893Belgian Chess Championship
 Belize2.3.2Belize Chess Federation1609Belize National Chess Championship
 Bermuda2.3.5Bermuda Chess Association170193–
 Bhutan3.2Bhutan Chess Federation0133Bhutan National Premier Chess Championship
 Bolivia2.4Federación Boliviana de Ajedrez1815,454Bolivian Chess Championship
 Bosnia and Herzegovina1.2bSahovski Savez Bosne i Hercegovine1973,881Bosnia and Herzegovina Chess Championship
 Botswana4.5Botswana Chess Federation02,888Botswana Chess Championship
 Brazil2.4Confed. Brasileira de Xadrez201526,903Brazilian Chess Championship
 British Virgin Islands2.3.5British Virgin Islands Chess Federation010–
 Brunei3.3Brunei Chess Federation210366Brunei Chess Championship
 Bulgaria1.4Bulgarian Chess Federation22356,120Bulgarian Chess Championship
 Burkina Faso4.2Comité National Burkinabé des Échecs046Burkinabé Chess Championship
 Burundi4.3Burundi Chess Federation [Wikidata]082Burundian Chess Championship
 Cambodia3.3Cambodian Chess Federation020Cambodian Chess Championship
 Cameroon4.3Cameroon Chess Federation [Wikidata]230196Cameroonian Chess Championship
 Canada2.2Chess Federation of Canada24146,051Canadian Chess Championship
 Cape Verde4.2Federação Cabo-verdiana de Xadrez [Wikidata]0270Cape Verdean Chess Championship
 Cayman Islands2.3.5Cayman Islands Chess Federation25068-
 Central African Republic4.3Chess Federation of Central African Republic0100Central African Chess Championship
 Chad4.3Chad Chess Federation26017-
 Chile2.5Fed. Deportiva Nacional De Ajedrez67,422Chilean Chess Championship
 China3.5Chinese Chess Association27515,024Chinese Chess Championship
 Chinese Taipei3.3Chinese Taipei Chess Association281521Taiwanese Chess Championship
 Colombia2.3.4Fed. Colombiana de Ajedrez291113,176Colombian Chess Championship
 Comoros4.4Comoros Islands Chess Federation [Wikidata]044Comorian Chess Championship
 Republic of the Congo4.3Congolese Chess Federation [Wikidata]097Congolese Chess Championship
 Costa Rica2.3.2Federacion Central de Ajedrez3016,264Costa Rican Chess Championship
 Croatia1.2bHrvatski šahovski savez313011,726Croatian Chess Championship
 Cuba2.3.3Fed. Cubana de Ajedrez263,518Cuban Chess Championship
 Cyprus1.10Cyprus Chess Federation3201,296Cypriot Chess Championship
 Czech Republic1.4Šachový svaz České republiky333316,984Czech Chess Championship
 Denmark1.3Dansk Skak Union34168,092Danish Chess Championship
 Djibouti4.4Djiboutian Chess Federation0130Djiboutian Chess Championship
 Dominica2.3.5Dominica Chess Federation35037-
 Dominican Republic2.3.5Federación Dominicana de Ajedrez3613,470Dominican Chess Championship
 Ecuador2.4Fed. Ecuatoriana de Ajedrez3715,560Ecuadorian Chess Championship
 Egypt4.1Egyptian Chess Federation616,217Egyptian Chess Championship
 El Salvador2.3.2Federación Salvadoreña de Ajedrez3801,072Salvadoran Chess Championship
 England1.1aEnglish Chess Federation394013,885British Chess Championship
 Equatorial Guinea4.3Asociación Nacional de Ajedrez de Guinea Ecuatorial40065-
 Eritrea4.4Eritrea Chess Federation0171Eritrean Chess Championship
 Estonia1.7Eesti Maleliit4162,685Estonian Chess Championship
 Eswatini4.5Eswatini National Chess Federation0288Swazi Chess Championship
 Ethiopia4.4Ethiopian Chess Federation4201,071Ethiopian Chess Championship
 Faroe Islands1.10Talvsamband Føroya431532Faroese Chess Championship
 Fiji3.6Fiji Chess Federation440435Fijian Chess Championship
 Finland1.3Suomen Keskusshakkiliitto4542,154Finnish Chess Championship
 France1.1bFrench Chess Federation465598,861French Chess Championship
 Gabon4.3Fédération Gabonaise des Échecs0123Gabonese Chess Championship
 Gambia4.2Gambia Chess Federation075Gambian Chess Championship
 Georgia1.5bChess Federation of Georgia314,542Georgian Chess Championship
 Germany1.2aDeutscher Schachbund479747,579German Chess Championship
 Ghana4.2Ghana Chess Association [Wikidata]480358Ghanaian Chess Championship
 Greece1.5aElliniki Skakistiki Omospondia491728,134Greek Chess Championship
 Grenada2.3.5Grenada Chess Federation50021-
 Guam3.6Guam Chess Federation0432–
 Guatemala2.3.2Fed. Nac. de Ajedrez de Guatemala0764Guatemalan Chess Championship
 Guernsey1.10Guernsey Chess Federation51041Guernsey Chess Championship
 Guyana2.3.5Guyana Chess Federation0302Guyanese Chess Championship
 Haiti2.3.5Haitian Chess Federation0252Haitian Chess Championship
 Honduras2.3.2Federación Nacional de Ajedrez de Honduras5201,318Honduran Chess Championship
 Hong Kong3.3Hong Kong Chess Federation01,654Hong Kong Chess Championship
 Hungary1.4Magyar Sakkszövetség535212,532Hungarian Chess Championship
 Iceland1.3Skáksamband Íslands54153,021Icelandic Chess Championship
 India3.7All India Chess Federation5583134,560Indian Chess Championship
 Indonesia3.3Persatuan Catur Seluruh Indonesia5643,364Indonesian Chess Championship
 Iran3.1Chess Fed. of Islamic Rep. of Iran571563,462Iranian Chess Championship
 Iraq3.1Iraqi Chess Federation03,705Iraqi Chess Championship
 Ireland1.1aIrish Chess Union5812,971Irish Chess Championship
 Israel1.2bIsrael Chess Federation59497,538Israeli Chess Championship
 Italy1.1cFederazione Scacchistica Italiana601832,862Italian Chess Championship
 Ivory Coast4.2Fédération Ivoirienne des Échecs [Wikidata]0556Ivorian Chess Championship
 Jamaica2.3.5Jamaica Chess Federation6101,073Jamaican Chess Championship
 Japan3.3National Chess Society of Japan [ja]620609Japanese Chess Championship
 Jersey1.10Jersey Chess Federation630223Jersey Chess Championship
 Jordan3.1Royal Jordanian Chess Federation6412,908Jordanian Chess Championship
 Kazakhstan3.4Kazakhstan Chess Federation651813,681Kazakhstani Chess Championship
 Kenya4.4Chess Kenya [Wikidata]6604,797Kenyan Chess Championship
 Kosovo1.2bKosovo Chess Federation670875Kosovan Chess Championship
 Kuwait3.1Kuwait Chess Federation0834Kuwaiti Chess Championship
 Kyrgyzstan3.4Chess Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic04,782Kyrgyzstani Chess Championship
 Laos3.3Lao Chess Federation0202Laotian Chess Championship
 Latvia1.7Latvijas Šaha Federācija68104,537Latvian Chess Championship
 Lebanon3.1Federation Libanaise des Echecs6902,480Lebanese Chess Championship
 Lesotho4.5Chess Federation of Lesotho0434Lesotho Chess Championship
 Liberia4.2Liberia Chess Federation0328Liberian Chess Championship
 Libya4.1General Libyan Chess Federation01,881Libyan Chess Championship
 Liechtenstein1.10Liechtensteiner Schachverband045Liechtenstein Chess Championship
 Lithuania1.7Lietuvos šachmatų federacija70116,341Lithuanian Chess Championship
 Luxembourg1.10Federation Luxembourgeoise des Echecs710875Luxembourg Chess Championship
 Macau3.3Grupo de Xadrez de Macau086–
 Madagascar4.4Madagascar Chess Federation [Wikidata]0953Malagasy Chess Championship
 Malawi4.5Chess Association of Malawi7201,009Malawian Chess Championship
 Malaysia3.3Malaysian Chess Federation73015,533Malaysian Chess Championship
 Maldives3.2Maldives Chess Federation0573Maldivian Chess Championship
 Mali4.2Federation Malienne du Jeu D'Echecs [Wikidata]0135Malian Chess Championship
 Malta1.10Il-Federazzjoni Maltija tac-Cess740142Maltese Chess Championship
 Mauritania4.1Mauritanian Chess Federation [Wikidata]750839Mauritanian Chess Championship
 Mauritius4.4Mauritius Chess Federation [Wikidata]76069Mauritian Chess Championship
 Mexico2.3.1Fed. Nac. de Ajedrez de Mexico AC77514,128Mexican Chess Championship
 Moldova1.8Federația de Șah a Republicii Moldova7871,524Moldovan Chess Championship
 Monaco1.10Monaco Chess Federation [Wikidata]3303Monaco Chess Championship
 Mongolia3.3Mongolian Chess Federation7982,663Mongolian Chess Championship
 Montenegro1.5aMontenegro Chess Federation80111,377Montenegrin Chess Championship
 Morocco4.1Fed. Royale Marocaine des Echecs8114,879Moroccan Chess Championship
 Mozambique4.5Mozambique Chess Federation [Wikidata]0634Mozambican Chess Championship
 Myanmar3.3Myanmar Chess Federation8202,354Myanmar Chess Championship
 Namibia4.5Namibia Chess Federation8301,206Namibian Chess Championship
 Nauru3.6Nauru Chess Federation069Nauruan Chess Championship
 Nepal3.2Nepal Chess Association8404,986Nepalese Chess Championship
 Netherlands1.1bKoninklijke Nederlandse Schaakbond854310,479Dutch Chess Championship
 Netherlands Antilles2.3.5Curaçao Chess Federation0276Netherlands Antilles Chess Championship
 New Zealand3.6New Zealand Chess Federation8612,547New Zealand Chess Championship
 Nicaragua2.3.2Federacion Nicaragüense de Ajedrez8701,255Nicaraguan Chess Championship
 Niger4.2Niger Chess Federation88069-
 Nigeria4.2Nigeria Chess Federation8903,878Nigerian Chess Championship
 North Macedonia1.2bChess Federation of Macedonia90101,749Macedonian Chess Championship
 Norway1.3Norges Sjakkforbund91188,552Norwegian Chess Championship
 Oman3.1Oman Chess Committee9202,595Omani Chess Championship
 Pakistan3.2Chess Federation of Pakistan9302,963Pakistani Chess Championship
 Palau3.6Palau Chess Federation940267Palauan Chess Championship
 Palestine3.1Palestine Chess Federation02,410Palestinian Chess Championship
 Panama2.3.2Fed. de Ajedrez de Panama9502,786Panamanian Chess Championship
 Papua New Guinea3.6Papua New Guinea Chess Federation022Papua New Guinean Chess Championship
 Paraguay2.5Federacion Paraguaya de Ajedrez9651,724Paraguayan Chess Championship
 Peru2.4Federacion Peruana de Ajedrez971013,178Peruvian Chess Championship
 Philippines3.3National Chess Federation of the Philippines981311,996Philippine Chess Championship
 Poland1.4Polish Chess Federation995043,572Polish Chess Championship
 Portugal1.1cFederação Portuguesa de Xadrez10048,047Portuguese Chess Championship
 Puerto Rico2.3.5Fed. de Ajedrez de Puerto Rico10101,316Puerto Rican Chess Championship
 Qatar3.1Qatar Chess Association1023186Qatari Chess Championship
 Romania1.4Federația Română de Șah1032613,041Romanian Chess Championship
 Russia3.8Chess Federation of Russia104185120,128Russian Chess Championship
 Rwanda4.4Rwanda Chess Federation [Wikidata]1050192Rwandan Chess Championship
 Saint Kitts and Nevis2.3.5Saint Kitts and Nevis Chess Federation106012-
 Saint Lucia2.3.5Saint Lucia Chess Federation107070-
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2.3.5Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Chess Federation108021-
 San Marino1.10Federazione Sammarinese degli Scacchi109054Sammarinese Chess Championship
 São Tomé and Príncipe4.3Sao Tome and Principe Chess Federation [Wikidata]0170São Tomé and Príncipe Chess Championship
 Saudi Arabia3.1Saudi Chess Association11003,516Saudi Arabian Chess Championship
 Scotland1.1aChess Scotland11161,468Scottish Chess Championship
 Senegal4.2Senegalese Chess Federation [Wikidata]1194Senegalese Chess Championship
 Serbia1.5aChess Federation of Serbia1125312,767Serbian Chess Championship
 Seychelles4.4Seychelles Chess Federation079Seychelles Chess Championship
 Sierra Leone4.2Sierra Leone Chess Federation079Sierra Leonean Chess Championship
 Singapore3.3Singapore Chess Federation11355,618Singaporean Chess Championship
 Slovakia1.4Slovenský šachový zväz114149,528Slovak Chess Championship
 Slovenia1.2aŠahovska Zveza Slovenije115147,053Slovenian Chess Championship
 Solomon Islands3.6Solomon Islands Chess Federation0122Solomon Island Chess Championship
 Somalia4.4Somali Chess Federation0146Somali Chess Championship
 South Africa4.5Chess South Africa11618,599South African Chess Championship
 South Korea3.3Korea Chess Federation11712,416South Korean Chess Championship
 South Sudan4.4South Sudan Chess Federation0502South Sudanese Chess Championship
 Spain1.1cFederacion Espanola de Ajedrez1185974,610Spanish Chess Championship
 Sri Lanka3.2Chess Federation of Sri Lanka021,776Sri Lankan Chess Championship
 Sudan4.4Sudan Chess Federation01,664Sudanese Chess Championship
 Suriname2.3.5De Surinaamse Schaakbond1190637Surinamese Chess Championship
 Sweden1.3Sveriges Schackförbund120258,537Swedish Chess Championship
 Switzerland1.2aSchweizerischer Schachbund121115,854Swiss Chess Championship
 Syria3.1Syrian Arab Chess Federation01,531Syrian Chess Championship
 Tajikistan3.4Federazijai Shakhmati Tajikistan1409Tajikistani Chess Championship
 Tanzania4.4Tanzania Chess Association0242Tanzanian Chess Championship
 Thailand3.3Thailand Chess Association12202,087Thai Chess Championship
 Timor-Leste3.3Federação Xadrez de Timor-Leste0594Timorese Chess Championship
 Togo4.2Togolese Chess Federation [Wikidata]1230546Togolese Chess Championship
 Trinidad and Tobago2.3.5Trinidad and Tobago Chess Association12401,326Trinidad and Tobago Chess Championship
 Tunisia4.1Tunisian Chess Federation [Wikidata]12534,933Tunisian Chess Championship
 Turkey1.5aTurkish Chess Federation1261449,282Turkish Chess Championship
 Turkmenistan3.4Turkmenistan Chess Federation71,347Turkmen Chess Championship
 Uganda4.4Uganda Chess Federation12703,870Ugandan Chess Championship
 Ukraine1.9Ukrainian Chess Federation1288818,518Ukrainian Chess Championship
 United Arab Emirates3.1UAE Chess Federation12923,244Emirati Chess Championship
 United States2.1United States Chess Federation13010625,204U.S. Chess Championship U.S. Women's Chess Championship
 United States Virgin Islands2.3.5US Virgin Islands Chess Federation131073–
 Uruguay2.5Federación Uruguaya de Ajedrez13232,453Uruguayan Chess Championship
 Uzbekistan3.4Chess Federation of Uzbekistan133173,304Uzbekistani Chess Championship
 Venezuela2.3.5Fed. Venezolana de Ajedrez134111,363Venezuelan Chess Championship
 Vietnam3.3Vietnam Chess Federation135136,065Vietnamese Chess Championship
 Wales1.1aWelsh Chess Union1360830Welsh Chess Championship
 Yemen3.1Yemen Chess Association0656Yemeni Chess Championship
 Zambia4.5Chess Federation of Zambia12,932Zambian Chess Championship
 Zimbabwe4.5Zimbabwe Chess Federation13701,863Zimbabwean Chess Championship

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.

CountryNational federationNational championship
 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovak Chess Championship
 Soviet UnionUSSR Chess FederationUSSR Chess Championship
 YugoslaviaYugoslav Chess Championship

Supranational level

Countries (zone)FederationOfficial WebsiteChampionships
Europe (1)European Chess Union (ECU)138Individual, Youth, Junior, Senior and Team
America (2)Confederation of Chess for America (CCA)139Pan American Chess Championship
Asia (3)Asian Chess Federation (ACF)140Asian Chess Championship, Asian Senior Chess Championship
Africa (4)African Chess Confederation (ACC)141African Chess Championship
Arab worldArab Chess Federation (ACF)142Arab Chess Championship
ASEANASEAN Chess Confederation143–
Commonwealth of NationsCommonwealth Chess Association (CCA)144Commonwealth Chess Championship
European microstates––European Small Nations Chess Championship
Francophone countriesInternational Chess Federation of French-speaking countries (AIDEF)145AIDEF Chess Championship
Ibero-AmericaIberoamerican Chess Federation (FIBDA)146Iberoamerican Chess Championship
Mediterranean countriesMediterranean Chess Association147Mediterranean Chess Championship
Nordic countriesNordic Chess Federation148Nordic Chess Championship
Oceania (3.6)Oceania Chess Confederation (OCC)149Oceania Chess Championship
South America--South American Chess Championship

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