Geography of chess
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 Afghanistan3.4 Afghan National Chess Federation 0 134 Afghan Chess Championship Albania1.5a Albania Chess Federation 1 249 Albanian Chess Championship Algeria4.1 Fédération Algérienne des échecs 2 2080 Algerian Chess Championship Andorra1.10 Federació d'Escacs Valls d'Andorra 2 114 Andorran Chess Championship Angola4.3 Federação Angolana de Xadrez 0 608 Angolan Chess Championship Antigua and Barbuda2.3.5 Antigua and Barbuda Chess Federation 0 2 – Argentina2.5 Argentine Chess Federation 23 6553 Argentine Chess Championship Armenia1.5b Armenian Chess Federation 37 1348 Armenian Chess Championship Aruba2.3.5 Federashon di Ajedrez di Aruba 0 80 – Australia3.6 Australian Chess Federation 6 3128 Australian Chess Championship Austria1.2a Österreichischer Schachbund 7 5818 Austrian Chess Championship Azerbaijan1.8 Azerbaijan Chess Federation 24 2697 Azerbaijani Chess Championship Bahamas2.3.5 Bahamas Chess Federation 0 92 Bahamian Chess Championship Bahrain3.1 Bahrain Mind Sports Association 0 282 Bahraini Chess Championship Bangladesh3.2 Bangladesh Chess Federation 5 2659 Bangladeshi Chess Championship Barbados2.3.5 Barbados Chess Federation 0 392 Barbadian Chess Championship Belarus1.8 Belarus Chess Federation 17 1717 Belarusian Chess Championship Belgium1.1b FRBE-KBSB-KSB 4 5421 Belgian Chess Championship Bermuda2.3.5 Bermuda Chess Association 0 92 – Bhutan3.2 Bhutan Chess Federation 0 57 Bhutan National Premier Chess Championship Bolivia2.4 Federación Boliviana de Ajedrez 1 1854 Bolivian Chess Championship Bosnia and Herzegovina1.2b Sahovski Savez Bosne i Hercegovine 9 1626 Bosnia and Herzegovina Chess Championship Botswana4.3 Botswana Chess Federation 0 1442 Botswana Chess Championship Brazil2.4 Confed. Brasileira de Xadrez 12 11,588 Brazilian Chess Championship British Virgin Islands2.3.5 British Virgin Islands Chess Federation 0 9 – Brunei3.3 Brunei Chess Federation 0 197 Brunei Chess Championship Burkina Faso4.4 Comité National Burkinabé des Échecs 0 34 Burkinabé Chess Championship Burundi4.2 Burundi Chess Federation 0 28 Burundian Chess Championship Cambodia3.3 Cambodian Chess Federation 0 7 Cambodian Chess Championship Cameroon4.4 Cameroon Chess Federation 0 88 Cameroonian Chess Championship Canada2.2 Chess Federation of Canada 12 2791 Canadian Chess Championship Cape Verde4.4 Federação Cabo-verdiana de Xadrez 0 1 Cape Verdean Chess Championship Central African Republic4.4 Chess Federation of Central African Republic 0 76 Central African Chess Championship Chile2.5 Fed. Deportiva Nacional De Ajedrez 4 3607 Chilean Chess Championship China3.5 Chinese Chess Association 39 2065 Chinese Chess Championship Chinese Taipei3.3 Chinese Taipei Chess Association 0 146 Taiwanese Chess Championship Colombia2.3.4 Fed. Colombiana de Ajedrez 5 6919 Colombian Chess Championship Comoros4.3 Comoros Islands Chess Federation 0 17 Comorian Chess Championship Republic of the Congo4.3 Congolese Chess Federation 0 15 Congolese Chess Championship Costa Rica2.3.2 Federacion Central de Ajedrez 1 1252 Costa Rican Chess Championship Croatia1.2b Croatian Chess Federation 31 6656 Croatian Chess Championship Cuba2.3.3 Fed. Cubana de Ajedrez 20 2528 Cuban Chess Championship Cyprus1.10 Cyprus Chess Federation 0 480 Cypriot Chess Championship Czech Republic1.4 Šachový svaz České republiky 32 10,834 Czech Chess Championship Denmark1.3 Dansk Skak Union 13 6056 Danish Chess Championship Djibouti4.2 Djiboutian Chess Federation 0 18 Djiboutian Chess Championship Dominican Republic2.3.5 Federación Dominicana de Ajedrez 1 2055 Dominican Chess Championship Ecuador2.3.5 Fed. Ecuatoriana de Ajedrez 1 3234 Ecuadorian Chess Championship Egypt4.2 Egyptian Chess Federation 5 4562 Egyptian Chess Championship England1.1a English Chess Federation 35 5468 British Chess Championship El Salvador2.3.2 Federación Salvadoreña de Ajedrez 0 724 Salvadoran Chess Championship Eritrea4.2 Eritrea Chess Federation 0 98 Eritrean Chess Championship Estonia1.7 Eesti Maleliit 5 1091 Estonian Chess Championship Ethiopia4.2 Ethiopian Chess Federation 0 273 Ethiopian Chess Championship Faroe Islands1.10 Talvsamband Foroya 0 241 Faroese Chess Championship Fiji3.6 Fiji Chess Federation 0 168 Fijian Chess Championship Finland1.3 Suomen Keskusshakkiliitto 5 1490 Finnish Chess Championship France1.1b French Chess Federation 49 44,612 French Chess Championship Gabon4.4 Fédération Gabonaise des Échecs 0 20 Gabonese Chess Championship Gambia4.4 Gambia Chess Federation 0 37 Gambian Chess Championship Georgia1.5b Chess Federation of Georgia 28 2027 Georgian Chess Championship Germany1.2a Deutscher Schachbund 91 32,347 German Chess Championship Ghana4.4 Ghana Chess Association 0 94 Ghanaian Chess Championship Greece1.5a Elliniki Skakistiki Omospondia 13 16,768 Greek Chess Championship Guam3.6 Guam Chess Federation 0 57 – Guatemala2.3.2 Fed. Nac. de Ajedrez de Guatemala 0 321 Guatemalan Chess Championship Guernsey1.10 Guernsey Chess Federation 0 24 Guernsey Chess Championship Guyana2.3.5 Guyana Chess Federation 0 56 Guyanese Chess Championship Haiti2.3.5 Haitian Chess Federation 0 48 Haitian Chess Championship Honduras2.3.2 Federación Nacional de Ajedrez de Honduras 0 492 Honduran Chess Championship Hong Kong3.3 Hong Kong Chess Federation 0 617 Hong Kong Chess Championship Hungary1.4 Magyar Sakkszovetseg 54 9581 Hungarian Chess Championship Iceland1.3 Skáksamband Íslands 13 1616 Icelandic Chess Championship India3.7 All India Chess Federation 43 58,002 Indian Chess Championship Indonesia3.3 Persatuan Catur Seluruh Indonesia 6 1676 Indonesian Chess Championship Iran3.1 Chess Fed. of Islamic Rep. of Iran 9 20,462 Iranian Chess Championship Iraq3.1 Iraqi Chess Federation 0 1286 Iraqi Chess Championship Ireland1.1a Irish Chess Union 1 1123 Irish Chess Championship Israel1.2b Israel Chess Federation 41 3477 Israeli Chess Championship Italy1.1c Federazione Scacchistica Italiana 11 15,493 Italian Chess Championship Ivory Coast4.4 Fédération Ivoirienne des Échecs 0 38 Ivorian Chess Championship Jamaica2.3.5 Jamaica Chess Federation 0 310 Jamaican Chess Championship Japan3.3 Japan Chess Association 0 260 Japanese Chess Championship Jersey1.10 Jersey Chess Federation 0 196 Jersey Chess Championship Jordan3.1 Royal Jordanian Chess Federation 0 1058 Jordanian Chess Championship Kazakhstan3.4 Kazakhstan Chess Federation 15 2652 Kazakhstani Chess Championship Kenya4.2 Chess Kenya 0 929 Kenyan Chess Championship Kosovo1.2b Kosovo Chess Federation 0 256 Kosovan Chess Championship Kuwait3.1 Kuwait Chess Federation 0 218 Kuwaiti Chess Championship Kyrgyzstan3.4 Chess Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic 1 340 Kyrgyzstani Chess Championship Laos3.3 Lao Chess Federation 0 60 Laotian Chess Championship Latvia1.7 Latvijas Saha Savieniba 11 1498 Latvian Chess Championship Lebanon3.1 Federation Libanaise des Echecs 0 699 Lebanese Chess Championship Lesotho4.3 Chess Federation of Lesotho 0 91 Lesotho Chess Championship Liberia4.4 Liberia Chess Federation 0 34 Liberian Chess Championship Libya4.1 General Libyan Chess Federation 0 813 Libyan Chess Championship Liechtenstein1.10 Liechtensteiner Schachverband 0 23 Liechtenstein Chess Championship Lithuania1.7 Lietuvos Sachmatu Federacija 8 2907 Lithuanian Chess Championship Luxembourg1.10 Federation Luxembourgeoise des Echecs 0 519 Luxembourg Chess Championship Macau3.3 Grupo de Xadrez de Macau 0 73 – Macedonia1.2b Chess Federation of FYROM 9 573 Macedonian Chess Championship Madagascar4.3 Madagascar Chess Federation 0 262 Malagasy Chess Championship Malawi4.3 Chess Association of Malawi 0 400 Malawian Chess Championship Malaysia3.3 Malaysian Chess Federation 0 3163 Malaysian Chess Championship Maldives3.2 Maldives Chess Federation 0 92 Maldivian Chess Championship Mali4.1 Federation Malienne du Jeu D'Echecs 0 23 Malian Chess Championship Malta1.10 Il-Federazzjoni Maltija tac-Cess 0 236 Maltese Chess Championship Mauritania4.1 Mauritanian Chess Federation 0 181 Mauritanian Chess Championship Mauritius4.3 Mauritius Chess Federation 0 37 Mauritian Chess Championship Mexico2.3.1 Fed. Nac. de Ajedrez de Mexico AC 5 3479 Mexican Chess Championship Moldova1.8 Federația de Șah a Republicii Moldova 6 802 Moldovan Chess Championship Monaco1.10 Monaco Chess Federation 4 98 Monaco Chess Championship Mongolia3.3 Mongolian Chess Federation 4 726 Mongolian Chess Championship Montenegro1.5a Montenegro Chess Federation 6 756 Montenegrin Chess Championship Morocco4.1 Fed. Royale Marocaine des Echecs 1 1214 Moroccan Chess Championship Mozambique4.3 Mozambique Chess Federation 0 61 Mozambican Chess Championship Myanmar3.3 Myanmar Chess Federation 1 659 Myanmar Chess Championship Namibia4.3 Namibia Chess Federation 0 109 Namibian Chess Championship Nauru3.6 Nauru Chess Federation 0 3 Nauruan Chess Championship Nepal3.2 Nepal Chess Association 0 1613 Nepalese Chess Championship Netherlands1.1b Koninklijke Nederlandse Schaakbond 35 5753 Dutch Chess Championship Netherlands Antilles2.3.5 Curaçao Chess Federation 0 138 Netherlands Antilles Chess Championship New Zealand3.6 New Zealand Chess Federation 1 743 New Zealand Chess Championship Nicaragua2.3.2 Federacion Nicaragüense de Ajedrez 0 655 Nicaraguan Chess Championship Nigeria4.4 Nigeria Chess Federation 0 791 Nigerian Chess Championship Norway1.3 Norges Sjakkforbund 13 3863 Norwegian Chess Championship Oman3.1 Oman Chess Committee 0 439 Omani Chess Championship Pakistan3.2 Chess Federation of Pakistan 0 304 Pakistani Chess Championship Palau3.6 Palau Chess Federation 0 152 Palauan Chess Championship Palestine3.1 Palestine Chess Federation 0 526 Palestinian Chess Championship Panama2.3.2 Fed. de Ajedrez de Panama 0 427 Panamanian Chess Championship Papua New Guinea3.6 Papua New Guinea Chess Federation 0 17 Papua New Guinean Chess Championship Paraguay2.5 Federacion Paraguaya de Ajedrez 4 680 Paraguayan Chess Championship Peru2.4 Federacion Peruana de Ajedrez 6 3964 Peruvian Chess Championship Philippines3.3 National Chess Federation of the Philippines 14 2619 Philippine Chess Championship Poland1.4 Polish Chess Federation 41 18,252 Polish Chess Championship Portugal1.1c Federação Portuguesa de Xadrez 3 5320 Portuguese Chess Championship Puerto Rico2.3.5 Fed. de Ajedrez de Puerto Rico 0 670 Puerto Rican Chess Championship Qatar3.1 Qatar Chess Association 3 123 Qatari Chess Championship Romania1.4 Federatia Romana de Sah 21 6592 Romanian Chess Championship Russia1.6 Russian Chess Federation 234 59,294 Russian Chess Championship Rwanda4.2 Rwanda Chess Federation 0 79 Rwandan Chess Championship San Marino1.10 Federazione Sammarinese degli Scacchi 0 15 Sammarinese Chess Championship São Tomé and Príncipe4.4 Sao Tome and Principe Chess Federation 0 18 São Tomé and Príncipe Chess Championship Saudi Arabia3.1 Saudi Chess Association 0 993 Saudi Arabian Chess Championship Scotland1.1a Chess Scotland 6 708 Scottish Chess Championship Senegal4.1 Senegalese Chess Federation 0 21 Senegalese Chess Championship Serbia1.5a Chess Federation of Serbia 55 7732 Serbian Chess Championship Seychelles4.2 Seychelles Chess Federation 0 50 Seychelles Chess Championship Sierra Leone4.4 Sierra Leone Chess Federation 0 14 Sierra Leonean Chess Championship Singapore3.3 Singapore Chess Federation 3 2377 Singaporean Chess Championship Slovakia1.4 Slovensky Sachovy Zvaz 10 6192 Slovak Chess Championship Slovenia1.2a Sahovska Zveza Slovenije 12 4143 Slovenian Chess Championship Solomon Islands3.6 Solomon Islands Chess Federation 0 35 Solomon Island Chess Championship Somalia4.2 Somali Chess Federation 0 43 Somali Chess Championship South Africa4.3 Chess South Africa 1 2478 South African Chess Championship South Korea3.3 Korea Chess Federation 1 752 South Korean Chess Championship South Sudan4.2 South Sudan Chess Federation 0 74 South Sudanese Chess Championship Spain1.1c Federacion Espanola de Ajedrez 47 39,632 Spanish Chess Championship Sri Lanka3.2 Chess Federation of Sri Lanka 0 8993 Sri Lankan Chess Championship Sudan4.2 Sudan Chess Federation 0 312 Sudanese Chess Championship Suriname2.3.5 De Surinaamse Schaakbond 0 355 Surinamese Chess Championship Swaziland4.3 Swaziland National Chess Federation 0 63 Swazi Chess Championship Sweden1.3 Sveriges Schackförbund 21 4561 Swedish Chess Championship Switzerland1.2a Schweizerischer Schachbund 8 3685 Swiss Chess Championship Syria3.1 Syrian Arab Chess Federation 0 801 Syrian Chess Championship Tajikistan3.4 Federazijai Shakhmati Tajikistan 1 166 Tajikistani Chess Championship Tanzania4.2 Tanzania Chess Association 0 76 Tanzanian Chess Championship Thailand3.3 Thailand Chess Association 0 704 Thai Chess Championship Timor-Leste3.3 Federação Xadrez de Timor-Leste 0 58 Timorese Chess Championship Togo4.4 Togolese Chess Federation 0 95 Togolese Chess Championship Trinidad and Tobago2.3.5 Trinidad and Tobago Chess Association 0 535 Trinidad and Tobago Chess Championship Tunisia4.1 Tunisian Chess Federation 2 941 Tunisian Chess Championship Turkey1.5a Turkish Chess Federation 10 24,200 Turkish Chess Championship Turkmenistan3.4 Turkmenistan Chess Federation 5 410 Turkmen Chess Championship Uganda4.2 Uganda Chess Federation 0 369 Ugandan Chess Championship Ukraine1.9 Ukrainian Chess Federation 87 8713 Ukrainian Chess Championship United Arab Emirates3.1 UAE Chess Federation 2 1949 Emirati Chess Championship United States2.1 United States Chess Federation 90 13,579 U.S. Chess Championship
U.S. Women's Chess Championship United States Virgin Islands2.3.5 US Virgin Islands Chess Federation 0 50 – Uruguay2.5 Federación Uruguaya de Ajedrez 1 952 Uruguayan Chess Championship Uzbekistan3.4 Chess Federation of Uzbekistan 12 1073 Uzbekistani Chess Championship Venezuela2.3.5 Fed. Venezolana de Ajedrez 1 4700 Venezuelan Chess Championship Vietnam3.3 Vietnam Chess Federation 9 1855 Vietnamese Chess Championship Wales1.1a Welsh Chess Union 1 475 Welsh Chess Championship Yemen3.1 Yemen Chess Association 0 280 Yemeni Chess Championship Zambia4.3 Chess Federation of Zambia 1 893 Zambian Chess Championship Zimbabwe4.3 Zimbabwe Chess Federation 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 BelizeBelize Chess Federation Belizean Chess Championship BulgariaBulgarian Chess Federation Bulgarian Chess Championship CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovak Chess Championship Soviet UnionUSSR Chess Federation USSR Chess Championship YugoslaviaYugoslav Chess Championship
Supranational level
References
- ↑ "Member Federations by Zone". FIDE. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
- ↑ "Federations Ranking". FIDE. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
- ↑ "FIDE Advanced players search". FIDE. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
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