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 
3.4 Afghan National Chess Federation 0 197 Afghan Chess Championship 
1.5a Albania Chess Federation 1 507 Albanian Chess Championship 
4.1 Fédération Algérienne des échecs 2 3295 Algerian Chess Championship 
1.10 Federació d'Escacs Valls d'Andorra 2 146 Andorran Chess Championship 
4.3 Federação Angolana de Xadrez 0 995 Angolan Chess Championship 
2.3.5 Antigua and Barbuda Chess Federation 0 15 – 
2.5 Argentine Chess Federation 23 8982 Argentine Chess Championship 
1.5b Armenian Chess Federation 39 1124 Armenian Chess Championship 
2.3.5 Federashon di Ajedrez di Aruba 0 42 – .svg.png)
3.6 Australian Chess Federation 8 2001 Australian Chess Championship 
1.2a Österreichischer Schachbund 9 3561 Austrian Chess Championship 
1.8 Azerbaijan Chess Federation 23 1701 Azerbaijani Chess Championship 
2.3.5 Bahamas Chess Federation 0 34 Bahamian Chess Championship 
3.1 Bahrain Mind Sports Association 0 53 Bahraini Chess Championship 
3.2 Bangladesh Chess Federation 5 1322 Bangladeshi Chess Championship 
2.3.5 Barbados Chess Federation 0 138 Barbadian Chess Championship 
1.8 Belarus Chess Federation 16 1048 Belarusian Chess Championship .svg.png)
1.1b FRBE-KBSB-KSB 9 3039 Belgian Chess Championship 
2.3.5 Bermuda Chess Association 0 68 – 
3.2 Bhutan Chess Federation 0 7 Bhutan National Premier Chess Championship 
2.4 Federación Boliviana de Ajedrez 1 1043 Bolivian Chess Championship 
1.2b Sahovski Savez Bosne i Hercegovine 8 875 Bosnia and Herzegovina Chess Championship 
4.3 Botswana Chess Federation 0 392 Botswana Chess Championship 
2.4 Confed. Brasileira de Xadrez 14 4,943 Brazilian Chess Championship 
2.3.5 British Virgin Islands Chess Federation 0 4 – 
3.3 Brunei Chess Federation 0 79 Brunei Chess Championship 
1.4 Bulgarian Chess Federation 31 1779 Bulgarian Chess Championship 
4.4 Comité National Burkinabé des Échecs 0 15 Burkinabé Chess Championship 
4.2 Burundi Chess Federation 0 11 Burundian Chess Championship 
3.3 Cambodian Chess Federation 0 2 Cambodian Chess Championship 
4.4 Cameroon Chess Federation 0 16 Cameroonian Chess Championship .svg.png)
2.2 Chess Federation of Canada 14 1605 Canadian Chess Championship 
4.4 Federação Cabo-verdiana de Xadrez 0 22 Cape Verdean Chess Championship 
4.4 Chess Federation of Central African Republic 0 4 Central African Chess Championship 
2.5 Fed. Deportiva Nacional De Ajedrez 5 2140 Chilean Chess Championship 
3.5 Chinese Chess Association 43 1445 Chinese Chess Championship 
3.3 Chinese Taipei Chess Association 0 120 Taiwanese Chess Championship 
2.3.4 Fed. Colombiana de Ajedrez 7 2559 Colombian Chess Championship 
4.3 Comoros Islands Chess Federation 0 0 Comorian Chess Championship 
4.3 Congolese Chess Federation 0 7 Congolese Chess Championship 
2.3.2 Federacion Central de Ajedrez 1 653 Costa Rican Chess Championship 
1.2b Hrvatski šahovski savez 29 3135 Croatian Chess Championship 
2.3.3 Fed. Cubana de Ajedrez 24 2033 Cuban Chess Championship 
1.10 Cyprus Chess Federation 0 134 Cypriot Chess Championship 
1.4 Šachový svaz České republiky 35 7539 Czech Chess Championship 
1.3 Dansk Skak Union 11 3880 Danish Chess Championship 
4.2 Djiboutian Chess Federation 0 8 Djiboutian Chess Championship 
2.3.5 Federación Dominicana de Ajedrez 1 657 Dominican Chess Championship 
2.3.5 Fed. Ecuatoriana de Ajedrez 1 1208 Ecuadorian Chess Championship 
4.2 Egyptian Chess Federation 5 2026 Egyptian Chess Championship 
1.1a English Chess Federation 36 3390 British Chess Championship 
2.3.2 Federación Salvadoreña de Ajedrez 0 294 Salvadoran Chess Championship 
4.2 Eritrea Chess Federation 0 6 Eritrean Chess Championship 
1.7 Eesti Maleliit 6 425 Estonian Chess Championship 
4.2 Ethiopian Chess Federation 0 77 Ethiopian Chess Championship 
1.10 Talvsamband Foroya 1 165 Faroese Chess Championship 
3.6 Fiji Chess Federation 0 43 Fijian Chess Championship 
1.3 Suomen Keskusshakkiliitto 5 1045 Finnish Chess Championship 
1.1b French Chess Federation 50 22,351 French Chess Championship 
4.4 Fédération Gabonaise des Échecs 0 3 Gabonese Chess Championship 
4.4 Gambia Chess Federation 0 9 Gambian Chess Championship 
1.5b Chess Federation of Georgia 31 1163 Georgian Chess Championship 
1.2a Deutscher Schachbund 92 25,470 German Chess Championship 
4.4 Ghana Chess Association 0 66 Ghanaian Chess Championship 
1.5a Elliniki Skakistiki Omospondia 13 5497 Greek Chess Championship 
3.6 Guam Chess Federation 0 28 – 
2.3.2 Fed. Nac. de Ajedrez de Guatemala 0 235 Guatemalan Chess Championship 
1.10 Guernsey Chess Federation 0 25 Guernsey Chess Championship 
2.3.5 Guyana Chess Federation 0 29 Guyanese Chess Championship 
2.3.5 Haitian Chess Federation 0 12 Haitian Chess Championship .svg.png)
2.3.2 Federación Nacional de Ajedrez de Honduras 0 192 Honduran Chess Championship 
3.3 Hong Kong Chess Federation 0 258 Hong Kong Chess Championship 
1.4 Magyar Sakkszovetseg 48 6229 Hungarian Chess Championship 
1.3 Skáksamband Íslands 13 600 Icelandic Chess Championship 
3.7 All India Chess Federation 52 30,609 Indian Chess Championship 
3.3 Persatuan Catur Seluruh Indonesia 3 808 Indonesian Chess Championship 
3.1 Chess Fed. of Islamic Rep. of Iran 15 9502 Iranian Chess Championship 
3.1 Iraqi Chess Federation 0 679 Iraqi Chess Championship 
1.1a Irish Chess Union 1 656 Irish Chess Championship 
1.2b Israel Chess Federation 42 2321 Israeli Chess Championship 
1.1c Federazione Scacchistica Italiana 14 9618 Italian Chess Championship 
4.4 Fédération Ivoirienne des Échecs 0 33 Ivorian Chess Championship 
2.3.5 Jamaica Chess Federation 0 233 Jamaican Chess Championship 
3.3 Japan Chess Association 0 206 Japanese Chess Championship 
1.10 Jersey Chess Federation 0 26 Jersey Chess Championship 
3.1 Royal Jordanian Chess Federation 0 495 Jordanian Chess Championship 
3.4 Kazakhstan Chess Federation 14 2162 Kazakhstani Chess Championship 
4.2 Chess Kenya 0 438 Kenyan Chess Championship 
1.2b Kosovo Chess Federation 0 205 Kosovan Chess Championship 
3.1 Kuwait Chess Federation 0 111 Kuwaiti Chess Championship 
3.4 Chess Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic 0 319 Kyrgyzstani Chess Championship 
3.3 Lao Chess Federation 0 16 Laotian Chess Championship 
1.7 Latvijas Saha Savieniba 11 678 Latvian Chess Championship 
3.1 Federation Libanaise des Echecs 0 214 Lebanese Chess Championship 
4.3 Chess Federation of Lesotho 0 98 Lesotho Chess Championship 
4.4 Liberia Chess Federation 0 13 Liberian Chess Championship 
4.1 General Libyan Chess Federation 0 480 Libyan Chess Championship 
1.10 Liechtensteiner Schachverband 0 15 Liechtenstein Chess Championship 
1.7 Lietuvos Sachmatu Federacija 6 1022 Lithuanian Chess Championship 
1.10 Federation Luxembourgeoise des Echecs 0 290 Luxembourg Chess Championship 
3.3 Grupo de Xadrez de Macau 0 39 – 
1.2b Chess Federation of Macedonia 9 573 Macedonian Chess Championship 
4.3 Madagascar Chess Federation 0 248 Malagasy Chess Championship 
4.3 Chess Association of Malawi 0 177 Malawian Chess Championship 
3.3 Malaysian Chess Federation 0 1573 Malaysian Chess Championship 
3.2 Maldives Chess Federation 0 34 Maldivian Chess Championship 
4.1 Federation Malienne du Jeu D'Echecs 0 10 Malian Chess Championship 
1.10 Il-Federazzjoni Maltija tac-Cess 0 142 Maltese Chess Championship 
4.1 Mauritanian Chess Federation 0 70 Mauritanian Chess Championship 
4.3 Mauritius Chess Federation 0 27 Mauritian Chess Championship 
2.3.1 Fed. Nac. de Ajedrez de Mexico AC 3 1818 Mexican Chess Championship 
1.8 Federația de Șah a Republicii Moldova 7 618 Moldovan Chess Championship 
1.10 Monaco Chess Federation 3 69 Monaco Chess Championship 
3.3 Mongolian Chess Federation 4 530 Mongolian Chess Championship 
1.5a Montenegro Chess Federation 6 404 Montenegrin Chess Championship 
4.1 Fed. Royale Marocaine des Echecs 1 344 Moroccan Chess Championship 
4.3 Mozambique Chess Federation 0 58 Mozambican Chess Championship 
3.3 Myanmar Chess Federation 0 647 Myanmar Chess Championship 
4.3 Namibia Chess Federation 0 61 Namibian Chess Championship 
3.6 Nauru Chess Federation 0 8 Nauruan Chess Championship 
3.2 Nepal Chess Association 0 724 Nepalese Chess Championship 
1.1b Koninklijke Nederlandse Schaakbond 35 4128 Dutch Chess Championship .svg.png)
2.3.5 Curaçao Chess Federation 0 44 Netherlands Antilles Chess Championship 
3.6 New Zealand Chess Federation 1 446 New Zealand Chess Championship 
2.3.2 Federacion Nicaragüense de Ajedrez 0 361 Nicaraguan Chess Championship 
4.4 Nigeria Chess Federation 0 307 Nigerian Chess Championship 
1.3 Norges Sjakkforbund 16 3025 Norwegian Chess Championship 
3.1 Oman Chess Committee 0 82 Omani Chess Championship 
3.2 Chess Federation of Pakistan 0 120 Pakistani Chess Championship 
3.6 Palau Chess Federation 0 112 Palauan Chess Championship 
3.1 Palestine Chess Federation 0 183 Palestinian Chess Championship 
2.3.2 Fed. de Ajedrez de Panama 0 246 Panamanian Chess Championship 
3.6 Papua New Guinea Chess Federation 0 10 Papua New Guinean Chess Championship 
2.5 Federacion Paraguaya de Ajedrez 4 1089 Paraguayan Chess Championship 
2.4 Federacion Peruana de Ajedrez 8 6201 Peruvian Chess Championship 
3.3 National Chess Federation of the Philippines 14 2619 Philippine Chess Championship 
1.4 Polish Chess Federation 41 18,252 Polish Chess Championship 
1.1c Federação Portuguesa de Xadrez 3 5320 Portuguese Chess Championship 
2.3.5 Fed. de Ajedrez de Puerto Rico 0 670 Puerto Rican Chess Championship 
3.1 Qatar Chess Association 3 123 Qatari Chess Championship 
1.4 Federatia Romana de Sah 21 6592 Romanian Chess Championship 
1.6 Russian Chess Federation 234 59,294 Russian Chess Championship 
4.2 Rwanda Chess Federation 0 79 Rwandan Chess Championship 
1.10 Federazione Sammarinese degli Scacchi 0 15 Sammarinese Chess Championship 
4.4 Sao Tome and Principe Chess Federation 0 18 São Tomé and Príncipe Chess Championship 
3.1 Saudi Chess Association 0 993 Saudi Arabian Chess Championship 
1.1a Chess Scotland 6 708 Scottish Chess Championship 
4.1 Senegalese Chess Federation 0 21 Senegalese Chess Championship 
1.5a Chess Federation of Serbia 55 7732 Serbian Chess Championship 
4.2 Seychelles Chess Federation 0 50 Seychelles Chess Championship 
4.4 Sierra Leone Chess Federation 0 14 Sierra Leonean Chess Championship 
3.3 Singapore Chess Federation 3 2377 Singaporean Chess Championship 
1.4 Slovensky Sachovy Zvaz 10 6192 Slovak Chess Championship 
1.2a Sahovska Zveza Slovenije 12 4143 Slovenian Chess Championship 
3.6 Solomon Islands Chess Federation 0 35 Solomon Island Chess Championship 
4.2 Somali Chess Federation 0 43 Somali Chess Championship 
4.3 Chess South Africa 1 2478 South African Chess Championship 
3.3 Korea Chess Federation 1 752 South Korean Chess Championship 
4.2 South Sudan Chess Federation 0 74 South Sudanese Chess Championship 
1.1c Federacion Espanola de Ajedrez 47 39,632 Spanish Chess Championship 
3.2 Chess Federation of Sri Lanka 0 8993 Sri Lankan Chess Championship 
4.2 Sudan Chess Federation 0 312 Sudanese Chess Championship 
2.3.5 De Surinaamse Schaakbond 0 355 Surinamese Chess Championship 
4.3 Swaziland National Chess Federation 0 63 Swazi Chess Championship 
1.3 Sveriges Schackförbund 21 4561 Swedish Chess Championship 
1.2a Schweizerischer Schachbund 8 3685 Swiss Chess Championship 
3.1 Syrian Arab Chess Federation 0 801 Syrian Chess Championship 
3.4 Federazijai Shakhmati Tajikistan 1 166 Tajikistani Chess Championship 
4.2 Tanzania Chess Association 0 76 Tanzanian Chess Championship 
3.3 Thailand Chess Association 0 704 Thai Chess Championship 
3.3 Federação Xadrez de Timor-Leste 0 58 Timorese Chess Championship 
4.4 Togolese Chess Federation 0 95 Togolese Chess Championship 
2.3.5 Trinidad and Tobago Chess Association 0 535 Trinidad and Tobago Chess Championship 
4.1 Tunisian Chess Federation 2 941 Tunisian Chess Championship 
1.5a Turkish Chess Federation 10 24,200 Turkish Chess Championship 
3.4 Turkmenistan Chess Federation 5 410 Turkmen Chess Championship 
4.2 Uganda Chess Federation 0 369 Ugandan Chess Championship 
1.9 Ukrainian Chess Federation 87 8713 Ukrainian Chess Championship 
3.1 UAE Chess Federation 2 1949 Emirati Chess Championship 
2.1 United States Chess Federation 90 13,579 U.S. Chess Championship
U.S. Women's Chess Championship
2.3.5 US Virgin Islands Chess Federation 0 50 – 
2.5 Federación Uruguaya de Ajedrez 1 952 Uruguayan Chess Championship 
3.4 Chess Federation of Uzbekistan 12 1073 Uzbekistani Chess Championship 
2.3.5 Fed. Venezolana de Ajedrez 1 4700 Venezuelan Chess Championship 
3.3 Vietnam Chess Federation 9 1855 Vietnamese Chess Championship .svg.png)
1.1a Welsh Chess Union 1 475 Welsh Chess Championship 
3.1 Yemen Chess Association 0 280 Yemeni Chess Championship 
4.3 Chess Federation of Zambia 1 893 Zambian Chess Championship 
4.3 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 
Belize Chess Federation Belizean Chess Championship Czechoslovak Chess Championship 
USSR Chess Federation USSR Chess Championship .svg.png)
Yugoslav 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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