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 0 197 Afghan Chess Championship Albania1.5a Albania Chess Federation 1 507 Albanian Chess Championship Algeria4.1 Fédération Algérienne des échecs 2 3295 Algerian Chess Championship Andorra1.10 Federació d'Escacs Valls d'Andorra 2 146 Andorran Chess Championship Angola4.3 Federação Angolana de Xadrez 0 995 Angolan Chess Championship Antigua and Barbuda2.3.5 Antigua and Barbuda Chess Federation 0 15 – Argentina2.5 Argentine Chess Federation 23 8982 Argentine Chess Championship Armenia1.5b Armenian Chess Federation 39 1124 Armenian Chess Championship Aruba2.3.5 Federashon di Ajedrez di Aruba 0 42 – Australia3.6 Australian Chess Federation 8 2001 Australian Chess Championship Austria1.2a Österreichischer Schachbund 9 3561 Austrian Chess Championship Azerbaijan1.8 Azerbaijan Chess Federation 23 1701 Azerbaijani Chess Championship Bahamas2.3.5 Bahamas Chess Federation 0 34 Bahamian Chess Championship Bahrain3.1 Bahrain Mind Sports Association 0 53 Bahraini Chess Championship Bangladesh3.2 Bangladesh Chess Federation 5 1322 Bangladeshi Chess Championship Barbados2.3.5 Barbados Chess Federation 0 138 Barbadian Chess Championship Belarus1.8 Belarus Chess Federation 16 1048 Belarusian Chess Championship Belgium1.1b FRBE-KBSB-KSB 9 3039 Belgian Chess Championship Bermuda2.3.5 Bermuda Chess Association 0 68 – Bhutan3.2 Bhutan Chess Federation 0 7 Bhutan National Premier Chess Championship Bolivia2.4 Federación Boliviana de Ajedrez 1 1043 Bolivian Chess Championship Bosnia and Herzegovina1.2b Sahovski Savez Bosne i Hercegovine 8 875 Bosnia and Herzegovina Chess Championship Botswana4.3 Botswana Chess Federation 0 392 Botswana Chess Championship Brazil2.4 Confed. Brasileira de Xadrez 14 4,943 Brazilian Chess Championship British Virgin Islands2.3.5 British Virgin Islands Chess Federation 0 4 – Brunei3.3 Brunei Chess Federation 0 79 Brunei Chess Championship Bulgaria1.4 Bulgarian Chess Federation 31 1779 Bulgarian Chess Championship Burkina Faso4.4 Comité National Burkinabé des Échecs 0 15 Burkinabé Chess Championship Burundi4.2 Burundi Chess Federation 0 11 Burundian Chess Championship Cambodia3.3 Cambodian Chess Federation 0 2 Cambodian Chess Championship Cameroon4.4 Cameroon Chess Federation 0 16 Cameroonian Chess Championship Canada2.2 Chess Federation of Canada 14 1605 Canadian Chess Championship Cape Verde4.4 Federação Cabo-verdiana de Xadrez 0 22 Cape Verdean Chess Championship Central African Republic4.4 Chess Federation of Central African Republic 0 4 Central African Chess Championship Chile2.5 Fed. Deportiva Nacional De Ajedrez 5 2140 Chilean Chess Championship China3.5 Chinese Chess Association 43 1445 Chinese Chess Championship Chinese Taipei3.3 Chinese Taipei Chess Association 0 120 Taiwanese Chess Championship Colombia2.3.4 Fed. Colombiana de Ajedrez 7 2559 Colombian Chess Championship Comoros4.3 Comoros Islands Chess Federation 0 0 Comorian Chess Championship Republic of the Congo4.3 Congolese Chess Federation 0 7 Congolese Chess Championship Costa Rica2.3.2 Federacion Central de Ajedrez 1 653 Costa Rican Chess Championship Croatia1.2b Hrvatski šahovski savez 29 3135 Croatian Chess Championship Cuba2.3.3 Fed. Cubana de Ajedrez 24 2033 Cuban Chess Championship Cyprus1.10 Cyprus Chess Federation 0 134 Cypriot Chess Championship Czech Republic1.4 Šachový svaz České republiky 35 7539 Czech Chess Championship Denmark1.3 Dansk Skak Union 11 3880 Danish Chess Championship Djibouti4.2 Djiboutian Chess Federation 0 8 Djiboutian Chess Championship Dominican Republic2.3.5 Federación Dominicana de Ajedrez 1 657 Dominican Chess Championship Ecuador2.3.5 Fed. Ecuatoriana de Ajedrez 1 1208 Ecuadorian Chess Championship Egypt4.2 Egyptian Chess Federation 5 2026 Egyptian Chess Championship England1.1a English Chess Federation 36 3390 British Chess Championship El Salvador2.3.2 Federación Salvadoreña de Ajedrez 0 294 Salvadoran Chess Championship Eritrea4.2 Eritrea Chess Federation 0 6 Eritrean Chess Championship Estonia1.7 Eesti Maleliit 6 425 Estonian Chess Championship Ethiopia4.2 Ethiopian Chess Federation 0 77 Ethiopian Chess Championship Faroe Islands1.10 Talvsamband Foroya 1 165 Faroese Chess Championship Fiji3.6 Fiji Chess Federation 0 43 Fijian Chess Championship Finland1.3 Suomen Keskusshakkiliitto 5 1045 Finnish Chess Championship France1.1b French Chess Federation 50 22,351 French Chess Championship Gabon4.4 Fédération Gabonaise des Échecs 0 3 Gabonese Chess Championship Gambia4.4 Gambia Chess Federation 0 9 Gambian Chess Championship Georgia1.5b Chess Federation of Georgia 31 1163 Georgian Chess Championship Germany1.2a Deutscher Schachbund 92 25,470 German Chess Championship Ghana4.4 Ghana Chess Association 0 66 Ghanaian Chess Championship Greece1.5a Elliniki Skakistiki Omospondia 13 5497 Greek Chess Championship Guam3.6 Guam Chess Federation 0 28 – Guatemala2.3.2 Fed. Nac. de Ajedrez de Guatemala 0 235 Guatemalan Chess Championship Guernsey1.10 Guernsey Chess Federation 0 25 Guernsey Chess Championship Guyana2.3.5 Guyana Chess Federation 0 29 Guyanese Chess Championship Haiti2.3.5 Haitian Chess Federation 0 12 Haitian Chess Championship Honduras2.3.2 Federación Nacional de Ajedrez de Honduras 0 192 Honduran Chess Championship Hong Kong3.3 Hong Kong Chess Federation 0 258 Hong Kong Chess Championship Hungary1.4 Magyar Sakkszovetseg 48 6229 Hungarian Chess Championship Iceland1.3 Skáksamband Íslands 13 600 Icelandic Chess Championship India3.7 All India Chess Federation 52 30,609 Indian Chess Championship Indonesia3.3 Persatuan Catur Seluruh Indonesia 3 808 Indonesian Chess Championship Iran3.1 Chess Fed. of Islamic Rep. of Iran 15 9502 Iranian Chess Championship Iraq3.1 Iraqi Chess Federation 0 679 Iraqi Chess Championship Ireland1.1a Irish Chess Union 1 656 Irish Chess Championship Israel1.2b Israel Chess Federation 42 2321 Israeli Chess Championship Italy1.1c Federazione Scacchistica Italiana 14 9618 Italian Chess Championship Ivory Coast4.4 Fédération Ivoirienne des Échecs 0 33 Ivorian Chess Championship Jamaica2.3.5 Jamaica Chess Federation 0 233 Jamaican Chess Championship Japan3.3 Japan Chess Association 0 206 Japanese Chess Championship Jersey1.10 Jersey Chess Federation 0 26 Jersey Chess Championship Jordan3.1 Royal Jordanian Chess Federation 0 495 Jordanian Chess Championship Kazakhstan3.4 Kazakhstan Chess Federation 14 2162 Kazakhstani Chess Championship Kenya4.2 Chess Kenya 0 438 Kenyan Chess Championship Kosovo1.2b Kosovo Chess Federation 0 205 Kosovan Chess Championship Kuwait3.1 Kuwait Chess Federation 0 111 Kuwaiti Chess Championship Kyrgyzstan3.4 Chess Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic 0 319 Kyrgyzstani Chess Championship Laos3.3 Lao Chess Federation 0 16 Laotian Chess Championship Latvia1.7 Latvijas Saha Savieniba 11 678 Latvian Chess Championship Lebanon3.1 Federation Libanaise des Echecs 0 214 Lebanese Chess Championship Lesotho4.3 Chess Federation of Lesotho 0 98 Lesotho Chess Championship Liberia4.4 Liberia Chess Federation 0 13 Liberian Chess Championship Libya4.1 General Libyan Chess Federation 0 480 Libyan Chess Championship Liechtenstein1.10 Liechtensteiner Schachverband 0 15 Liechtenstein Chess Championship Lithuania1.7 Lietuvos Sachmatu Federacija 6 1022 Lithuanian Chess Championship Luxembourg1.10 Federation Luxembourgeoise des Echecs 0 290 Luxembourg Chess Championship Macau3.3 Grupo de Xadrez de Macau 0 39 – North Macedonia1.2b Chess Federation of Macedonia 9 573 Macedonian Chess Championship Madagascar4.3 Madagascar Chess Federation 0 248 Malagasy Chess Championship Malawi4.3 Chess Association of Malawi 0 177 Malawian Chess Championship Malaysia3.3 Malaysian Chess Federation 0 1573 Malaysian Chess Championship Maldives3.2 Maldives Chess Federation 0 34 Maldivian Chess Championship Mali4.1 Federation Malienne du Jeu D'Echecs 0 10 Malian Chess Championship Malta1.10 Il-Federazzjoni Maltija tac-Cess 0 142 Maltese Chess Championship Mauritania4.1 Mauritanian Chess Federation 0 70 Mauritanian Chess Championship Mauritius4.3 Mauritius Chess Federation 0 27 Mauritian Chess Championship Mexico2.3.1 Fed. Nac. de Ajedrez de Mexico AC 3 1818 Mexican Chess Championship Moldova1.8 Federația de Șah a Republicii Moldova 7 618 Moldovan Chess Championship Monaco1.10 Monaco Chess Federation 3 69 Monaco Chess Championship Mongolia3.3 Mongolian Chess Federation 4 530 Mongolian Chess Championship Montenegro1.5a Montenegro Chess Federation 6 404 Montenegrin Chess Championship Morocco4.1 Fed. Royale Marocaine des Echecs 1 344 Moroccan Chess Championship Mozambique4.3 Mozambique Chess Federation 0 58 Mozambican Chess Championship Myanmar3.3 Myanmar Chess Federation 0 647 Myanmar Chess Championship Namibia4.3 Namibia Chess Federation 0 61 Namibian Chess Championship Nauru3.6 Nauru Chess Federation 0 8 Nauruan Chess Championship Nepal3.2 Nepal Chess Association 0 724 Nepalese Chess Championship Netherlands1.1b Koninklijke Nederlandse Schaakbond 35 4128 Dutch Chess Championship Netherlands Antilles2.3.5 Curaçao Chess Federation 0 44 Netherlands Antilles Chess Championship New Zealand3.6 New Zealand Chess Federation 1 446 New Zealand Chess Championship Nicaragua2.3.2 Federacion Nicaragüense de Ajedrez 0 361 Nicaraguan Chess Championship Nigeria4.4 Nigeria Chess Federation 0 307 Nigerian Chess Championship Norway1.3 Norges Sjakkforbund 16 3025 Norwegian Chess Championship Oman3.1 Oman Chess Committee 0 82 Omani Chess Championship Pakistan3.2 Chess Federation of Pakistan 0 120 Pakistani Chess Championship Palau3.6 Palau Chess Federation 0 112 Palauan Chess Championship Palestine3.1 Palestine Chess Federation 0 183 Palestinian Chess Championship Panama2.3.2 Fed. de Ajedrez de Panama 0 246 Panamanian Chess Championship Papua New Guinea3.6 Papua New Guinea Chess Federation 0 10 Papua New Guinean Chess Championship Paraguay2.5 Federacion Paraguaya de Ajedrez 4 1089 Paraguayan Chess Championship Peru2.4 Federacion Peruana de Ajedrez 8 6201 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 Eswatini4.3 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 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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