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] 1 Albanian Chess Championship 
Algeria4.1 Fédération Algérienne des échecs [2] 2 Algerian Chess Championship 
Andorra1.10 Federació d'Escacs Valls d'Andorra [3] 2 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 [4] 23 Argentine Chess Championship 
Armenia1.5b Armenian Chess Federation [5] 39 Armenian Chess Championship 
Aruba2.3.5 Federashon di Ajedrez di Aruba 0 42 – .svg.png)
Australia3.6 Australian Chess Federation [6] 8 Australian Chess Championship 
Austria1.2a Österreichischer Schachbund [7] 9 Austrian Chess Championship 
Azerbaijan1.8 Azerbaijan Chess Federation [8] 23 Azerbaijani Chess Championship 
Bahamas2.3.5 Bahamas Chess Federation [9] 0 34 Bahamian Chess Championship 
Bahrain3.1 Bahrain Mind Sports Association 0 Bahraini Chess Championship 
Bangladesh3.2 Bangladesh Chess Federation [10] 5 Bangladeshi Chess Championship 
Barbados2.3.5 Barbados Chess Federation [11] 0 Barbadian Chess Championship 
Belarus1.8 Belarus Chess Federation [12] 16 Belarusian Chess Championship .svg.png)
Belgium1.1b FRBE-KBSB-KSB [13] 9 Belgian Chess Championship 
Bermuda2.3.5 Bermuda Chess Association [14] 0 – 
Bhutan3.2 Bhutan Chess Federation 0 7 Bhutan National Premier Chess Championship 
Bolivia2.4 Federación Boliviana de Ajedrez [15] 1 Bolivian Chess Championship 
Bosnia and Herzegovina1.2b Sahovski Savez Bosne i Hercegovine [16] 8 Bosnia and Herzegovina Chess Championship 
Botswana4.3 Botswana Chess Federation 0 Botswana Chess Championship 
Brazil2.4 Confed. Brasileira de Xadrez [17] 14 Brazilian Chess Championship 
British Virgin Islands2.3.5 British Virgin Islands Chess Federation 0 4 – 
Brunei3.3 Brunei Chess Federation [18] 0 79 Brunei Chess Championship 
Bulgaria1.4 Bulgarian Chess Federation [19] 31 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 [20] 0 16 Cameroonian Chess Championship .svg.png)
Canada2.2 Chess Federation of Canada [21] 14 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 Chilean Chess Championship 
China3.5 Chinese Chess Association [22] 43 Chinese Chess Championship 
Chinese Taipei3.3 Chinese Taipei Chess Association [23] 0 120 Taiwanese Chess Championship 
Colombia2.3.4 Fed. Colombiana de Ajedrez [24] 7 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 [25] 1 Costa Rican Chess Championship 
Croatia1.2b Hrvatski šahovski savez [26] 29 Croatian Chess Championship 
Cuba2.3.3 Fed. Cubana de Ajedrez 24 Cuban Chess Championship 
Cyprus1.10 Cyprus Chess Federation [27] 0 Cypriot Chess Championship 
Czech Republic1.4 Šachový svaz České republiky [28] 35 Czech Chess Championship 
Denmark1.3 Dansk Skak Union [29] 11 Danish Chess Championship 
Djibouti4.2 Djiboutian Chess Federation 0 8 Djiboutian Chess Championship 
Dominican Republic2.3.5 Federación Dominicana de Ajedrez [30] 1 657 Dominican Chess Championship 
Ecuador2.3.5 Fed. Ecuatoriana de Ajedrez [31] 1 Ecuadorian Chess Championship 
Egypt4.2 Egyptian Chess Federation 5 Egyptian Chess Championship 
England1.1a English Chess Federation [32] 36 British Chess Championship 
El Salvador2.3.2 Federación Salvadoreña de Ajedrez [33] 0 294 Salvadoran Chess Championship 
Eritrea4.2 Eritrea Chess Federation 0 6 Eritrean Chess Championship 
Estonia1.7 Eesti Maleliit [34] 6 Estonian Chess Championship 
Ethiopia4.2 Ethiopian Chess Federation [35] 0 77 Ethiopian Chess Championship 
Faroe Islands1.10 Talvsamband Foroya [36] 1 Faroese Chess Championship 
Fiji3.6 Fiji Chess Federation [37] 0 Fijian Chess Championship 
Finland1.3 Suomen Keskusshakkiliitto [38] 5 Finnish Chess Championship 
France1.1b French Chess Federation [39] 50 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 Georgian Chess Championship 
Germany1.2a Deutscher Schachbund [40] 92 German Chess Championship 
Ghana4.4 Ghana Chess Association [41] 0 66 Ghanaian Chess Championship 
Greece1.5a Elliniki Skakistiki Omospondia [42] 13 Greek Chess Championship 
Guam3.6 Guam Chess Federation 0 28 – 
Guatemala2.3.2 Fed. Nac. de Ajedrez de Guatemala 0 Guatemalan Chess Championship 
Guernsey1.10 Guernsey Chess Federation [43] 0 25 Guernsey Chess Championship 
Guyana2.3.5 Guyana Chess Federation 0 Guyanese Chess Championship 
Haiti2.3.5 Haitian Chess Federation 0 12 Haitian Chess Championship 
Honduras2.3.2 Federación Nacional de Ajedrez de Honduras [44] 0 192 Honduran Chess Championship 
Hong Kong3.3 Hong Kong Chess Federation 0 Hong Kong Chess Championship 
Hungary1.4 Magyar Sakkszovetseg [45] 48 Hungarian Chess Championship 
Iceland1.3 Skáksamband Íslands [46] 13 Icelandic Chess Championship 
India3.7 All India Chess Federation [47] 52 Indian Chess Championship 
Indonesia3.3 Persatuan Catur Seluruh Indonesia [48] 3 Indonesian Chess Championship 
Iran3.1 Chess Fed. of Islamic Rep. of Iran [49] 15 Iranian Chess Championship 
Iraq3.1 Iraqi Chess Federation 0 Iraqi Chess Championship 
Ireland1.1a Irish Chess Union [50] 1 Irish Chess Championship 
Israel1.2b Israel Chess Federation [51] 42 Israeli Chess Championship 
Italy1.1c Federazione Scacchistica Italiana [52] 14 Italian Chess Championship 
Ivory Coast4.4 Fédération Ivoirienne des Échecs 0 33 Ivorian Chess Championship 
Jamaica2.3.5 Jamaica Chess Federation [53] 0 Jamaican Chess Championship 
Japan3.3 National Chess Society of Japan [54] 0 Japanese Chess Championship 
Jersey1.10 Jersey Chess Federation [55] 0 26 Jersey Chess Championship 
Jordan3.1 Royal Jordanian Chess Federation [56] 0 Jordanian Chess Championship 
Kazakhstan3.4 Kazakhstan Chess Federation [57] 14 Kazakhstani Chess Championship 
Kenya4.2 Chess Kenya [58] 0 438 Kenyan Chess Championship 
Kosovo1.2b Kosovo Chess Federation [59] 0 Kosovan Chess Championship 
Kuwait3.1 Kuwait Chess Federation 0 111 Kuwaiti Chess Championship 
Kyrgyzstan3.4 Chess Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic 0 Kyrgyzstani Chess Championship 
Laos3.3 Lao Chess Federation 0 16 Laotian Chess Championship 
Latvia1.7 Latvijas Šaha Federācija [60] (previously - Latvijas Šaha Savienība)[4]
11 Latvian Chess Championship 
Lebanon3.1 Federation Libanaise des Echecs [61] 0 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 Libyan Chess Championship 
Liechtenstein1.10 Liechtensteiner Schachverband 0 15 Liechtenstein Chess Championship 
Lithuania1.7 Lietuvos šachmatų federacija [62] 6 Lithuanian Chess Championship 
Luxembourg1.10 Federation Luxembourgeoise des Echecs [63] 0 Luxembourg Chess Championship 
Macau3.3 Grupo de Xadrez de Macau 0 39 – 
North Macedonia1.2b Chess Federation of Macedonia [64] 9 Macedonian Chess Championship 
Madagascar4.3 Madagascar Chess Federation 0 Malagasy Chess Championship 
Malawi4.3 Chess Association of Malawi [65] 0 177 Malawian Chess Championship 
Malaysia3.3 Malaysian Chess Federation [66] 0 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 [67] 0 142 Maltese Chess Championship 
Mauritania4.1 Mauritanian Chess Federation [68] 0 70 Mauritanian Chess Championship 
Mauritius4.3 Mauritius Chess Federation [69] 0 27 Mauritian Chess Championship 
Mexico2.3.1 Fed. Nac. de Ajedrez de Mexico AC [70] 3 Mexican Chess Championship 
Moldova1.8 Federația de Șah a Republicii Moldova [71] 7 Moldovan Chess Championship 
Monaco1.10 Monaco Chess Federation 3 Monaco Chess Championship 
Mongolia3.3 Mongolian Chess Federation [72] 4 Mongolian Chess Championship 
Montenegro1.5a Montenegro Chess Federation [73] 6 Montenegrin Chess Championship 
Morocco4.1 Fed. Royale Marocaine des Echecs [74] 1 Moroccan Chess Championship 
Mozambique4.3 Mozambique Chess Federation 0 58 Mozambican Chess Championship 
Myanmar3.3 Myanmar Chess Federation [75] 0 647 Myanmar Chess Championship 
Namibia4.3 Namibia Chess Federation [76] 0 Namibian Chess Championship 
Nauru3.6 Nauru Chess Federation 0 8 Nauruan Chess Championship 
Nepal3.2 Nepal Chess Association [77] 0 724 Nepalese Chess Championship 
Netherlands1.1b Koninklijke Nederlandse Schaakbond [78] 35 Dutch Chess Championship .svg.png)
Netherlands Antilles2.3.5 Curaçao Chess Federation 0 44 Netherlands Antilles Chess Championship 
New Zealand3.6 New Zealand Chess Federation [79] 1 New Zealand Chess Championship 
Nicaragua2.3.2 Federacion Nicaragüense de Ajedrez [80] 0 Nicaraguan Chess Championship 
Nigeria4.4 Nigeria Chess Federation [81] 0 Nigerian Chess Championship 
Norway1.3 Norges Sjakkforbund [82] 16 Norwegian Chess Championship 
Oman3.1 Oman Chess Committee [83] 0 82 Omani Chess Championship 
Pakistan3.2 Chess Federation of Pakistan [84] 0 Pakistani Chess Championship 
Palau3.6 Palau Chess Federation [85] 0 112 Palauan Chess Championship 
Palestine3.1 Palestine Chess Federation 0 Palestinian Chess Championship 
Panama2.3.2 Fed. de Ajedrez de Panama [86] 0 Panamanian Chess Championship 
Papua New Guinea3.6 Papua New Guinea Chess Federation 0 Papua New Guinean Chess Championship 
Paraguay2.5 Federacion Paraguaya de Ajedrez [87] 4 Paraguayan Chess Championship 
Peru2.4 Federacion Peruana de Ajedrez [88] 8 Peruvian Chess Championship 
Philippines3.3 National Chess Federation of the Philippines [89] 14 Philippine Chess Championship 
Poland1.4 Polish Chess Federation [90] 41 Polish Chess Championship 
Portugal1.1c Federação Portuguesa de Xadrez [91] 3 Portuguese Chess Championship 
Puerto Rico2.3.5 Fed. de Ajedrez de Puerto Rico [92] 0 Puerto Rican Chess Championship 
Qatar3.1 Qatar Chess Association [93] 3 Qatari Chess Championship 
Romania1.4 Federatia Romana de Sah [94] 21 Romanian Chess Championship 
Russia1.6 Russian Chess Federation [95] 234 Russian Chess Championship 
Rwanda4.2 Rwanda Chess Federation [96] 0 79 Rwandan Chess Championship 
San Marino1.10 Federazione Sammarinese degli Scacchi [97] 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 [98] 0 993 Saudi Arabian Chess Championship 
Scotland1.1a Chess Scotland [99] 6 Scottish Chess Championship 
Senegal4.1 Senegalese Chess Federation 0 21 Senegalese Chess Championship 
Serbia1.5a Chess Federation of Serbia [100] 55 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 [101] 3 Singaporean Chess Championship 
Slovakia1.4 Slovensky Sachovy Zvaz [102] 10 Slovak Chess Championship 
Slovenia1.2a Sahovska Zveza Slovenije [103] 12 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 [104] 1 South African Chess Championship 
South Korea3.3 Korea Chess Federation [105] 1 South Korean Chess Championship 
South Sudan4.2 South Sudan Chess Federation 0 74 South Sudanese Chess Championship 
Spain1.1c Federacion Espanola de Ajedrez [106] 47 Spanish Chess Championship 
Sri Lanka3.2 Chess Federation of Sri Lanka 0 Sri Lankan Chess Championship 
Sudan4.2 Sudan Chess Federation 0 312 Sudanese Chess Championship 
Suriname2.3.5 De Surinaamse Schaakbond [107] 0 Surinamese Chess Championship 
Eswatini4.3 Eswatini National Chess Federation 0 63 Swazi Chess Championship 
Sweden1.3 Sveriges Schackförbund [108] 21 Swedish Chess Championship 
Switzerland1.2a Schweizerischer Schachbund [109] 8 Swiss Chess Championship 
Syria3.1 Syrian Arab Chess Federation 0 Syrian Chess Championship 
Tajikistan3.4 Federazijai Shakhmati Tajikistan 1 Tajikistani Chess Championship 
Tanzania4.2 Tanzania Chess Association 0 76 Tanzanian Chess Championship 
Thailand3.3 Thailand Chess Association [110] 0 Thai Chess Championship 
Timor-Leste3.3 Federação Xadrez de Timor-Leste 0 58 Timorese Chess Championship 
Togo4.4 Togolese Chess Federation [111] 0 95 Togolese Chess Championship 
Trinidad and Tobago2.3.5 Trinidad and Tobago Chess Association [112] 0 Trinidad and Tobago Chess Championship 
Tunisia4.1 Tunisian Chess Federation [113] 2 Tunisian Chess Championship 
Turkey1.5a Turkish Chess Federation [114] 10 Turkish Chess Championship 
Turkmenistan3.4 Turkmenistan Chess Federation 5 Turkmen Chess Championship 
Uganda4.2 Uganda Chess Federation [115] 0 Ugandan Chess Championship 
Ukraine1.9 Ukrainian Chess Federation [116] 87 Ukrainian Chess Championship 
United Arab Emirates3.1 UAE Chess Federation [117] 2 Emirati Chess Championship 
United States2.1 United States Chess Federation [118] 90 U.S. Chess Championship
U.S. Women's Chess Championship
United States Virgin Islands2.3.5 US Virgin Islands Chess Federation [119] 0 50 – 
Uruguay2.5 Federación Uruguaya de Ajedrez [120] 1 Uruguayan Chess Championship 
Uzbekistan3.4 Chess Federation of Uzbekistan [121] 12 Uzbekistani Chess Championship 
Venezuela2.3.5 Fed. Venezolana de Ajedrez [122] 1 Venezuelan Chess Championship 
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Wales1.1a Welsh Chess Union [124] 1 Welsh Chess Championship 
Yemen3.1 Yemen Chess Association 0 Yemeni Chess Championship 
Zambia4.3 Chess Federation of Zambia 1 Zambian Chess Championship 
Zimbabwe4.3 Zimbabwe Chess Federation [125] 0 Zimbabwean Chess Championship
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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 [126] Belizean Chess Championship CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovak Chess Championship 
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YugoslaviaYugoslav Chess Championship
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Supranational level
Countries (zone) Federation Official Website Championships Europe (1) European Chess Union (ECU) http://www.europechess.org Individual, Youth, Junior,
Senior and TeamAmerica (2) Confederation of Chess for America (CCA) http://www.fideamerica.com Pan American Chess Championship Asia (3) Asian Chess Federation (ACF) http://www.asianchess.com Asian Chess Championship, Asian Senior Chess Championship Africa (4) African Chess Confederation (ACC) http://africa-chess.org African Chess Championship Arab world Arab Chess Federation (ACF) http://www.arabfide.com Arab Chess Championship ASEAN ASEAN Chess Confederation http://aseanchess.org/ – Commonwealth of Nations Commonwealth Chess Association (CCA) http://www.commonwealthchess.com Commonwealth Chess Championship European microstates – – European Small Nations Chess Championship Francophone countries International Chess Federation of French-speaking countries (AIDEF) https://web.archive.org/web/20170809133711/http://aidef.ffechecs.org/ AIDEF Chess Championship Ibero-America Iberoamerican Chess Federation (FIBDA) http://www.fibda.com Iberoamerican Chess Championship Mediterranean countries Mediterranean Chess Association http://www.medchess.org Mediterranean Chess Championship Nordic countries Nordic Chess Federation http://www.sjakk.no/nordisk/ Nordic Chess Championship Oceania (3.6) Oceania Chess Confederation (OCC) http://www.oceaniachess.com/ Oceania Chess Championship South America - - South American Chess Championship
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.
- ^ "LATVIJAS ŠAHA FEDERĀCIJA, 50008022351, Previous names". Lursoft. 2020-12-16. Retrieved 2020-12-16.