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 – .svg.png.webp)
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 .svg.png.webp)
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 .svg.png.webp)
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 .svg.png.webp)
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 National Chess Society of Japan 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 Šaha Federācija (previously - Latvijas Šaha Savienība)[4]
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 šachmatų 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 Archived 2019-10-11 at the Wayback Machine 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 .svg.png.webp)
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 Archived 2019-10-09 at the Wayback Machine 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 Archived 2014-07-06 at the Wayback Machine 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 Șah 21 6592 Romanian Chess Championship 
Russia3.8 Chess Federation of Russia 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 Archived 2020-12-09 at the Wayback Machine 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 Eswatini National Chess Federation 0 63 Swazi Chess Championship 
Sweden1.3 Sveriges Schackförbund 21 4561 Swedish Chess Championship .svg.png.webp)
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 Archived 2019-06-08 at the Wayback Machine 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 Archived 2019-09-10 at the Wayback Machine 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 .svg.png.webp)
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.
- "LATVIJAS ŠAHA FEDERĀCIJA, 50008022351, Previous names". Lursoft. 2020-12-16. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
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