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Geography of chess

Chess, a strategy board game, 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.

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Chess, a strategy board game, 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 FIDE1 and their national championship. The number of grandmasters and players registered for each federation in the FIDE database, as of January 2024, are also indicated.2

Country Zone National federation #GM #FIDE National championship
 Afghanistan 3.4 Afghan National Chess Federation 0 452 Afghan Chess Championship
 Albania 1.5a Albania Chess Federation3 1 972 Albanian Chess Championship
 Algeria 4.1 Fédération Algérienne des échecs4 3 6,376 Algerian Chess Championship
 Andorra 1.10 Federació d'Escacs Valls d'Andorra5 3 175 Andorran Chess Championship
 Angola 4.5 Federação Angolana de Xadrez 0 1,889 Angolan Chess Championship
 Antigua and Barbuda 2.3.5 Antigua and Barbuda Chess Federation 0 52 –
 Argentina 2.5 Argentine Chess Federation6 23 14,121 Argentine Chess Championship
 Armenia 1.5b Armenian Chess Federation7 40 2,356 Armenian Chess Championship
 Aruba 2.3.5 Federashon di Ajedrez di Aruba 0 182 –
 Australia 3.6 Australian Chess Federation8 10 7,276 Australian Chess Championship
 Austria 1.2a Österreichischer Schachbund9 11 9,553 Austrian Chess Championship
 Azerbaijan 1.8 Azerbaijan Chess Federation10 30 7,219 Azerbaijani Chess Championship
 Bahamas 2.3.5 Bahamas Chess Federation11 0 202 Bahamian Chess Championship
 Bahrain 3.1 Bahrain Mind Sports Association 0 791 Bahraini Chess Championship
 Bangladesh 3.2 Bangladesh Chess Federation12 5 9,637 Bangladeshi Chess Championship
 Barbados 2.3.5 Barbados Chess Federation13 0 688 Barbadian Chess Championship
 Belarus 1.8 Belarus Chess Federation14 15 3,119 Belarusian Chess Championship
 Belgium 1.1b FRBE-KBSB-KSB15 9 8,893 Belgian Chess Championship
 Belize 2.3.2 Belize Chess Federation16 0 9 Belize National Chess Championship
 Bermuda 2.3.5 Bermuda Chess Association17 0 193 –
 Bhutan 3.2 Bhutan Chess Federation 0 133 Bhutan National Premier Chess Championship
 Bolivia 2.4 Federación Boliviana de Ajedrez18 1 5,454 Bolivian Chess Championship
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.2b Sahovski Savez Bosne i Hercegovine19 7 3,881 Bosnia and Herzegovina Chess Championship
 Botswana 4.5 Botswana Chess Federation 0 2,888 Botswana Chess Championship
 Brazil 2.4 Confed. Brasileira de Xadrez20 15 26,903 Brazilian Chess Championship
 British Virgin Islands 2.3.5 British Virgin Islands Chess Federation 0 10 –
 Brunei 3.3 Brunei Chess Federation21 0 366 Brunei Chess Championship
 Bulgaria 1.4 Bulgarian Chess Federation22 35 6,120 Bulgarian Chess Championship
 Burkina Faso 4.2 Comité National Burkinabé des Échecs 0 46 Burkinabé Chess Championship
 Burundi 4.3 Burundi Chess Federation 0 82 Burundian Chess Championship
 Cambodia 3.3 Cambodian Chess Federation 0 20 Cambodian Chess Championship
 Cameroon 4.3 Cameroon Chess Federation23 0 196 Cameroonian Chess Championship
 Canada 2.2 Chess Federation of Canada24 14 6,051 Canadian Chess Championship
 Cape Verde 4.2 Federação Cabo-verdiana de Xadrez 0 270 Cape Verdean Chess Championship
 Cayman Islands 2.3.5 Cayman Islands Chess Federation25 0 68 -
 Central African Republic 4.3 Chess Federation of Central African Republic 0 100 Central African Chess Championship
 Chad 4.3 Chad Chess Federation26 0 17 -
 Chile 2.5 Fed. Deportiva Nacional De Ajedrez 6 7,422 Chilean Chess Championship
 China 3.5 Chinese Chess Association27 51 5,024 Chinese Chess Championship
 Chinese Taipei 3.3 Chinese Taipei Chess Association28 1 521 Taiwanese Chess Championship
 Colombia 2.3.4 Fed. Colombiana de Ajedrez29 11 13,176 Colombian Chess Championship
 Comoros 4.4 Comoros Islands Chess Federation 0 44 Comorian Chess Championship
 Republic of the Congo 4.3 Congolese Chess Federation 0 97 Congolese Chess Championship
 Costa Rica 2.3.2 Federacion Central de Ajedrez30 1 6,264 Costa Rican Chess Championship
 Croatia 1.2b Hrvatski šahovski savez31 30 11,726 Croatian Chess Championship
 Cuba 2.3.3 Fed. Cubana de Ajedrez 26 3,518 Cuban Chess Championship
 Cyprus 1.10 Cyprus Chess Federation32 0 1,296 Cypriot Chess Championship
 Czech Republic 1.4 Šachový svaz České republiky33 33 16,984 Czech Chess Championship
 Denmark 1.3 Dansk Skak Union34 16 8,092 Danish Chess Championship
 Djibouti 4.4 Djiboutian Chess Federation 0 130 Djiboutian Chess Championship
 Dominica 2.3.5 Dominica Chess Federation35 0 37 -
 Dominican Republic 2.3.5 Federación Dominicana de Ajedrez36 1 3,470 Dominican Chess Championship
 Ecuador 2.4 Fed. Ecuatoriana de Ajedrez37 1 5,560 Ecuadorian Chess Championship
 Egypt 4.1 Egyptian Chess Federation 6 16,217 Egyptian Chess Championship
 El Salvador 2.3.2 Federación Salvadoreña de Ajedrez38 0 1,072 Salvadoran Chess Championship
 England 1.1a English Chess Federation39 40 13,885 British Chess Championship
 Equatorial Guinea 4.3 Asociación Nacional de Ajedrez de Guinea Ecuatorial40 0 65 -
 Eritrea 4.4 Eritrea Chess Federation 0 171 Eritrean Chess Championship
 Estonia 1.7 Eesti Maleliit41 6 2,685 Estonian Chess Championship
 Eswatini 4.5 Eswatini National Chess Federation 0 288 Swazi Chess Championship
 Ethiopia 4.4 Ethiopian Chess Federation42 0 1,071 Ethiopian Chess Championship
 Faroe Islands 1.10 Talvsamband Føroya43 1 532 Faroese Chess Championship
 Fiji 3.6 Fiji Chess Federation44 0 435 Fijian Chess Championship
 Finland 1.3 Suomen Keskusshakkiliitto45 4 2,154 Finnish Chess Championship
 France 1.1b French Chess Federation46 55 98,861 French Chess Championship
 Gabon 4.3 Fédération Gabonaise des Échecs 0 123 Gabonese Chess Championship
 Gambia 4.2 Gambia Chess Federation 0 75 Gambian Chess Championship
 Georgia 1.5b Chess Federation of Georgia 31 4,542 Georgian Chess Championship
 Germany 1.2a Deutscher Schachbund47 97 47,579 German Chess Championship
 Ghana 4.2 Ghana Chess Association48 0 358 Ghanaian Chess Championship
 Greece 1.5a Elliniki Skakistiki Omospondia49 17 28,134 Greek Chess Championship
 Grenada 2.3.5 Grenada Chess Federation50 0 21 -
 Guam 3.6 Guam Chess Federation 0 432 –
 Guatemala 2.3.2 Fed. Nac. de Ajedrez de Guatemala 0 764 Guatemalan Chess Championship
 Guernsey 1.10 Guernsey Chess Federation51 0 41 Guernsey Chess Championship
 Guyana 2.3.5 Guyana Chess Federation 0 302 Guyanese Chess Championship
 Haiti 2.3.5 Haitian Chess Federation 0 252 Haitian Chess Championship
 Honduras 2.3.2 Federación Nacional de Ajedrez de Honduras52 0 1,318 Honduran Chess Championship
 Hong Kong 3.3 Hong Kong Chess Federation 0 1,654 Hong Kong Chess Championship
 Hungary 1.4 Magyar Sakkszövetség53 52 12,532 Hungarian Chess Championship
 Iceland 1.3 Skáksamband Íslands54 15 3,021 Icelandic Chess Championship
 India 3.7 All India Chess Federation55 9256 134,560 Indian Chess Championship
 Indonesia 3.3 Persatuan Catur Seluruh Indonesia57 4 3,364 Indonesian Chess Championship
 Iran 3.1 Chess Fed. of Islamic Rep. of Iran58 15 63,462 Iranian Chess Championship
 Iraq 3.1 Iraqi Chess Federation 0 3,705 Iraqi Chess Championship
 Ireland 1.1a Irish Chess Union59 1 2,971 Irish Chess Championship
 Israel 1.2b Israel Chess Federation60 49 7,538 Israeli Chess Championship
 Italy 1.1c Federazione Scacchistica Italiana61 18 32,862 Italian Chess Championship
 Ivory Coast 4.2 Fédération Ivoirienne des Échecs 0 556 Ivorian Chess Championship
 Jamaica 2.3.5 Jamaica Chess Federation62 0 1,073 Jamaican Chess Championship
 Japan 3.3 National Chess Society of Japan63 0 609 Japanese Chess Championship
 Jersey 1.10 Jersey Chess Federation64 0 223 Jersey Chess Championship
 Jordan 3.1 Royal Jordanian Chess Federation65 1 2,908 Jordanian Chess Championship
 Kazakhstan 3.4 Kazakhstan Chess Federation66 18 13,681 Kazakhstani Chess Championship
 Kenya 4.4 Chess Kenya67 0 4,797 Kenyan Chess Championship
 Kosovo 1.2b Kosovo Chess Federation68 0 875 Kosovan Chess Championship
 Kuwait 3.1 Kuwait Chess Federation 0 834 Kuwaiti Chess Championship
 Kyrgyzstan 3.4 Chess Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic 0 4,782 Kyrgyzstani Chess Championship
 Laos 3.3 Lao Chess Federation 0 202 Laotian Chess Championship
 Latvia 1.7 Latvijas Šaha Federācija69 10 4,537 Latvian Chess Championship
 Lebanon 3.1 Federation Libanaise des Echecs70 0 2,480 Lebanese Chess Championship
 Lesotho 4.5 Chess Federation of Lesotho 0 434 Lesotho Chess Championship
 Liberia 4.2 Liberia Chess Federation 0 328 Liberian Chess Championship
 Libya 4.1 General Libyan Chess Federation 0 1,881 Libyan Chess Championship
 Liechtenstein 1.10 Liechtensteiner Schachverband 0 45 Liechtenstein Chess Championship
 Lithuania 1.7 Lietuvos šachmatų federacija71 11 6,341 Lithuanian Chess Championship
 Luxembourg 1.10 Federation Luxembourgeoise des Echecs72 0 875 Luxembourg Chess Championship
 Macau 3.3 Grupo de Xadrez de Macau 0 86 –
 Madagascar 4.4 Madagascar Chess Federation 0 953 Malagasy Chess Championship
 Malawi 4.5 Chess Association of Malawi73 0 1,009 Malawian Chess Championship
 Malaysia 3.3 Malaysian Chess Federation74 0 15,533 Malaysian Chess Championship
 Maldives 3.2 Maldives Chess Federation 0 573 Maldivian Chess Championship
 Mali 4.2 Federation Malienne du Jeu D'Echecs 0 135 Malian Chess Championship
 Malta 1.10 Il-Federazzjoni Maltija tac-Cess75 0 142 Maltese Chess Championship
 Mauritania 4.1 Mauritanian Chess Federation76 0 839 Mauritanian Chess Championship
 Mauritius 4.4 Mauritius Chess Federation77 0 69 Mauritian Chess Championship
 Mexico 2.3.1 Fed. Nac. de Ajedrez de Mexico AC78 5 14,128 Mexican Chess Championship
 Moldova 1.8 Federația de Șah a Republicii Moldova79 7 1,524 Moldovan Chess Championship
 Monaco 1.10 Monaco Chess Federation 3 303 Monaco Chess Championship
 Mongolia 3.3 Mongolian Chess Federation80 8 2,663 Mongolian Chess Championship
 Montenegro 1.5a Montenegro Chess Federation81 11 1,377 Montenegrin Chess Championship
 Morocco 4.1 Fed. Royale Marocaine des Echecs82 1 4,879 Moroccan Chess Championship
 Mozambique 4.5 Mozambique Chess Federation 0 634 Mozambican Chess Championship
 Myanmar 3.3 Myanmar Chess Federation83 0 2,354 Myanmar Chess Championship
 Namibia 4.5 Namibia Chess Federation84 0 1,206 Namibian Chess Championship
 Nauru 3.6 Nauru Chess Federation 0 69 Nauruan Chess Championship
 Nepal 3.2 Nepal Chess Association85 0 4,986 Nepalese Chess Championship
 Netherlands 1.1b Royal Dutch Chess Federation86 43 10,479 Dutch Chess Championship
 Netherlands Antilles 2.3.5 Curaçao Chess Federation 0 276 Netherlands Antilles Chess Championship
 New Zealand 3.6 New Zealand Chess Federation87 1 2,547 New Zealand Chess Championship
 Nicaragua 2.3.2 Federacion Nicaragüense de Ajedrez88 0 1,255 Nicaraguan Chess Championship
 Niger 4.2 Niger Chess Federation89 0 69 -
 Nigeria 4.2 Nigeria Chess Federation90 0 3,878 Nigerian Chess Championship
 North Macedonia 1.2b Chess Federation of Macedonia91 10 1,749 Macedonian Chess Championship
 Norway 1.3 Norges Sjakkforbund92 18 8,552 Norwegian Chess Championship
 Oman 3.1 Oman Chess Committee93 0 2,595 Omani Chess Championship
 Pakistan 3.2 Chess Federation of Pakistan94 0 2,963 Pakistani Chess Championship
 Palau 3.6 Palau Chess Federation95 0 267 Palauan Chess Championship
 Palestine 3.1 Palestine Chess Federation 0 2,410 Palestinian Chess Championship
 Panama 2.3.2 Fed. de Ajedrez de Panama96 0 2,786 Panamanian Chess Championship
 Papua New Guinea 3.6 Papua New Guinea Chess Federation 0 22 Papua New Guinean Chess Championship
 Paraguay 2.5 Federacion Paraguaya de Ajedrez97 5 1,724 Paraguayan Chess Championship
 Peru 2.4 Federacion Peruana de Ajedrez98 10 13,178 Peruvian Chess Championship
 Philippines 3.3 National Chess Federation of the Philippines99 13 11,996 Philippine Chess Championship
 Poland 1.4 Polish Chess Federation100 50 43,572 Polish Chess Championship
 Portugal 1.1c Federação Portuguesa de Xadrez101 4 8,047 Portuguese Chess Championship
 Puerto Rico 2.3.5 Fed. de Ajedrez de Puerto Rico102 0 1,316 Puerto Rican Chess Championship
 Qatar 3.1 Qatar Chess Association103 3 186 Qatari Chess Championship
 Romania 1.4 Federația Română de Șah104 26 13,041 Romanian Chess Championship
 Russia 3.8 Chess Federation of Russia105 185 120,128 Russian Chess Championship
 Rwanda 4.4 Rwanda Chess Federation106 0 192 Rwandan Chess Championship
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.3.5 Saint Kitts and Nevis Chess Federation107 0 12 -
 Saint Lucia 2.3.5 Saint Lucia Chess Federation108 0 70 -
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.3.5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Chess Federation109 0 21 -
 San Marino 1.10 Federazione Sammarinese degli Scacchi110 0 54 Sammarinese Chess Championship
 São Tomé and Príncipe 4.3 Sao Tome and Principe Chess Federation 0 170 São Tomé and Príncipe Chess Championship
 Saudi Arabia 3.1 Saudi Chess Association111 0 3,516 Saudi Arabian Chess Championship
 Scotland 1.1a Chess Scotland112 6 1,468 Scottish Chess Championship
 Senegal 4.2 Senegalese Chess Federation 1 194 Senegalese Chess Championship
 Serbia 1.5a Chess Federation of Serbia113 53 12,767 Serbian Chess Championship
 Seychelles 4.4 Seychelles Chess Federation 0 79 Seychelles Chess Championship
 Sierra Leone 4.2 Sierra Leone Chess Federation 0 79 Sierra Leonean Chess Championship
 Singapore 3.3 Singapore Chess Federation114 5 5,618 Singaporean Chess Championship
 Slovakia 1.4 Slovenský šachový zväz115 14 9,528 Slovak Chess Championship
 Slovenia 1.2a Šahovska Zveza Slovenije116 14 7,053 Slovenian Chess Championship
 Solomon Islands 3.6 Solomon Islands Chess Federation 0 122 Solomon Island Chess Championship
 Somalia 4.4 Somali Chess Federation 0 146 Somali Chess Championship
 South Africa 4.5 Chess South Africa117 1 8,599 South African Chess Championship
 South Korea 3.3 Korea Chess Federation118 1 2,416 South Korean Chess Championship
 South Sudan 4.4 South Sudan Chess Federation 0 502 South Sudanese Chess Championship
 Spain 1.1c Federacion Espanola de Ajedrez119 59 74,610 Spanish Chess Championship
 Sri Lanka 3.2 Chess Federation of Sri Lanka 0 21,776 Sri Lankan Chess Championship
 Sudan 4.4 Sudan Chess Federation 0 1,664 Sudanese Chess Championship
 Suriname 2.3.5 De Surinaamse Schaakbond120 0 637 Surinamese Chess Championship
 Sweden 1.3 Sveriges Schackförbund121 25 8,537 Swedish Chess Championship
 Switzerland 1.2a Schweizerischer Schachbund122 11 5,854 Swiss Chess Championship
 Syria 3.1 Syrian Arab Chess Federation 0 1,531 Syrian Chess Championship
 Tajikistan 3.4 Federazijai Shakhmati Tajikistan 1 409 Tajikistani Chess Championship
 Tanzania 4.4 Tanzania Chess Association 0 242 Tanzanian Chess Championship
 Thailand 3.3 Thailand Chess Association123 0 2,087 Thai Chess Championship
 Timor-Leste 3.3 Federação Xadrez de Timor-Leste 0 594 Timorese Chess Championship
 Togo 4.2 Togolese Chess Federation124 0 546 Togolese Chess Championship
 Trinidad and Tobago 2.3.5 Trinidad and Tobago Chess Association125 0 1,326 Trinidad and Tobago Chess Championship
 Tunisia 4.1 Tunisian Chess Federation126 3 4,933 Tunisian Chess Championship
 Turkey 1.5a Turkish Chess Federation127 14 49,282 Turkish Chess Championship
 Turkmenistan 3.4 Turkmenistan Chess Federation 7 1,347 Turkmen Chess Championship
 Uganda 4.4 Uganda Chess Federation128 0 3,870 Ugandan Chess Championship
 Ukraine 1.9 Ukrainian Chess Federation129 88 18,518 Ukrainian Chess Championship
 United Arab Emirates 3.1 UAE Chess Federation130 2 3,244 Emirati Chess Championship
 United States 2.1 United States Chess Federation131 106 25,204 U.S. Chess Championship
U.S. Women's Chess Championship
 United States Virgin Islands 2.3.5 US Virgin Islands Chess Federation132 0 73 –
 Uruguay 2.5 Federación Uruguaya de Ajedrez133 3 2,453 Uruguayan Chess Championship
 Uzbekistan 3.4 Chess Federation of Uzbekistan134 17 3,304 Uzbekistani Chess Championship
 Venezuela 2.3.5 Fed. Venezolana de Ajedrez135 1 11,363 Venezuelan Chess Championship
 Vietnam 3.3 Vietnam Chess Federation136 13 6,065 Vietnamese Chess Championship
 Wales 1.1a Welsh Chess Union137 0 830 Welsh Chess Championship
 Yemen 3.1 Yemen Chess Association 0 656 Yemeni Chess Championship
 Zambia 4.5 Chess Federation of Zambia 1 2,932 Zambian Chess Championship
 Zimbabwe 4.5 Zimbabwe Chess Federation138 0 1,863 Zimbabwean Chess Championship

In addition, the Isle of Man Chess Association (since 2020), the Chess League of New Caledonia (Ligue d'Echecs de Nouvelle-Calédonie, since 2023), and the Greenlandic Chess Federation (since 2024) are affiliated organizations.

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
 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak Chess Championship
 Soviet Union USSR Chess Federation USSR Chess Championship
 Yugoslavia Yugoslav Chess Championship

Supranational level

Countries (zone) Federation Official Website Championships
Europe (1) European Chess Union (ECU) 139 Individual, Youth, Junior,
Senior and Team
America (2) Confederation of Chess for America (CCA) 140 Pan American Chess Championship
Asia (3) Asian Chess Federation (ACF) 141 Asian Chess Championship, Asian Senior Chess Championship
Africa (4) African Chess Confederation (ACC) 142 African Chess Championship
Arab world Arab Chess Federation (ACF) 143 Arab Chess Championship
ASEAN ASEAN Chess Confederation 144 –
Commonwealth of Nations Commonwealth Chess Association (CCA) 145 Commonwealth Chess Championship
European microstates – – European Small Nations Chess Championship
Francophone countries International Chess Federation of French-speaking countries (AIDEF) 146 AIDEF Chess Championship
Ibero-America Iberoamerican Chess Federation (FIBDA) 147 Iberoamerican Chess Championship
Mediterranean countries Mediterranean Chess Association 148 Mediterranean Chess Championship
Nordic countries Nordic Chess Federation 149 Nordic Chess Championship
Oceania (3.6) Oceania Chess Confederation (OCC) 150 Oceania Chess Championship
South America - - South American Chess Championship
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