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.

CountryZoneNational federation#GM#FIDENational championship
 Afghanistan3.4Afghan National Chess Federation0197Afghan Chess Championship
 Albania1.5aAlbania Chess Federation 1507Albanian Chess Championship
 Algeria4.1Fédération Algérienne des échecs 23295Algerian Chess Championship
 Andorra1.10Federació d'Escacs Valls d'Andorra 2146Andorran Chess Championship
 Angola4.3Federação Angolana de Xadrez0995Angolan Chess Championship
 Antigua and Barbuda2.3.5Antigua and Barbuda Chess Federation015–
 Argentina2.5Argentine Chess Federation 238982Argentine Chess Championship
 Armenia1.5bArmenian Chess Federation 391124Armenian Chess Championship
 Aruba2.3.5Federashon di Ajedrez di Aruba042–
 Australia3.6Australian Chess Federation 82001Australian Chess Championship
 Austria1.2aÖsterreichischer Schachbund 93561Austrian Chess Championship
 Azerbaijan1.8Azerbaijan Chess Federation 231701Azerbaijani Chess Championship
 Bahamas2.3.5Bahamas Chess Federation 034Bahamian Chess Championship
 Bahrain3.1Bahrain Mind Sports Association053Bahraini Chess Championship
 Bangladesh3.2Bangladesh Chess Federation 51322Bangladeshi Chess Championship
 Barbados2.3.5Barbados Chess Federation 0138Barbadian Chess Championship
 Belarus1.8Belarus Chess Federation 161048Belarusian Chess Championship
 Belgium1.1bFRBE-KBSB-KSB 93039Belgian Chess Championship
 Bermuda2.3.5Bermuda Chess Association 068–
 Bhutan3.2Bhutan Chess Federation07Bhutan National Premier Chess Championship
 Bolivia2.4Federación Boliviana de Ajedrez 11043Bolivian Chess Championship
 Bosnia and Herzegovina1.2bSahovski Savez Bosne i Hercegovine 8875Bosnia and Herzegovina Chess Championship
 Botswana4.3Botswana Chess Federation0392Botswana Chess Championship
 Brazil2.4Confed. Brasileira de Xadrez 144,943Brazilian Chess Championship
 British Virgin Islands2.3.5British Virgin Islands Chess Federation04–
 Brunei3.3Brunei Chess Federation 079Brunei Chess Championship
 Bulgaria1.4Bulgarian Chess Federation 311779Bulgarian Chess Championship
 Burkina Faso4.4Comité National Burkinabé des Échecs015Burkinabé Chess Championship
 Burundi4.2Burundi Chess Federation011Burundian Chess Championship
 Cambodia3.3Cambodian Chess Federation02Cambodian Chess Championship
 Cameroon4.4Cameroon Chess Federation 016Cameroonian Chess Championship
 Canada2.2Chess Federation of Canada 141605Canadian Chess Championship
 Cape Verde4.4Federação Cabo-verdiana de Xadrez022Cape Verdean Chess Championship
 Central African Republic4.4Chess Federation of Central African Republic04Central African Chess Championship
 Chile2.5Fed. Deportiva Nacional De Ajedrez52140Chilean Chess Championship
 China3.5Chinese Chess Association 431445Chinese Chess Championship
 Chinese Taipei3.3Chinese Taipei Chess Association 0120Taiwanese Chess Championship
 Colombia2.3.4Fed. Colombiana de Ajedrez 72559Colombian Chess Championship
 Comoros4.3Comoros Islands Chess Federation00Comorian Chess Championship
 Republic of the Congo4.3Congolese Chess Federation07Congolese Chess Championship
 Costa Rica2.3.2Federacion Central de Ajedrez 1653Costa Rican Chess Championship
 Croatia1.2bHrvatski šahovski savez 293135Croatian Chess Championship
 Cuba2.3.3Fed. Cubana de Ajedrez242033Cuban Chess Championship
 Cyprus1.10Cyprus Chess Federation 0134Cypriot Chess Championship
 Czech Republic1.4Šachový svaz České republiky 357539Czech Chess Championship
 Denmark1.3Dansk Skak Union 113880Danish Chess Championship
 Djibouti4.2Djiboutian Chess Federation08Djiboutian Chess Championship
 Dominican Republic2.3.5Federación Dominicana de Ajedrez 1657Dominican Chess Championship
 Ecuador2.3.5Fed. Ecuatoriana de Ajedrez 11208Ecuadorian Chess Championship
 Egypt4.2Egyptian Chess Federation52026Egyptian Chess Championship
 England1.1aEnglish Chess Federation 363390British Chess Championship
 El Salvador2.3.2Federación Salvadoreña de Ajedrez 0294Salvadoran Chess Championship
 Eritrea4.2Eritrea Chess Federation06Eritrean Chess Championship
 Estonia1.7Eesti Maleliit 6425Estonian Chess Championship
 Ethiopia4.2Ethiopian Chess Federation 077Ethiopian Chess Championship
 Faroe Islands1.10Talvsamband Foroya 1165Faroese Chess Championship
 Fiji3.6Fiji Chess Federation 043Fijian Chess Championship
 Finland1.3Suomen Keskusshakkiliitto 51045Finnish Chess Championship
 France1.1bFrench Chess Federation 5022,351French Chess Championship
 Gabon4.4Fédération Gabonaise des Échecs03Gabonese Chess Championship
 Gambia4.4Gambia Chess Federation09Gambian Chess Championship
 Georgia1.5bChess Federation of Georgia311163Georgian Chess Championship
 Germany1.2aDeutscher Schachbund 9225,470German Chess Championship
 Ghana4.4Ghana Chess Association 066Ghanaian Chess Championship
 Greece1.5aElliniki Skakistiki Omospondia 135497Greek Chess Championship
 Guam3.6Guam Chess Federation028–
 Guatemala2.3.2Fed. Nac. de Ajedrez de Guatemala0235Guatemalan Chess Championship
 Guernsey1.10Guernsey Chess Federation 025Guernsey Chess Championship
 Guyana2.3.5Guyana Chess Federation029Guyanese Chess Championship
 Haiti2.3.5Haitian Chess Federation012Haitian Chess Championship
 Honduras2.3.2Federación Nacional de Ajedrez de Honduras 0192Honduran Chess Championship
 Hong Kong3.3Hong Kong Chess Federation0258Hong Kong Chess Championship
 Hungary1.4Magyar Sakkszovetseg 486229Hungarian Chess Championship
 Iceland1.3Skáksamband Íslands 13600Icelandic Chess Championship
 India3.7All India Chess Federation Archived 2006-12-30 at the Wayback Machine5230,609Indian Chess Championship
 Indonesia3.3Persatuan Catur Seluruh Indonesia 3808Indonesian Chess Championship
 Iran3.1Chess Fed. of Islamic Rep. of Iran 159502Iranian Chess Championship
 Iraq3.1Iraqi Chess Federation0679Iraqi Chess Championship
 Ireland1.1aIrish Chess Union 1656Irish Chess Championship
 Israel1.2bIsrael Chess Federation 422321Israeli Chess Championship
 Italy1.1cFederazione Scacchistica Italiana 149618Italian Chess Championship
 Ivory Coast4.4Fédération Ivoirienne des Échecs033Ivorian Chess Championship
 Jamaica2.3.5Jamaica Chess Federation 0233Jamaican Chess Championship
 Japan3.3National Chess Society of Japan 0206Japanese Chess Championship
 Jersey1.10Jersey Chess Federation 026Jersey Chess Championship
 Jordan3.1Royal Jordanian Chess Federation 0495Jordanian Chess Championship
 Kazakhstan3.4Kazakhstan Chess Federation 142162Kazakhstani Chess Championship
 Kenya4.2Chess Kenya 0438Kenyan Chess Championship
 Kosovo1.2bKosovo Chess Federation 0205Kosovan Chess Championship
 Kuwait3.1Kuwait Chess Federation0111Kuwaiti Chess Championship
 Kyrgyzstan3.4Chess Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic0319Kyrgyzstani Chess Championship
 Laos3.3Lao Chess Federation016Laotian Chess Championship
 Latvia1.7Latvijas Šaha Federācija

(previously - Latvijas Šaha Savienība)[4]

 11678Latvian Chess Championship
 Lebanon3.1Federation Libanaise des Echecs 0214Lebanese Chess Championship
 Lesotho4.3Chess Federation of Lesotho098Lesotho Chess Championship
 Liberia4.4Liberia Chess Federation013Liberian Chess Championship
 Libya4.1General Libyan Chess Federation0480Libyan Chess Championship
 Liechtenstein1.10Liechtensteiner Schachverband015Liechtenstein Chess Championship
 Lithuania1.7Lietuvos šachmatų federacija 61022Lithuanian Chess Championship
 Luxembourg1.10Federation Luxembourgeoise des Echecs 0290Luxembourg Chess Championship
 Macau3.3Grupo de Xadrez de Macau039–
 North Macedonia1.2bChess Federation of Macedonia 9573Macedonian Chess Championship
 Madagascar4.3Madagascar Chess Federation0248Malagasy Chess Championship
 Malawi4.3Chess Association of Malawi Archived 2019-10-11 at the Wayback Machine0177Malawian Chess Championship
 Malaysia3.3Malaysian Chess Federation 01573Malaysian Chess Championship
 Maldives3.2Maldives Chess Federation034Maldivian Chess Championship
 Mali4.1Federation Malienne du Jeu D'Echecs010Malian Chess Championship
 Malta1.10Il-Federazzjoni Maltija tac-Cess 0142Maltese Chess Championship
 Mauritania4.1Mauritanian Chess Federation 070Mauritanian Chess Championship
 Mauritius4.3Mauritius Chess Federation 027Mauritian Chess Championship
 Mexico2.3.1Fed. Nac. de Ajedrez de Mexico AC 31818Mexican Chess Championship
 Moldova1.8Federația de Șah a Republicii Moldova 7618Moldovan Chess Championship
 Monaco1.10Monaco Chess Federation369Monaco Chess Championship
 Mongolia3.3Mongolian Chess Federation 4530Mongolian Chess Championship
 Montenegro1.5aMontenegro Chess Federation 6404Montenegrin Chess Championship
 Morocco4.1Fed. Royale Marocaine des Echecs 1344Moroccan Chess Championship
 Mozambique4.3Mozambique Chess Federation058Mozambican Chess Championship
 Myanmar3.3Myanmar Chess Federation 0647Myanmar Chess Championship
 Namibia4.3Namibia Chess Federation 061Namibian Chess Championship
 Nauru3.6Nauru Chess Federation08Nauruan Chess Championship
   Nepal3.2Nepal Chess Association 0724Nepalese Chess Championship
 Netherlands1.1bKoninklijke Nederlandse Schaakbond 354128Dutch Chess Championship
 Netherlands Antilles2.3.5Curaçao Chess Federation044Netherlands Antilles Chess Championship
 New Zealand3.6New Zealand Chess Federation 1446New Zealand Chess Championship
 Nicaragua2.3.2Federacion Nicaragüense de Ajedrez Archived 2019-10-09 at the Wayback Machine0361Nicaraguan Chess Championship
 Nigeria4.4Nigeria Chess Federation 0307Nigerian Chess Championship
 Norway1.3Norges Sjakkforbund 163025Norwegian Chess Championship
 Oman3.1Oman Chess Committee 082Omani Chess Championship
 Pakistan3.2Chess Federation of Pakistan 0120Pakistani Chess Championship
 Palau3.6Palau Chess Federation 0112Palauan Chess Championship
 Palestine3.1Palestine Chess Federation0183Palestinian Chess Championship
 Panama2.3.2Fed. de Ajedrez de Panama 0246Panamanian Chess Championship
 Papua New Guinea3.6Papua New Guinea Chess Federation010Papua New Guinean Chess Championship
 Paraguay2.5Federacion Paraguaya de Ajedrez 41089Paraguayan Chess Championship
 Peru2.4Federacion Peruana de Ajedrez 86201Peruvian Chess Championship
 Philippines3.3National Chess Federation of the Philippines 142619Philippine Chess Championship
 Poland1.4Polish Chess Federation 4118,252Polish Chess Championship
 Portugal1.1cFederação Portuguesa de Xadrez 35320Portuguese Chess Championship
 Puerto Rico2.3.5Fed. de Ajedrez de Puerto Rico 0670Puerto Rican Chess Championship
 Qatar3.1Qatar Chess Association 3123Qatari Chess Championship
 Romania1.4Federatia Romana de Sah 216592Romanian Chess Championship
 Russia1.6Russian Chess Federation 23459,294Russian Chess Championship
 Rwanda4.2Rwanda Chess Federation 079Rwandan Chess Championship
 San Marino1.10Federazione Sammarinese degli Scacchi 015Sammarinese Chess Championship
 São Tomé and Príncipe4.4Sao Tome and Principe Chess Federation018São Tomé and Príncipe Chess Championship
 Saudi Arabia3.1Saudi Chess Association 0993Saudi Arabian Chess Championship
 Scotland1.1aChess Scotland 6708Scottish Chess Championship
 Senegal4.1Senegalese Chess Federation021Senegalese Chess Championship
 Serbia1.5aChess Federation of Serbia 557732Serbian Chess Championship
 Seychelles4.2Seychelles Chess Federation050Seychelles Chess Championship
 Sierra Leone4.4Sierra Leone Chess Federation014Sierra Leonean Chess Championship
 Singapore3.3Singapore Chess Federation 32377Singaporean Chess Championship
 Slovakia1.4Slovensky Sachovy Zvaz 106192Slovak Chess Championship
 Slovenia1.2aSahovska Zveza Slovenije 124143Slovenian Chess Championship
 Solomon Islands3.6Solomon Islands Chess Federation035Solomon Island Chess Championship
 Somalia4.2Somali Chess Federation043Somali Chess Championship
 South Africa4.3Chess South Africa 12478South African Chess Championship
 South Korea3.3Korea Chess Federation 1752South Korean Chess Championship
 South Sudan4.2South Sudan Chess Federation074South Sudanese Chess Championship
 Spain1.1cFederacion Espanola de Ajedrez 4739,632Spanish Chess Championship
 Sri Lanka3.2Chess Federation of Sri Lanka08993Sri Lankan Chess Championship
 Sudan4.2Sudan Chess Federation0312Sudanese Chess Championship
 Suriname2.3.5De Surinaamse Schaakbond 0355Surinamese Chess Championship
 Eswatini4.3Eswatini National Chess Federation063Swazi Chess Championship
 Sweden1.3Sveriges Schackförbund 214561Swedish Chess Championship
  Switzerland1.2aSchweizerischer Schachbund 83685Swiss Chess Championship
 Syria3.1Syrian Arab Chess Federation0801Syrian Chess Championship
 Tajikistan3.4Federazijai Shakhmati Tajikistan1166Tajikistani Chess Championship
 Tanzania4.2Tanzania Chess Association076Tanzanian Chess Championship
 Thailand3.3Thailand Chess Association 0704Thai Chess Championship
 Timor-Leste3.3Federação Xadrez de Timor-Leste058Timorese Chess Championship
 Togo4.4Togolese Chess Federation 095Togolese Chess Championship
 Trinidad and Tobago2.3.5Trinidad and Tobago Chess Association 0535Trinidad and Tobago Chess Championship
 Tunisia4.1Tunisian Chess Federation Archived 2019-06-08 at the Wayback Machine2941Tunisian Chess Championship
 Turkey1.5aTurkish Chess Federation 1024,200Turkish Chess Championship
 Turkmenistan3.4Turkmenistan Chess Federation5410Turkmen Chess Championship
 Uganda4.2Uganda Chess Federation Archived 2019-09-10 at the Wayback Machine0369Ugandan Chess Championship
 Ukraine1.9Ukrainian Chess Federation 878713Ukrainian Chess Championship
 United Arab Emirates3.1UAE Chess Federation 21949Emirati Chess Championship
 United States2.1United States Chess Federation 9013,579U.S. Chess Championship
U.S. Women's Chess Championship
 United States Virgin Islands2.3.5US Virgin Islands Chess Federation 050–
 Uruguay2.5Federación Uruguaya de Ajedrez 1952Uruguayan Chess Championship
 Uzbekistan3.4Chess Federation of Uzbekistan 121073Uzbekistani Chess Championship
 Venezuela2.3.5Fed. Venezolana de Ajedrez 14700Venezuelan Chess Championship
 Vietnam3.3Vietnam Chess Federation 91855Vietnamese Chess Championship
 Wales1.1aWelsh Chess Union 1475Welsh Chess Championship
 Yemen3.1Yemen Chess Association0280Yemeni Chess Championship
 Zambia4.3Chess Federation of Zambia1893Zambian Chess Championship
 Zimbabwe4.3Zimbabwe Chess Federation 0433Zimbabwean 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.

CountryNational federationNational championship
 BelizeBelize Chess Federation Belizean Chess Championship
 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovak Chess Championship
 Soviet UnionUSSR Chess FederationUSSR Chess Championship
 YugoslaviaYugoslav Chess Championship

Supranational level
Countries (zone)FederationOfficial WebsiteChampionships
Europe (1)European Chess Union (ECU)http://www.europechess.orgIndividual, Youth, Junior,
Senior and Team
America (2)Confederation of Chess for America (CCA)http://www.fideamerica.comPan American Chess Championship
Asia (3)Asian Chess Federation (ACF)http://www.asianchess.comAsian Chess Championship, Asian Senior Chess Championship
Africa (4)African Chess Confederation (ACC)http://africa-chess.orgAfrican Chess Championship
Arab worldArab Chess Federation (ACF)http://www.arabfide.comArab Chess Championship
ASEANASEAN Chess Confederationhttp://aseanchess.org/–
Commonwealth of NationsCommonwealth Chess Association (CCA)http://www.commonwealthchess.comCommonwealth Chess Championship
European microstates––European Small Nations Chess Championship
Francophone countriesInternational Chess Federation of French-speaking countries (AIDEF)https://web.archive.org/web/20170809133711/http://aidef.ffechecs.org/AIDEF Chess Championship
Ibero-AmericaIberoamerican Chess Federation (FIBDA)http://www.fibda.comIberoamerican Chess Championship
Mediterranean countriesMediterranean Chess Associationhttp://www.medchess.orgMediterranean Chess Championship
Nordic countriesNordic Chess Federationhttp://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
  1. "Member Federations by Zone". FIDE. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  2. "Federations Ranking". FIDE. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  3. "FIDE Advanced players search". FIDE. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  4. "LATVIJAS ŠAHA FEDERĀCIJA, 50008022351, Previous names". Lursoft. 2020-12-16. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
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