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.
National level: Current FIDE members
The table below lists the member federations of FIDE[1] 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
Afghanistan3.4 Afghan National Chess Federation 0 452 Afghan Chess Championship
Albania1.5a Albania Chess Federation[3] 1 972 Albanian Chess Championship
Algeria4.1 Fédération Algérienne des échecs[4] 3 6,376 Algerian Chess Championship
Andorra1.10 Federació d'Escacs Valls d'Andorra[5] 3 175 Andorran Chess Championship
Angola4.5 Federação Angolana de Xadrez 0 1,889 Angolan Chess Championship
Antigua and Barbuda2.3.5 Antigua and Barbuda Chess Federation 0 52 –
Argentina2.5 Argentine Chess Federation[6] 23 14,121 Argentine Chess Championship
Armenia1.5b Armenian Chess Federation[7] 40 2,356 Armenian Chess Championship
Aruba2.3.5 Federashon di Ajedrez di Aruba 0 182 –
Australia3.6 Australian Chess Federation[8] 10 7,276 Australian Chess Championship
Austria1.2a Österreichischer Schachbund[9] 11 9,553 Austrian Chess Championship
Azerbaijan1.8 Azerbaijan Chess Federation[10] 30 7,219 Azerbaijani Chess Championship
Bahamas2.3.5 Bahamas Chess Federation[11] 0 202 Bahamian Chess Championship
Bahrain3.1 Bahrain Mind Sports Association 0 791 Bahraini Chess Championship
Bangladesh3.2 Bangladesh Chess Federation[12] 5 9,637 Bangladeshi Chess Championship
Barbados2.3.5 Barbados Chess Federation[13] 0 688 Barbadian Chess Championship
Belarus1.8 Belarus Chess Federation[14] 15 3,119 Belarusian Chess Championship
Belgium1.1b FRBE-KBSB-KSB[15] 9 8,893 Belgian Chess Championship
Belize2.3.2 Belize Chess Federation[16] 0 9 Belize National Chess Championship
Bermuda2.3.5 Bermuda Chess Association[17] 0 193 –
Bhutan3.2 Bhutan Chess Federation 0 133 Bhutan National Premier Chess Championship
Bolivia2.4 Federación Boliviana de Ajedrez[18] 1 5,454 Bolivian Chess Championship
Bosnia and Herzegovina1.2b Sahovski Savez Bosne i Hercegovine[19] 7 3,881 Bosnia and Herzegovina Chess Championship
Botswana4.5 Botswana Chess Federation 0 2,888 Botswana Chess Championship
Brazil2.4 Confed. Brasileira de Xadrez[20] 15 26,903 Brazilian Chess Championship
British Virgin Islands2.3.5 British Virgin Islands Chess Federation 0 10 –
Brunei3.3 Brunei Chess Federation[21] 0 366 Brunei Chess Championship
Bulgaria1.4 Bulgarian Chess Federation[22] 35 6,120 Bulgarian Chess Championship
Burkina Faso4.2 Comité National Burkinabé des Échecs 0 46 Burkinabé Chess Championship
Burundi4.3 Burundi Chess Federation 0 82 Burundian Chess Championship
Cambodia3.3 Cambodian Chess Federation 0 20 Cambodian Chess Championship
Cameroon4.3 Cameroon Chess Federation[23] 0 196 Cameroonian Chess Championship
Canada2.2 Chess Federation of Canada[24] 14 6,051 Canadian Chess Championship
Cape Verde4.2 Federação Cabo-verdiana de Xadrez 0 270 Cape Verdean Chess Championship
Cayman Islands2.3.5 Cayman Islands Chess Federation[25] 0 68 -
Central African Republic4.3 Chess Federation of Central African Republic 0 100 Central African Chess Championship
Chad4.3 Chad Chess Federation[26] 0 17 -
Chile2.5 Fed. Deportiva Nacional De Ajedrez 6 7,422 Chilean Chess Championship
China3.5 Chinese Chess Association[27] 51 5,024 Chinese Chess Championship
Chinese Taipei3.3 Chinese Taipei Chess Association[28] 1 521 Taiwanese Chess Championship
Colombia2.3.4 Fed. Colombiana de Ajedrez[29] 11 13,176 Colombian Chess Championship
Comoros4.4 Comoros Islands Chess Federation 0 44 Comorian Chess Championship
Republic of the Congo4.3 Congolese Chess Federation 0 97 Congolese Chess Championship
Costa Rica2.3.2 Federacion Central de Ajedrez[30] 1 6,264 Costa Rican Chess Championship
Croatia1.2b Hrvatski šahovski savez[31] 30 11,726 Croatian Chess Championship
Cuba2.3.3 Fed. Cubana de Ajedrez 26 3,518 Cuban Chess Championship
Cyprus1.10 Cyprus Chess Federation[32] 0 1,296 Cypriot Chess Championship
Czech Republic1.4 Šachový svaz České republiky[33] 33 16,984 Czech Chess Championship
Denmark1.3 Dansk Skak Union[34] 16 8,092 Danish Chess Championship
Djibouti4.4 Djiboutian Chess Federation 0 130 Djiboutian Chess Championship
Dominica2.3.5 Dominica Chess Federation[35] 0 37 -
Dominican Republic2.3.5 Federación Dominicana de Ajedrez[36] 1 3,470 Dominican Chess Championship
Ecuador2.4 Fed. Ecuatoriana de Ajedrez[37] 1 5,560 Ecuadorian Chess Championship
Egypt4.1 Egyptian Chess Federation 6 16,217 Egyptian Chess Championship
El Salvador2.3.2 Federación Salvadoreña de Ajedrez[38] 0 1,072 Salvadoran Chess Championship
England1.1a English Chess Federation[39] 40 13,885 British Chess Championship
Equatorial Guinea4.3 Asociación Nacional de Ajedrez de Guinea Ecuatorial[40] 0 65 -
Eritrea4.4 Eritrea Chess Federation 0 171 Eritrean Chess Championship
Estonia1.7 Eesti Maleliit[41] 6 2,685 Estonian Chess Championship
Eswatini4.5 Eswatini National Chess Federation 0 288 Swazi Chess Championship
Ethiopia4.4 Ethiopian Chess Federation[42] 0 1,071 Ethiopian Chess Championship
Faroe Islands1.10 Talvsamband Føroya[43] 1 532 Faroese Chess Championship
Fiji3.6 Fiji Chess Federation[44] 0 435 Fijian Chess Championship
Finland1.3 Suomen Keskusshakkiliitto[45] 4 2,154 Finnish Chess Championship
France1.1b French Chess Federation[46] 55 98,861 French Chess Championship
Gabon4.3 Fédération Gabonaise des Échecs 0 123 Gabonese Chess Championship
Gambia4.2 Gambia Chess Federation 0 75 Gambian Chess Championship
Georgia1.5b Chess Federation of Georgia 31 4,542 Georgian Chess Championship
Germany1.2a Deutscher Schachbund[47] 97 47,579 German Chess Championship
Ghana4.2 Ghana Chess Association[48] 0 358 Ghanaian Chess Championship
Greece1.5a Elliniki Skakistiki Omospondia[49] 17 28,134 Greek Chess Championship
Grenada2.3.5 Grenada Chess Federation[50] 0 21 -
Guam3.6 Guam Chess Federation 0 432 –
Guatemala2.3.2 Fed. Nac. de Ajedrez de Guatemala 0 764 Guatemalan Chess Championship
Guernsey1.10 Guernsey Chess Federation[51] 0 41 Guernsey Chess Championship
Guyana2.3.5 Guyana Chess Federation 0 302 Guyanese Chess Championship
Haiti2.3.5 Haitian Chess Federation 0 252 Haitian Chess Championship
Honduras2.3.2 Federación Nacional de Ajedrez de Honduras[52] 0 1,318 Honduran Chess Championship
Hong Kong3.3 Hong Kong Chess Federation 0 1,654 Hong Kong Chess Championship
Hungary1.4 Magyar Sakkszövetség[53] 52 12,532 Hungarian Chess Championship
Iceland1.3 Skáksamband Íslands[54] 15 3,021 Icelandic Chess Championship
India3.7 All India Chess Federation[55] 83 134,560 Indian Chess Championship
Indonesia3.3 Persatuan Catur Seluruh Indonesia[56] 4 3,364 Indonesian Chess Championship
Iran3.1 Chess Fed. of Islamic Rep. of Iran[57] 15 63,462 Iranian Chess Championship
Iraq3.1 Iraqi Chess Federation 0 3,705 Iraqi Chess Championship
Ireland1.1a Irish Chess Union[58] 1 2,971 Irish Chess Championship
Israel1.2b Israel Chess Federation[59] 49 7,538 Israeli Chess Championship
Italy1.1c Federazione Scacchistica Italiana[60] 18 32,862 Italian Chess Championship
Ivory Coast4.2 Fédération Ivoirienne des Échecs 0 556 Ivorian Chess Championship
Jamaica2.3.5 Jamaica Chess Federation[61] 0 1,073 Jamaican Chess Championship
Japan3.3 National Chess Society of Japan[62] 0 609 Japanese Chess Championship
Jersey1.10 Jersey Chess Federation[63] 0 223 Jersey Chess Championship
Jordan3.1 Royal Jordanian Chess Federation[64] 1 2,908 Jordanian Chess Championship
Kazakhstan3.4 Kazakhstan Chess Federation[65] 18 13,681 Kazakhstani Chess Championship
Kenya4.4 Chess Kenya[66] 0 4,797 Kenyan Chess Championship
Kosovo1.2b Kosovo Chess Federation[67] 0 875 Kosovan Chess Championship
Kuwait3.1 Kuwait Chess Federation 0 834 Kuwaiti Chess Championship
Kyrgyzstan3.4 Chess Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic 0 4,782 Kyrgyzstani Chess Championship
Laos3.3 Lao Chess Federation 0 202 Laotian Chess Championship
Latvia1.7 Latvijas Šaha Federācija[68] 10 4,537 Latvian Chess Championship
Lebanon3.1 Federation Libanaise des Echecs[69] 0 2,480 Lebanese Chess Championship
Lesotho4.5 Chess Federation of Lesotho 0 434 Lesotho Chess Championship
Liberia4.2 Liberia Chess Federation 0 328 Liberian Chess Championship
Libya4.1 General Libyan Chess Federation 0 1,881 Libyan Chess Championship
Liechtenstein1.10 Liechtensteiner Schachverband 0 45 Liechtenstein Chess Championship
Lithuania1.7 Lietuvos šachmatų federacija[70] 11 6,341 Lithuanian Chess Championship
Luxembourg1.10 Federation Luxembourgeoise des Echecs[71] 0 875 Luxembourg Chess Championship
Macau3.3 Grupo de Xadrez de Macau 0 86 –
Madagascar4.4 Madagascar Chess Federation 0 953 Malagasy Chess Championship
Malawi4.5 Chess Association of Malawi[72] 0 1,009 Malawian Chess Championship
Malaysia3.3 Malaysian Chess Federation[73] 0 15,533 Malaysian Chess Championship
Maldives3.2 Maldives Chess Federation 0 573 Maldivian Chess Championship
Mali4.2 Federation Malienne du Jeu D'Echecs 0 135 Malian Chess Championship
Malta1.10 Il-Federazzjoni Maltija tac-Cess[74] 0 142 Maltese Chess Championship
Mauritania4.1 Mauritanian Chess Federation[75] 0 839 Mauritanian Chess Championship
Mauritius4.4 Mauritius Chess Federation[76] 0 69 Mauritian Chess Championship
Mexico2.3.1 Fed. Nac. de Ajedrez de Mexico AC[77] 5 14,128 Mexican Chess Championship
Moldova1.8 Federația de Șah a Republicii Moldova[78] 7 1,524 Moldovan Chess Championship
Monaco1.10 Monaco Chess Federation 3 303 Monaco Chess Championship
Mongolia3.3 Mongolian Chess Federation[79] 8 2,663 Mongolian Chess Championship
Montenegro1.5a Montenegro Chess Federation[80] 11 1,377 Montenegrin Chess Championship
Morocco4.1 Fed. Royale Marocaine des Echecs[81] 1 4,879 Moroccan Chess Championship
Mozambique4.5 Mozambique Chess Federation 0 634 Mozambican Chess Championship
Myanmar3.3 Myanmar Chess Federation[82] 0 2,354 Myanmar Chess Championship
Namibia4.5 Namibia Chess Federation[83] 0 1,206 Namibian Chess Championship
Nauru3.6 Nauru Chess Federation 0 69 Nauruan Chess Championship
Nepal3.2 Nepal Chess Association[84] 0 4,986 Nepalese Chess Championship
Netherlands1.1b Koninklijke Nederlandse Schaakbond[85] 43 10,479 Dutch Chess Championship
Netherlands Antilles2.3.5 Curaçao Chess Federation 0 276 Netherlands Antilles Chess Championship
New Zealand3.6 New Zealand Chess Federation[86] 1 2,547 New Zealand Chess Championship
Nicaragua2.3.2 Federacion Nicaragüense de Ajedrez[87] 0 1,255 Nicaraguan Chess Championship
Niger4.2 Niger Chess Federation[88] 0 69 -
Nigeria4.2 Nigeria Chess Federation[89] 0 3,878 Nigerian Chess Championship
North Macedonia1.2b Chess Federation of Macedonia[90] 10 1,749 Macedonian Chess Championship
Norway1.3 Norges Sjakkforbund[91] 18 8,552 Norwegian Chess Championship
Oman3.1 Oman Chess Committee[92] 0 2,595 Omani Chess Championship
Pakistan3.2 Chess Federation of Pakistan[93] 0 2,963 Pakistani Chess Championship
Palau3.6 Palau Chess Federation[94] 0 267 Palauan Chess Championship
Palestine3.1 Palestine Chess Federation 0 2,410 Palestinian Chess Championship
Panama2.3.2 Fed. de Ajedrez de Panama[95] 0 2,786 Panamanian Chess Championship
Papua New Guinea3.6 Papua New Guinea Chess Federation 0 22 Papua New Guinean Chess Championship
Paraguay2.5 Federacion Paraguaya de Ajedrez[96] 5 1,724 Paraguayan Chess Championship
Peru2.4 Federacion Peruana de Ajedrez[97] 10 13,178 Peruvian Chess Championship
Philippines3.3 National Chess Federation of the Philippines[98] 13 11,996 Philippine Chess Championship
Poland1.4 Polish Chess Federation[99] 50 43,572 Polish Chess Championship
Portugal1.1c Federação Portuguesa de Xadrez[100] 4 8,047 Portuguese Chess Championship
Puerto Rico2.3.5 Fed. de Ajedrez de Puerto Rico[101] 0 1,316 Puerto Rican Chess Championship
Qatar3.1 Qatar Chess Association[102] 3 186 Qatari Chess Championship
Romania1.4 Federația Română de Șah[103] 26 13,041 Romanian Chess Championship
Russia3.8 Chess Federation of Russia[104] 185 120,128 Russian Chess Championship
Rwanda4.4 Rwanda Chess Federation[105] 0 192 Rwandan Chess Championship
Saint Kitts and Nevis2.3.5 Saint Kitts and Nevis Chess Federation[106] 0 12 -
Saint Lucia2.3.5 Saint Lucia Chess Federation[107] 0 70 -
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2.3.5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Chess Federation[108] 0 21 -
San Marino1.10 Federazione Sammarinese degli Scacchi[109] 0 54 Sammarinese Chess Championship
São Tomé and Príncipe4.3 Sao Tome and Principe Chess Federation 0 170 São Tomé and Príncipe Chess Championship
Saudi Arabia3.1 Saudi Chess Association[110] 0 3,516 Saudi Arabian Chess Championship
Scotland1.1a Chess Scotland[111] 6 1,468 Scottish Chess Championship
Senegal4.2 Senegalese Chess Federation 1 194 Senegalese Chess Championship
Serbia1.5a Chess Federation of Serbia[112] 53 12,767 Serbian Chess Championship
Seychelles4.4 Seychelles Chess Federation 0 79 Seychelles Chess Championship
Sierra Leone4.2 Sierra Leone Chess Federation 0 79 Sierra Leonean Chess Championship
Singapore3.3 Singapore Chess Federation[113] 5 5,618 Singaporean Chess Championship
Slovakia1.4 Slovenský šachový zväz[114] 14 9,528 Slovak Chess Championship
Slovenia1.2a Šahovska Zveza Slovenije[115] 14 7,053 Slovenian Chess Championship
Solomon Islands3.6 Solomon Islands Chess Federation 0 122 Solomon Island Chess Championship
Somalia4.4 Somali Chess Federation 0 146 Somali Chess Championship
South Africa4.5 Chess South Africa[116] 1 8,599 South African Chess Championship
South Korea3.3 Korea Chess Federation[117] 1 2,416 South Korean Chess Championship
South Sudan4.4 South Sudan Chess Federation 0 502 South Sudanese Chess Championship
Spain1.1c Federacion Espanola de Ajedrez[118] 59 74,610 Spanish Chess Championship
Sri Lanka3.2 Chess Federation of Sri Lanka 0 21,776 Sri Lankan Chess Championship
Sudan4.4 Sudan Chess Federation 0 1,664 Sudanese Chess Championship
Suriname2.3.5 De Surinaamse Schaakbond[119] 0 637 Surinamese Chess Championship
Sweden1.3 Sveriges Schackförbund[120] 25 8,537 Swedish Chess Championship
Switzerland1.2a Schweizerischer Schachbund[121] 11 5,854 Swiss Chess Championship
Syria3.1 Syrian Arab Chess Federation 0 1,531 Syrian Chess Championship
Tajikistan3.4 Federazijai Shakhmati Tajikistan 1 409 Tajikistani Chess Championship
Tanzania4.4 Tanzania Chess Association 0 242 Tanzanian Chess Championship
Thailand3.3 Thailand Chess Association[122] 0 2,087 Thai Chess Championship
Timor-Leste3.3 Federação Xadrez de Timor-Leste 0 594 Timorese Chess Championship
Togo4.2 Togolese Chess Federation[123] 0 546 Togolese Chess Championship
Trinidad and Tobago2.3.5 Trinidad and Tobago Chess Association[124] 0 1,326 Trinidad and Tobago Chess Championship
Tunisia4.1 Tunisian Chess Federation[125] 3 4,933 Tunisian Chess Championship
Turkey1.5a Turkish Chess Federation[126] 14 49,282 Turkish Chess Championship
Turkmenistan3.4 Turkmenistan Chess Federation 7 1,347 Turkmen Chess Championship
Uganda4.4 Uganda Chess Federation[127] 0 3,870 Ugandan Chess Championship
Ukraine1.9 Ukrainian Chess Federation[128] 88 18,518 Ukrainian Chess Championship
United Arab Emirates3.1 UAE Chess Federation[129] 2 3,244 Emirati Chess Championship
United States2.1 United States Chess Federation[130] 106 25,204 U.S. Chess Championship
U.S. Women's Chess Championship
United States Virgin Islands2.3.5 US Virgin Islands Chess Federation[131] 0 73 –
Uruguay2.5 Federación Uruguaya de Ajedrez[132] 3 2,453 Uruguayan Chess Championship
Uzbekistan3.4 Chess Federation of Uzbekistan[133] 17 3,304 Uzbekistani Chess Championship
Venezuela2.3.5 Fed. Venezolana de Ajedrez[134] 1 11,363 Venezuelan Chess Championship
Vietnam3.3 Vietnam Chess Federation[135] 13 6,065 Vietnamese Chess Championship
Wales1.1a Welsh Chess Union[136] 0 830 Welsh Chess Championship
Yemen3.1 Yemen Chess Association 0 656 Yemeni Chess Championship
Zambia4.5 Chess Federation of Zambia 1 2,932 Zambian Chess Championship
Zimbabwe4.5 Zimbabwe Chess Federation[137] 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
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovak Chess Championship
Soviet UnionUSSR Chess Federation USSR Chess Championship
YugoslaviaYugoslav Chess Championship
Supranational level
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