Geography of chess
Governing bodies of the game From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan | 3.4 | Afghan National Chess Federation | 0 | 452 | Afghan Chess Championship |
 Albania | 1.5a | Albania Chess Federation[3] | 1 | 972 | Albanian Chess Championship |
 Algeria | 4.1 | Fédération Algérienne des échecs[4] | 3 | 6,376 | Algerian Chess Championship |
 Andorra | 1.10 | Federació d'Escacs Valls d'Andorra[5] | 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 Federation[6] | 23 | 14,121 | Argentine Chess Championship |
 Armenia | 1.5b | Armenian Chess Federation[7] | 40 | 2,356 | Armenian Chess Championship |
 Aruba | 2.3.5 | Federashon di Ajedrez di Aruba | 0 | 182 | – |
 Australia | 3.6 | Australian Chess Federation[8] | 10 | 7,276 | Australian Chess Championship |
 Austria | 1.2a | Österreichischer Schachbund[9] | 11 | 9,553 | Austrian Chess Championship |
 Azerbaijan | 1.8 | Azerbaijan Chess Federation[10] | 30 | 7,219 | Azerbaijani Chess Championship |
 Bahamas | 2.3.5 | Bahamas Chess Federation[11] | 0 | 202 | Bahamian Chess Championship |
 Bahrain | 3.1 | Bahrain Mind Sports Association | 0 | 791 | Bahraini Chess Championship |
 Bangladesh | 3.2 | Bangladesh Chess Federation[12] | 5 | 9,637 | Bangladeshi Chess Championship |
 Barbados | 2.3.5 | Barbados Chess Federation[13] | 0 | 688 | Barbadian Chess Championship |
 Belarus | 1.8 | Belarus Chess Federation[14] | 15 | 3,119 | Belarusian Chess Championship |
 Belgium | 1.1b | FRBE-KBSB-KSB[15] | 9 | 8,893 | Belgian Chess Championship |
 Belize | 2.3.2 | Belize Chess Federation[16] | 0 | 9 | Belize National Chess Championship |
 Bermuda | 2.3.5 | Bermuda Chess Association[17] | 0 | 193 | – |
 Bhutan | 3.2 | Bhutan Chess Federation | 0 | 133 | Bhutan National Premier Chess Championship |
 Bolivia | 2.4 | Federación Boliviana de Ajedrez[18] | 1 | 5,454 | Bolivian Chess Championship |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.2b | Sahovski Savez Bosne i Hercegovine[19] | 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 Xadrez[20] | 15 | 26,903 | Brazilian Chess Championship |
 British Virgin Islands | 2.3.5 | British Virgin Islands Chess Federation | 0 | 10 | – |
 Brunei | 3.3 | Brunei Chess Federation[21] | 0 | 366 | Brunei Chess Championship |
 Bulgaria | 1.4 | Bulgarian Chess Federation[22] | 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 Federation[23] | 0 | 196 | Cameroonian Chess Championship |
 Canada | 2.2 | Chess Federation of Canada[24] | 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 Federation[25] | 0 | 68 | - |
 Central African Republic | 4.3 | Chess Federation of Central African Republic | 0 | 100 | Central African Chess Championship |
 Chad | 4.3 | Chad Chess Federation[26] | 0 | 17 | - |
 Chile | 2.5 | Fed. Deportiva Nacional De Ajedrez | 6 | 7,422 | Chilean Chess Championship |
 China | 3.5 | Chinese Chess Association[27] | 51 | 5,024 | Chinese Chess Championship |
 Chinese Taipei | 3.3 | Chinese Taipei Chess Association[28] | 1 | 521 | Taiwanese Chess Championship |
 Colombia | 2.3.4 | Fed. Colombiana de Ajedrez[29] | 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 Ajedrez[30] | 1 | 6,264 | Costa Rican Chess Championship |
 Croatia | 1.2b | Hrvatski šahovski savez[31] | 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 Federation[32] | 0 | 1,296 | Cypriot Chess Championship |
 Czech Republic | 1.4 | Šachový svaz České republiky[33] | 33 | 16,984 | Czech Chess Championship |
 Denmark | 1.3 | Dansk Skak Union[34] | 16 | 8,092 | Danish Chess Championship |
 Djibouti | 4.4 | Djiboutian Chess Federation | 0 | 130 | Djiboutian Chess Championship |
 Dominica | 2.3.5 | Dominica Chess Federation[35] | 0 | 37 | - |
 Dominican Republic | 2.3.5 | Federación Dominicana de Ajedrez[36] | 1 | 3,470 | Dominican Chess Championship |
 Ecuador | 2.4 | Fed. Ecuatoriana de Ajedrez[37] | 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 Ajedrez[38] | 0 | 1,072 | Salvadoran Chess Championship |
 England | 1.1a | English Chess Federation[39] | 40 | 13,885 | British Chess Championship |
 Equatorial Guinea | 4.3 | Asociación Nacional de Ajedrez de Guinea Ecuatorial[40] | 0 | 65 | - |
 Eritrea | 4.4 | Eritrea Chess Federation | 0 | 171 | Eritrean Chess Championship |
 Estonia | 1.7 | Eesti Maleliit[41] | 6 | 2,685 | Estonian Chess Championship |
 Eswatini | 4.5 | Eswatini National Chess Federation | 0 | 288 | Swazi Chess Championship |
 Ethiopia | 4.4 | Ethiopian Chess Federation[42] | 0 | 1,071 | Ethiopian Chess Championship |
 Faroe Islands | 1.10 | Talvsamband Føroya[43] | 1 | 532 | Faroese Chess Championship |
 Fiji | 3.6 | Fiji Chess Federation[44] | 0 | 435 | Fijian Chess Championship |
 Finland | 1.3 | Suomen Keskusshakkiliitto[45] | 4 | 2,154 | Finnish Chess Championship |
 France | 1.1b | French Chess Federation[46] | 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 Schachbund[47] | 97 | 47,579 | German Chess Championship |
 Ghana | 4.2 | Ghana Chess Association[48] | 0 | 358 | Ghanaian Chess Championship |
 Greece | 1.5a | Elliniki Skakistiki Omospondia[49] | 17 | 28,134 | Greek Chess Championship |
 Grenada | 2.3.5 | Grenada Chess Federation[50] | 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 Federation[51] | 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 Honduras[52] | 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 Sakkszövetség[53] | 52 | 12,532 | Hungarian Chess Championship |
 Iceland | 1.3 | Skáksamband Íslands[54] | 15 | 3,021 | Icelandic Chess Championship |
 India | 3.7 | All India Chess Federation[55] | 83 | 134,560 | Indian Chess Championship |
 Indonesia | 3.3 | Persatuan Catur Seluruh Indonesia[56] | 4 | 3,364 | Indonesian Chess Championship |
 Iran | 3.1 | Chess Fed. of Islamic Rep. of Iran[57] | 15 | 63,462 | Iranian Chess Championship |
 Iraq | 3.1 | Iraqi Chess Federation | 0 | 3,705 | Iraqi Chess Championship |
 Ireland | 1.1a | Irish Chess Union[58] | 1 | 2,971 | Irish Chess Championship |
 Israel | 1.2b | Israel Chess Federation[59] | 49 | 7,538 | Israeli Chess Championship |
 Italy | 1.1c | Federazione Scacchistica Italiana[60] | 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 Federation[61] | 0 | 1,073 | Jamaican Chess Championship |
 Japan | 3.3 | National Chess Society of Japan[62] | 0 | 609 | Japanese Chess Championship |
 Jersey | 1.10 | Jersey Chess Federation[63] | 0 | 223 | Jersey Chess Championship |
 Jordan | 3.1 | Royal Jordanian Chess Federation[64] | 1 | 2,908 | Jordanian Chess Championship |
 Kazakhstan | 3.4 | Kazakhstan Chess Federation[65] | 18 | 13,681 | Kazakhstani Chess Championship |
 Kenya | 4.4 | Chess Kenya[66] | 0 | 4,797 | Kenyan Chess Championship |
 Kosovo | 1.2b | Kosovo Chess Federation[67] | 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 Federācija[68] | 10 | 4,537 | Latvian Chess Championship |
 Lebanon | 3.1 | Federation Libanaise des Echecs[69] | 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 federacija[70] | 11 | 6,341 | Lithuanian Chess Championship |
 Luxembourg | 1.10 | Federation Luxembourgeoise des Echecs[71] | 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 Malawi[72] | 0 | 1,009 | Malawian Chess Championship |
 Malaysia | 3.3 | Malaysian Chess Federation[73] | 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-Cess[74] | 0 | 142 | Maltese Chess Championship |
 Mauritania | 4.1 | Mauritanian Chess Federation[75] | 0 | 839 | Mauritanian Chess Championship |
 Mauritius | 4.4 | Mauritius Chess Federation[76] | 0 | 69 | Mauritian Chess Championship |
 Mexico | 2.3.1 | Fed. Nac. de Ajedrez de Mexico AC[77] | 5 | 14,128 | Mexican Chess Championship |
 Moldova | 1.8 | Federația de Șah a Republicii Moldova[78] | 7 | 1,524 | Moldovan Chess Championship |
 Monaco | 1.10 | Monaco Chess Federation | 3 | 303 | Monaco Chess Championship |
 Mongolia | 3.3 | Mongolian Chess Federation[79] | 8 | 2,663 | Mongolian Chess Championship |
 Montenegro | 1.5a | Montenegro Chess Federation[80] | 11 | 1,377 | Montenegrin Chess Championship |
 Morocco | 4.1 | Fed. Royale Marocaine des Echecs[81] | 1 | 4,879 | Moroccan Chess Championship |
 Mozambique | 4.5 | Mozambique Chess Federation | 0 | 634 | Mozambican Chess Championship |
 Myanmar | 3.3 | Myanmar Chess Federation[82] | 0 | 2,354 | Myanmar Chess Championship |
 Namibia | 4.5 | Namibia Chess Federation[83] | 0 | 1,206 | Namibian Chess Championship |
 Nauru | 3.6 | Nauru Chess Federation | 0 | 69 | Nauruan Chess Championship |
 Nepal | 3.2 | Nepal Chess Association[84] | 0 | 4,986 | Nepalese Chess Championship |
 Netherlands | 1.1b | Koninklijke Nederlandse Schaakbond[85] | 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 Federation[86] | 1 | 2,547 | New Zealand Chess Championship |
 Nicaragua | 2.3.2 | Federacion Nicaragüense de Ajedrez[87] | 0 | 1,255 | Nicaraguan Chess Championship |
 Niger | 4.2 | Niger Chess Federation[88] | 0 | 69 | - |
 Nigeria | 4.2 | Nigeria Chess Federation[89] | 0 | 3,878 | Nigerian Chess Championship |
 North Macedonia | 1.2b | Chess Federation of Macedonia[90] | 10 | 1,749 | Macedonian Chess Championship |
 Norway | 1.3 | Norges Sjakkforbund[91] | 18 | 8,552 | Norwegian Chess Championship |
 Oman | 3.1 | Oman Chess Committee[92] | 0 | 2,595 | Omani Chess Championship |
 Pakistan | 3.2 | Chess Federation of Pakistan[93] | 0 | 2,963 | Pakistani Chess Championship |
 Palau | 3.6 | Palau Chess Federation[94] | 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 Panama[95] | 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 Ajedrez[96] | 5 | 1,724 | Paraguayan Chess Championship |
 Peru | 2.4 | Federacion Peruana de Ajedrez[97] | 10 | 13,178 | Peruvian Chess Championship |
 Philippines | 3.3 | National Chess Federation of the Philippines[98] | 13 | 11,996 | Philippine Chess Championship |
 Poland | 1.4 | Polish Chess Federation[99] | 50 | 43,572 | Polish Chess Championship |
 Portugal | 1.1c | Federação Portuguesa de Xadrez[100] | 4 | 8,047 | Portuguese Chess Championship |
 Puerto Rico | 2.3.5 | Fed. de Ajedrez de Puerto Rico[101] | 0 | 1,316 | Puerto Rican Chess Championship |
 Qatar | 3.1 | Qatar Chess Association[102] | 3 | 186 | Qatari Chess Championship |
 Romania | 1.4 | Federația Română de Șah[103] | 26 | 13,041 | Romanian Chess Championship |
 Russia | 3.8 | Chess Federation of Russia[104] | 185 | 120,128 | Russian Chess Championship |
 Rwanda | 4.4 | Rwanda Chess Federation[105] | 0 | 192 | Rwandan Chess Championship |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.3.5 | Saint Kitts and Nevis Chess Federation[106] | 0 | 12 | - |
 Saint Lucia | 2.3.5 | Saint Lucia Chess Federation[107] | 0 | 70 | - |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.3.5 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Chess Federation[108] | 0 | 21 | - |
 San Marino | 1.10 | Federazione Sammarinese degli Scacchi[109] | 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 Association[110] | 0 | 3,516 | Saudi Arabian Chess Championship |
 Scotland | 1.1a | Chess Scotland[111] | 6 | 1,468 | Scottish Chess Championship |
 Senegal | 4.2 | Senegalese Chess Federation | 1 | 194 | Senegalese Chess Championship |
 Serbia | 1.5a | Chess Federation of Serbia[112] | 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 Federation[113] | 5 | 5,618 | Singaporean Chess Championship |
 Slovakia | 1.4 | Slovenský šachový zväz[114] | 14 | 9,528 | Slovak Chess Championship |
 Slovenia | 1.2a | Šahovska Zveza Slovenije[115] | 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 Africa[116] | 1 | 8,599 | South African Chess Championship |
 South Korea | 3.3 | Korea Chess Federation[117] | 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 Ajedrez[118] | 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 Schaakbond[119] | 0 | 637 | Surinamese Chess Championship |
 Sweden | 1.3 | Sveriges Schackförbund[120] | 25 | 8,537 | Swedish Chess Championship |
 Switzerland | 1.2a | Schweizerischer Schachbund[121] | 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 Association[122] | 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 Federation[123] | 0 | 546 | Togolese Chess Championship |
 Trinidad and Tobago | 2.3.5 | Trinidad and Tobago Chess Association[124] | 0 | 1,326 | Trinidad and Tobago Chess Championship |
 Tunisia | 4.1 | Tunisian Chess Federation[125] | 3 | 4,933 | Tunisian Chess Championship |
 Turkey | 1.5a | Turkish Chess Federation[126] | 14 | 49,282 | Turkish Chess Championship |
 Turkmenistan | 3.4 | Turkmenistan Chess Federation | 7 | 1,347 | Turkmen Chess Championship |
 Uganda | 4.4 | Uganda Chess Federation[127] | 0 | 3,870 | Ugandan Chess Championship |
 Ukraine | 1.9 | Ukrainian Chess Federation[128] | 88 | 18,518 | Ukrainian Chess Championship |
 United Arab Emirates | 3.1 | UAE Chess Federation[129] | 2 | 3,244 | Emirati Chess Championship |
 United States | 2.1 | United States Chess Federation[130] | 106 | 25,204 | U.S. Chess Championship U.S. Women's Chess Championship |
 United States Virgin Islands | 2.3.5 | US Virgin Islands Chess Federation[131] | 0 | 73 | – |
 Uruguay | 2.5 | Federación Uruguaya de Ajedrez[132] | 3 | 2,453 | Uruguayan Chess Championship |
 Uzbekistan | 3.4 | Chess Federation of Uzbekistan[133] | 17 | 3,304 | Uzbekistani Chess Championship |
 Venezuela | 2.3.5 | Fed. Venezolana de Ajedrez[134] | 1 | 11,363 | Venezuelan Chess Championship |
 Vietnam | 3.3 | Vietnam Chess Federation[135] | 13 | 6,065 | Vietnamese Chess Championship |
 Wales | 1.1a | Welsh Chess Union[136] | 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 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovak Chess Championship | |
 Soviet Union | USSR Chess Federation | USSR Chess Championship |
 Yugoslavia | Yugoslav Chess Championship | |
Supranational level
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