Chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...

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 and their national championship. The number of grandmasters and players registered for each federation in the FIDE database as of September 2016 are also indicated. :

Former FIDE members

The list below includes nations that no longer exist as well as national federations that are currently not members of FIDE. :

Supranational level

References

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