List of chess organizations
List of organizations specializing in chess
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This is a list of chess organizations. Chess is played all over the world. The dominant international governing body of chess is FIDE, which confers titles and conducts world championship tournaments.[1]
The first Official World Championship was held in 1886, and there has always been at least one world champion since then.[2] From 1993 to 2008, there were always two champions from rival organizations.[2]
The dominant correspondence chess organization is the International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF).
International
- FIDE (International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation)
- Association of Chess Professionals
- Professional Chess Association
- International Braille Chess Association
- Grand Slam Chess Association
- International Correspondence Chess Federation
- Internationaler Fernschachbund
Chess boxing
Americas
United States of America
- Academic Chess
- America's Foundation for Chess
- United States Chess Federation
- Alaska Chess Federation
- Colorado State Chess Association
- Florida Chess Association
- Idaho Chess Association
- Nebraska State Chess Association
- Silver State Chess Association
- New York State Chess Association
- Pennsylvania State Chess Federation
- Utah Chess Association
- Wyoming Chess Association
- World Chess Hall of Fame
- United States Chess League
- US Chess Center
- Professional Rapid Online Chess League
- Collins Kids organization
- The Gift of Chess
- American Chess Association
Canada
South America
Asia
China
Japan
- Japan Chess Association
Singapore
Malaysia
Pakistan
Philippines
Qatar
India
- All India Chess Federation
- All India Chess Federation for the Blind
- All Assam Chess Association
- All Tripura Chess Association
- Bengal Chess Association
- Chess Players Association of India
- Goa State Chess Association
- Maharashtra Chess Association
- South Kanara District Chess Association
- Tamil Nadu State Chess Association
- West Bengal Chess Association
- Goodricke National Chess Academy
- Mind Champions Academy
UAE
Europe
- European Chess Union
- Chess Federation of Armenia
- Austrian Chess Federation
- Azerbaijan Chess Federation
- Bulgarian Chess Federation
- Croatian Chess Federation
- English Chess Federation
- French Chess Federation
- German Chess Federation
- Hungarian Chess Federation
- Irish Chess Union
- Italian Chess Federation
- Malta Chess Federation
- Royal Dutch Chess Federation
- Norwegian Chess Federation
- Polish Chess Federation
- Portuguese Chess Federation
- Chess Scotland
- Turkish Chess Federation
- Welsh Chess Union
Societies and companies
Swedan
Russia
Africa
- African Chess Union
- Chess Federation of Zambia
- Chess South Africa
- Uganda Chess Federation
- Chess in Slums Africa
- Botswana Chess Federation
- Ethiopia Chess Federation