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 [ Wikidata ] [ 3] 1 972 Albanian Chess Championship Algeria 4.1 Fédération Algérienne des échecs [ Wikidata ] [ 4] 3 6,376 Algerian Chess Championship Andorra 1.10 Federació d'Escacs Valls d'Andorra [ Wikidata ] [ 5] 3 175 Andorran Chess Championship Angola 4.5 Federação Angolana de Xadrez [ Wikidata ] 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 [ Wikidata ] [ 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 [ Wikidata ] 0 82 Burundian Chess Championship Cambodia 3.3 Cambodian Chess Federation 0 20 Cambodian Chess Championship Cameroon 4.3 Cameroon Chess Federation [ Wikidata ] [ 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 [ Wikidata ] 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 [ Wikidata ] 0 44 Comorian Chess Championship Republic of the Congo 4.3 Congolese Chess Federation [ Wikidata ] 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 [ Wikidata ] [ 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 [ Wikidata ] 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 [ ja ] [ 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 [ Wikidata ] [ 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 [ Wikidata ] 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 [ Wikidata ] 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 [ Wikidata ] [ 75] 0 839 Mauritanian Chess Championship Mauritius 4.4 Mauritius Chess Federation [ Wikidata ] [ 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 [ Wikidata ] 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 [ Wikidata ] 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 [ Wikidata ] [ 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 [ Wikidata ] 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 [ Wikidata ] 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 [ Wikidata ] [ 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 [ Wikidata ] [ 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