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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).

• 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

• World Chess Boxing Organisation
• World Chess Boxing Association

• Confederation of Chess for America

• Academic Chess
• America's Foundation for Chess
• United States Chess Federation
  • New York State Chess Association
  • Pennsylvania State Chess Federation
  • 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

• Chess Federation of Canada
• Chess'n Math Association
• Manitoba Chess Association

• Argentine Chess Federation
• Belize National Youth Chess Foundation
• Brazilian Chess Confederation
• Dominica Chess Federation
• Guyana Chess Federation
• Uruguayan Chess Federation
• Haitian Chess Federation

• Asian Chess Federation

• Chinese Chess Association
• Chinese Taipei Chess Association
• Hong Kong Chess Federation

• Bangladesh Chess Federation

• Japan Chess Association

• Singapore Chess Federation

• Malaysian Chess Federation

• Chess Federation of Pakistan

• National Chess Federation of the Philippines
• Professional Chess Association of the Philippines

• Qatar Chess Association

• 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 Chess Federation
• Dubai Chess and Culture Club
• Arab Chess Federation

• 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

• British Chess Problem Society

• Berlin Pleiades

• British Chess Variants Society

• Play Magnus Group

• ChessBase

• Swedish Chess Federation
• Swedish Chess Computer Association

• Chess Federation of Russia

• USSR Chess Federation

• African Chess Union
  • Chess Federation of Zambia
  • Chess South Africa
  • Uganda Chess Federation
• Chess in Slums Africa
• Botswana Chess Federation

• Australian Chess Federation
• Chess Kids

• New Zealand Chess Federation

• Fiji Chess Federation