FIDE Federations

There are at present (May 2006) 158 member nations of FIDE.

Countries which are members of both FIDE and the United Nations

There are currently 142 U.N. members in FIDE. The FIDE rules are that no new members are allowed if they are not U.N. members. Note that its names for Macedonia and the Republic of Korea (South Korea) do not collate in a modern fashion.

Burundi, Côte d'Ivoire, and Ghana have been temporarily suspended from membership in FIDE because of their failure to meet their financial obligations. Their memberships will be permanently revoked at the meeting in Turin, Italy on May 27, 2006 if they have not paid their dues by that time.

*AFG
*ALB
*DZA
*AND
*AGO
*ARG
*ARM
*AUS
*AUT
*AZE
*BHS
*BHR
*BGD
*BRB
*BLR
*BEL
*BLZ
*BOL
*BIH
*BWA
*BRA
*BRU
*BGR
*BDI
*KHM
*CAN
*CHL
*PRC
*COL
*CRI
*CIV
*HRV
*CUB
*CYP
*CZE
*DNK
*DOM
*ECU
*EGY
*SLV
*EST
*ETH
*FJI
*FIN
*FRA
*GEO
*DEU
*GHA
*GRC
*GTM
*HTI
*HND
*HUN
*ISL
*IND
*IDN
*IRN
*IRQ
*IRL
*ISR
*ITA
*JAM
*JPN
*JOR
*KAZ
*KEN
*KOR
*KWT
*KGZ
*LAO
*LVA
*LBN
*LBY
*LIE
*LTU
*LUX
*MKD
*MDG
*MWI
*MYS
*MLT
*MUS
*MEX
*MDA
*MCO
*MNG
*MAR
*MOZ
*MMR
*NAM
*NPL
*NLD
*NZL
*NIC
*NGA
*NOR
*PAK
*PLW
*PAN
*PNG
*PRY
*PER
*PHL
*POL
*PRT
*QAT
*ROU
*RUS
*RWA
*SMR
*SRB
*SYC
*SLE
*SGP
*SVK
*SVN
*SOM
*ZAF
*ESP
*LKA
*SDN
*SUR
*SWE
*CHE
*SYR
*TJK
*THA
*TTO
*TUN
*TUR
*TKM
*UGA
*UKR
*ARE
*USA
*URY
*UZB
*VEN
*VNM
*YEM
*ZMB
*ZWE

Non-U.N. entities that are part of FIDE

Several countries which are members of FIDE are not members of the United Nations. Most of these are not really countries. Examples are US Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Jersey, Guernsey. Faroe Islands, Macau and Hong Kong.

Gibraltar and the Island of Sark and several tiny island-nations are suggesting that they may apply for membership in FIDE. Quebec applied in 1988 but its application for membership was denied.

There are 16 entities that are not U.N. members that are counted in FIDE; 9 are members of the IOC and the other seven are not:

* Aruba
* Bermuda
* British Virgin Islands
* Chinese Taipei
* Hong Kong
* State of Palestine
* Netherlands Antilles
* Puerto Rico
* US Virgin Islands

Non-IOC members. See also [http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/if/ifche.html]

* England
* Faroe Islands
* Guernsey
* Jersey
* Macau
* Scotland
* Wales

Countries which are members of the United Nations but are not members of FIDE

A few major countries have not joined FIDE. These include Saudi Arabia, Oman and North Korea. The United Kingdom is not a member of FIDE, but England, Scotland and Wales are members of FIDE.

*ATG
*BEN
*BTN
*BFA
*CMR
*CPV
*CAF
*TCD
*COM
*COD
*COG
*DJI
*DMA
*GNQ
*ERI
*GAB
*GMB
*GIN
*GNB
*GRD
*GUY
*KIR
*PRK
*LSO
*"'LBR
*MDV
*MLI
*MHL
*MRT
*FSM
*NRU
*NER
*OMN
*KNA
*LCA
*VCT
*WSM
*STP
*"'SAU
*SEN
*SLB
*SWZ
*TLS
*TGO
*TON
*TUV
*TZA
*"'UK
*VUT

ee also

* FIDE
* United States Chess Federation
* Chess around the world

External links

* [http://www.fide.com/ The official FIDE website]