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(June 2005) FIDE, the World Chess Federation, is geographically organized by continent, zone, and country. The FIDE Directory 2003 listed 166 countries split into 21 zones, which are further aggregated into 4 continents. The following table shows how countries are organized by continent and by zone.

For more information about the FIDE zones, see the link box in the upper right corner of this article.

National Federations by Zone
FIDE 2003

EUROPE
Zone 1.1 (16)
•	Zone 1.1a
	•	England	ENG
	•	Scotland	SCO
	•	Wales	WLS
	•	Ireland	IRL
	•	Guernsey	GCI
	•	Jersey	JCI
•	Zone 1.1b
	•	Belgium	BEL
	•	France	FRA
	•	Luxembourg	LUX
	•	Monaco	MNC
	•	Netherlands	NED
•	Zone 1.1c
	•	Andorra	AND
	•	Italy	ITA
	•	Portugal	POR
	•	San Marino	SMR
	•	Spain	ESP
Zone 1.2 (9)
•	Zone 1.2a
	•	Austria	AUT
	•	Germany	GER
	•	Liechtenstein	LIE
	•	Slovenia	SLO
	•	Switzerland	SUI
•	Zone 1.2b
	•	Bosnia & Herzegovina	BIH
	•	Croatia	CRO
	•	Israel	ISR
	•	Macedonia (FYROM)	MKD
Zone 1.3 (6)
	•	Denmark	DEN
	•	Faroe Islands	FAI
	•	Finland	FIN
	•	Iceland	ISL
	•	Norway	NOR
	•	Sweden	SWE
Zone 1.4 (6)
	•	Bulgaria	BUL
	•	Czech Republic	CZE
	•	Slovakia	SVK
	•	Hungary	HUN
	•	Poland	POL
	•	Romania	ROM
Zone 1.5 (8)
•	Zone 1.5a
	•	Albania	ALB
	•	Cyprus	CYP
	•	Greece	GRE
	•	Malta	MLT
	•	Turkey	TUR
	•	Yugoslavia	YUG
•	Zone 1.5b
	•	Armenia	ARM
	•	Georgia	GEO
Zone 1.6 (1)
	•	Russia	RUS
Zone 1.7 (3)
	•	Estonia	EST
	•	Latvia	LAT
	•	Lithuania	LTU
Zone 1.8 (3)
	•	Azerbaijan	AZE
	•	Belarus	BLR
	•	Moldova	MDA
Zone 1.9 (1)
	•	Ukraine	UKR
AMERICAS
Zone 2.1 (1)
	•	United States of America	USA
Zone 2.2 (1)
	•	Canada	CAN
Zone 2.3 (27)
•	Zone 2.3a
	•	Bahamas	BAH
	•	Barbados	BRB
	•	Bermuda	BER
	•	British Virgin Islands	IVB
	•	Cuba	CUB
	•	Dominican Republic	DOM
	•	Haiti	HAI
	•	Jamaica	JAM
	•	Puerto Rico	PUR
	•	US Virgin Islands	ISV
•	Zone 2.3b
	•	Antigua	ANT
	•	Colombia	COL
	•	Ecuador	ECU
	•	Guyana	GUY
	•	Netherlands Antilles	AHO
	•	Surinam	SUR
	•	Trinidad & Tobago	TRI
•	Zone 2.3c
	•	Aruba	ARU
	•	Belize	BLZ
	•	Costa Rica	CRC
	•	El Salvador	ESA
	•	Guatemala	GUA
	•	Honduras	HON
	•	Mexico	MEX
	•	Nicaragua	NCA
	•	Panama	PAN
	•	Venezuela	VEN
Zone 2.4 (3)
	•	Bolivia	BOL
	•	Brazil	BRA
	•	Peru	PER
Zone 2.5 (4)
	•	Argentina	ARG
	•	Chile	CHI
	•	Paraguay	PAR
	•	Uruguay	URU
ASIA
Zone 3.1 (17)
•	Zone 3.1a
	•	Bahrain	BRN
	•	Iran	IRI
	•	Iraq	IRQ
	•	Jordan	JOR
	•	Kuwait	KUW
	•	Lebanon	LIB
	•	Palestine	PLE
	•	Qatar	QAT
	•	Syria	SYR
	•	United Arab Emirates	UAE
	•	Yemen	YEM
•	Zone 3.1b
	•	Afghanistan	AFG
	•	Bangladesh	BAN
	•	India	IND
	•	Nepal	NEP
	•	Pakistan	PAK
	•	Sri Lanka	SRI
Zone 3.2 (17)
•	Zone 3.2a
	•	Brunei Darussalam	BRU
	•	Hong Kong	HKG
	•	Indonesia	INA
	•	Japan	JPN
	•	South Korea	KOR
	•	Macau	MAC
	•	Malaysia	MAS
	•	Mongolia	MGL
	•	Myanmar	MYA
	•	Philippines	PHI
	•	Singapore	SIN
	•	Thailand	THA
	•	Vietnam	VIE
•	Zone 3.2b
	•	Australia	AUS
	•	Fiji	FIJ
	•	New Zealand	NZL
	•	Papua New Guinea	PNG
Zone 3.3 (1)
	•	China	CHN
Zone 3.4 (5)
	•	Kazakhstan	KAZ
	•	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ
	•	Tajikistan	TAJ
	•	Turkmenistan	TKM
	•	Uzbekistan	UZB
AFRICA
Zone 4.1 (9)
	•	Algeria	ALG
	•	Djibouti	DJI
	•	Gambia	GAM
	•	Libya	LBA
	•	Mali	MLI
	•	Mauritania	MTN
	•	Morocco	MAR
	•	Senegal	SEN
	•	Tunisia	TUN
Zone 4.2 (16)
	•	Benin Republic	BEN
	•	Cameroon	CAM
	•	Chad	CHD
	•	Egypt	EGY
	•	Ethiopia	ETH
	•	Ghana	GHA
	•	Ivory Coast	CIV
	•	Kenya	KEN
	•	Nigeria	NGR
	•	Seychelles	SEY
	•	Sao Tome and Principe	STP
	•	Somali	SOM
	•	Sudan	SUD
	•	Tanzania	TAN
	•	Togo	TOG
	•	Uganda	UGA
Zone 4.3 (12)
	•	Angola	ANG
	•	Botswana	BOT
	•	Burundi	BUR
	•	Madagascar	MAD
	•	Malawi	MAW
	•	Mauritius	MRI
	•	Mozambique	MOZ
	•	Namibia	NAM
	•	Rwanda	RWA
	•	South Africa	RSA
	•	Zambia	ZAM
	•	Zimbabwe	ZIM

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