Arab Chess Federation

Arab Chess Federation
الاتحاد العربي للشطرنج

Formation	July 27, 1975
Headquarters	United Arab Emirates, Dubai
Membership	18 member states
President	Ibrahim Mohammed Al Bannai
Website	www.arabfide.com

The Arab Chess Federation (ArabFide) (Arabic: الاتحاد العربي للشطرنج) is a non-profit organization that promotes chess within the Arab world. Though unaffiliated with the Arab League, it includes 18 of the latter's member states.

History

Formed on July 27, 1975, in Damascus, Syria, the federation was established under the motto "Arab as one Nation". Nahed El Khany was the organization's first president.

In 2015, the Arab Chess Federation co-organized the first edition of the Arab Chess Olympiad Championships in Agadir, Morocco.^[1]

Governance

President: Ibrahim Mohammed El-Bannay
Official representatives:
- Jordan – Abd-Ul-Malik Arafat
- Tunisia – Mohammed Ali El-Mehrezy
- Syria – Hossam El-Din Menaqly
- Kuwait – Rashid El-Rahmany
- Lebanon – Mohammed Mourad Soukar
- Libya – Mohammed Shokry Shahin
- Egypt – Ellowa Ismail Mekkey
Members:
- Algeria
- Bahrain
- Egypt
- Iraq
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Mauritania
- Morocco
- Palestine
- Qatar – Qatar Chess Federation
- Saudi Arabia
- Somalia
- Sudan
- Syria
- Tunisia
- United Arab Emirates – UAE Chess Federation
- Yemen