The Arab Chess Federation is a non-profit organization that promotes chess

Chess

Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...

 within the Arab world

Arab world

The Arab world refers to Arabic-speaking states, territories and populations in North Africa, Western Asia and elsewhere.The standard definition of the Arab world comprises the 22 states and territories of the Arab League stretching from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Arabian Sea in the...

. Though unaffiliated with the Arab League

Arab League

The Arab League , officially called the League of Arab States , is a regional organisation of Arab states in North and Northeast Africa, and Southwest Asia . It was formed in Cairo on 22 March 1945 with six members: Egypt, Iraq, Transjordan , Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. Yemen joined as a...

, it includes 17 of the latter's member states. Formed on July 27, 1975 in Damascus

Damascus

Damascus , commonly known in Syria as Al Sham , and as the City of Jasmine , is the capital and the second largest city of Syria after Aleppo, both are part of the country's 14 governorates. In addition to being one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Damascus is a major...

, Syria

Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....

, the federation was established under the motto "Arab as one Nation". Mr. Nahed El Khany was the organization's first president.

Official representatives

– Abd-Ul-Malik Arafat – Mohammed Ali El-Mehrezy – Hossam El-Din Menaqly – Rashid El-Rahmany – Mohammed Mourad Soukar – Mohammed Shokry Shahin – Ellowa Ismail Mekkey

Other chess federations

• Egyptian Chess Federation
• Qatar Chess Federation
• UAE Chess Federation
  UAE Chess Federation
  United Arab Emirates Chess Federation was established in October 1976 with the object of the spreading and development of chess game as mental and cultural sport across the United Arab Emirates....
  
  

Best 40 Arab players

ID. No.	Name	T.	Federation	Current Rating.	RT.CH.	Date	S.
12100030	Al-Modiahki, Mohamad	g		2586	7.4	6/1/1974	M
9000011	Hamdouchi, Hichem	g		2556	11.6	10/8/1972	M
10600140	El Gindy, Essam	m		2497	-9.6	7/14/1966	M
7900309	Rizouk, Aimen	m		2493	0	8/3/1979	M
10600043	El Taher, Fouad	m		2484	-17	4/17/1965	M
10600035	Abdelnabbi, Imed	m		2479	-0.6		M
10601619	Adly, Ahmed	m		2475	-14.6	2/19/1987	M
9300201	Taleb, Moussa	m		2464	8	7/1/1978	G
600229	Belkhodja, Slim	g		2463	13.9	11/23/1962	M
5300363	Sammour-Hasbun, Jorge E.	m		2448	0	3/12/1979	M
2900106	Ermenkov, Evgenij	g		2444	-5	9/29/1949	M
12100196	Al Sayed, Mohamad N.	m		2443	16.9		M
9300015	Saeed, Saeed-Ahmed	m		2435	0	11/28/1967	M
10601457	Amin, Bassem	m		2425	3.4	9/9/1988	M
9000240	Tissir, Mohamed	m		2416	-26.1	11/27/1976	M
10600426	Labib, Ibrahim Hasan	m		2410	0	5/31/1977	M
10601104	Abdel Razik, Khaled	F		2410	9	2/25/1975	M
4800036	Sarsam, S.A.	m		2408	0	7/28/1966	M
10600906	Ezat, Mohamed	m		2395	25.4	7/29/1978	M
4800192	Hussein, H.A.	F		2393	0		M
10600086	El Arousy, Abdul Hameed	m		2388	12.6	1/1/1963	M
8100500	Khader, Sami	F		2385	13.4		M
9000283	Onkoud, Abdelaziz	F		2381	2.7	11/30/1972	M
4800150	Taha, Mohamad	F		2380	0		M
5300118	Eid, Fadi	m		2380	-10.5	4/30/1970	M
10600051	Fatin, Tarek	m		2375	0		M
10600558	Ismail, Hamed	m		2371	0	11/3/1964	M
10600116	Yasseen, Aly	m		2370	9.3	9/26/1950	M