Arab Chess Federation

Arab Chess Federation
الاتحاد العربي للشطرنج
Formation	July 27, 1975
Headquarters	United Arab Emirates, Sharjah
Membership	22 member states
President	Sheikh Dr. Khaled Bin Humaid Alqasimi
Website	www.arabchess.org

The Arab Chess Federation (ACF) (Arabic: الاتحاد العربي للشطرنج) is a non-profit organization that promotes chess within the Arab world. Though unaffiliated with the Arab League, it includes 22 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.

Governance

- United Arab Emirates - *President: Sheikh Dr. Khaled Bin Humaid Alqasimi
Official representatives:
- Qatar – Al-Mudahka, Mohd - 1st Vice-President
- Syria – Abbas, Ali - 2nd Vice-President
- Algeria – Brahim Djelloul, Azzedine - 3rd Vice-President
- Libya – Ali, Fouzi Fathullah - 4th Vice-President
- Lebanon – Hammoud, Rawad
- Yemen – Sallam, Sabri Abdul-Mawla
- Mauritania – Tajedine, Sidi Mohamed
- Morocco – Amazzal, Mustapha
- Palestine – Omar Awad Aljaberi
- United Arab Emirates – Hassan, Abdullah
- Syria – Adeeb Zehrawi

Members:

| Algeria
| Bahrain
| Egypt
| Iraq
| Jordan
| Kuwait
| Lebanon
| Libya
| Mauritania
| Morocco
| Oman
| Palestine
| Qatar
| Saudi Arabia
| Sudan
| Syria
| Tunisia
| United Arab Emirates
| Yemen
| Comoros
| Djibouti
| Somalia