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FIDE

FIDE
Organization information
MottoGens una sumus
"We are one people"
FormationJuly 20, 1924
HeadquartersAthens, Greece
Membership158 national associations
PresidentKirsan Ilyumzhinov

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The Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national chess federations around the world and acts as the governing body of international chess competition. It is usually referred to as FIDE (c-eniconˈfiːdeɪ), its French acronym.

FIDE was founded in Paris, France on July 20, 1924. Its motto is Gens una sumus, meaning "We are one people". Its current president is Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, who for a long time was also the president of Kalmykia, an autonomous Republic in Russia.


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