{{Infobox organization |name = [https://ratings.fide.com/fide_directory.phtml?list=968 Arab Chess Federation] <br> [https://ratings.fide.com/fide_directory.phtml?list=968 الاتحاد العربي للشطرنج] |image = Arab_Chess_Federation.PNG |image_size = 200 px |type = |formation = July 27, 1975 |headquarters = United Arab Emirates, Sharjah |membership = 22 member states |leader_title = President |leader_name = Sheikh Dr. Khaled Bin Humaid Alqasimi |language = |website= [http://arabchess.org/ www.arabchess.org] }}
The '''Arab Chess Federation''' ('''ACF''') ({{langx|ar|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== **{{UAE}} - *President: Sheikh Dr. Khaled Bin Humaid Alqasimi *Official representatives: **{{QAT}} – Al-Mudahka, Mohd - 1st Vice-President **{{SYR}} – Abbas, Ali - 2nd Vice-President **{{ALG}} – Brahim Djelloul, Azzedine - 3rd Vice-President **{{LBA}} – Ali, Fouzi Fathullah - 4th Vice-President **{{LBN}} – Hammoud, Rawad **{{YEM}} – Sallam, Sabri Abdul-Mawla **{{MTN}} – Tajedine, Sidi Mohamed **{{MAR}} – Amazzal, Mustapha **{{PSE}} – Omar Awad Aljaberi **{{UAE}} – Hassan, Abdullah **{{SYR}} – Adeeb Zehrawi
*Members: |{{flag|Algeria}} |{{flag|Bahrain}} |{{flag|Egypt}} |{{flag|Iraq}} |{{flag|Jordan}} |{{flag|Kuwait}} |{{flag|Lebanon}} |{{flag|Libya}} |{{flag|Mauritania}} |{{flag|Morocco}} |{{flag|Oman}} |{{flag|Palestine}} |{{flag|Qatar}} |{{flag|Saudi Arabia}} |{{flag|Sudan}} |{{flag|Syria}} |{{flag|Tunisia}} |{{flag|United Arab Emirates}} |{{flag|Yemen}} |{{flag|Comoros}} |{{flag|Djibouti}} |{{flag|Somalia}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.arabchess.org / Official Website]
{{Chess}} {{Arabian Sports Federations}}
Category:Chess organizations Category:1975 in chess Category:Sports organizations established in 1975 Category:Chess in Asia Category:Chess in Africa Category:Pan-Arab organizations
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