Arab Chess Federation
{{Infobox organization
|name = [https://ratings.fide.com/fide_directory.phtml?list=968 Arab Chess Federation]
[https://ratings.fide.com/fide_directory.phtml?list=968 الاتحاد العربي للشطرنج]
|image = Arab_Chess_Federation.PNG
|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:Sports organizations established in 1975
Category:Pan-Arab organizations
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