Editing FIDE (section)

{{Short description|International chess governing body}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2024}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox organization
| name                     = International Chess Federation
| abbreviation             = FIDE
| image                    = Fidelogo.svg
| size                     = 220px
| type                     = [[International organization]]
| formation                = {{start date and age|1924|7|20}} in [[Paris]]
| native name              = ''Fédération Internationale des Échecs''
| native_name_lang         = fr
| headquarters             = [[Lausanne]], Switzerland<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.fide.com/news/148
|title=FIDE new office in Lausanne is now fully operational
|access-date=3 May 2018}}
</ref>
| budget                   = {{Euro|17.56 million|link=yes}} (2024)
| membership               = 203 national associations<ref name="ratings.fide.com">{{cite web|publisher=International Chess Federation|url=https://ratings.fide.com/fide_directory.phtml?zone=1| title=World Chess Federation FIDE Directory: Member Federations by Zone|accessdate=25 November 2024}}</ref>
| leader_title             = President
| leader_name              = [[Arkady Dvorkovich]]
| leader_title2            = Deputy President
| leader_name2             = [[Viswanathan Anand]]
| website                  = {{official URL}}
}}

The '''International Chess Federation''' or '''World Chess Federation''',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://handbook.fide.com/files/handbook/FIDECharter2020.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427145151/https://handbook.fide.com/files/handbook/FIDECharter2020.pdf |archive-date=2020-04-27 |url-status=live|title=FIDE Charter, Art. 1 FIDE – Name, legal status and seat|work=FIDE|accessdate=10 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Official Laws of Chess|year=1989|last=FIDE|isbn=0-02-028540-X|page=7|publisher=Collier Books }}</ref> commonly referred to by its French [[acronym]] '''FIDE''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|f|iː|d|eɪ}} {{respell|FEE|day}}, {{lang|fr|Fédération Internationale des Échecs}}),<ref>{{Cite book | last1=Hooper | first1=David | author1-link=David Vincent Hooper | last2=Whyld | first2=Kenneth | author2-link=Kenneth Whyld | year=1992 | title=The Oxford Companion to Chess | title-link=The Oxford Companion to Chess | edition=second | publisher=Oxford University Press | isbn=0-19-280049-3 | page=133}}</ref> is an international organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national [[chess]] federations and acts as the [[Sport governing body|governing body]] of international chess competition. FIDE was founded in Paris, France, in 1924.<ref name="fide.com">{{cite web |url=https://www.fide.com/fide/about-fide |title=About FIDE |website=FIDE |access-date=2025-01-03}}</ref> Its motto is {{lang|la|Gens una sumus}}, [[Latin]] for 'We are one Family'. In 1999, FIDE was recognized by the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC). {{as of|2023|12|21|post=,|df=US}} there are 201 [[FIDE Federations|member federations of FIDE]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Member Federations | url=https://fide.com/directory/member-federations | access-date=January 2, 2024}}</ref> The current world chess champion is [[Gukesh Dommaraju|Gukesh Dommaraju.]]