"He is going to have to go against the Chess Federation and everyone else on his own."

Similar class distinctions may apply in other national chess federations as well.

The players were nominated by their respectiv national chess federation.

The event is open to members of chess federations within the European Union.

His qualifying place in this event came through nominations from foreign chess federations.

A few countries do organize bughouse tournaments within the national chess federation.

After the selection of the new national chess federation he returned to the Turkish national team.

The table below lists the different national chess federations and their national championship.

From 1923 through 1928, he was president of the Dutch Chess Federation.

He was a president of the Polish Chess Federation from 1954 to 1957 and 1963 to 1973.