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| Abbreviation | WCBO |
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| Formation | 2003; 21 years ago (2003) |
| Type | Nonprofit Organisation |
| Legal status | Charity |
| Purpose | Sport, Humanitarian, Social, Peacekeeping |
| Headquarters | Berlin, Germany |
| Membership | 38 Countries (March 2024) |
| Official language | English |
| President | Lara Armas |
| Website | wcbochessboxing |
The World Chess Boxing Organisation (WCBO) is a governing body of the sport chessboxing. The WCBO was founded by the late Iepe Rubingh, founder of the sport, in 2003 and has its headquarters in Berlin, Germany. Its current president is Lara Armas from France.
The principal tasks of the WCBO include: training people in the number one thinking sport and the number one fighting sport and the combination of both; building up a worldwide structure of chess boxing clubs and organisations; promoting chess boxing; and holding championship and promotional fights.
The WCBO's motto is: "Fighting is done in the ring and wars are waged on the board".
Affiliated organisations
Currently, WCBO is affiliated with chessboxing organisations in 38 nations:
First Nations
- Chess Boxing Organisation of India
- Turkey Chessboxing Federation
- Italian Chessboxing Federation
- France Chessboxing Federation
- Russian Chessboxing Federation
- Chile Chessboxing Association
- Latvia Chessboxing Federation
- Kazakhstan Chessboxing Federation
- U.S. Chessboxing
- Chess Boxing Club Berlin (CBCB, founded in August 2005)
- Latvian Chessboxing Federation
- Nordic Chessboxing Federation (Finland)
- Bulgarian Chess Boxing Organisation
Current Nations
Asia (11):India Kazakhstan Iran Afghanistan Kyrgyz Republic Philippines Lebanon Uzbekistan Tajikistan Nepal Cyprus
Africa (5):Equatorial Guinea Uganda Algeria Gambia Ethiopia
Europe (16): Germanั France Italy Turkey Russia Finland Netherlands Greece Switzerland Poland Latvia Serbia Denmark Spain Armenia Georgia
Oceaina (2):Australia New Zealand
Pan America (4):Mexico Canada USA Chile
See also
References
- World Chess Boxing Organisation
- "Chess Boxing - Chess Terms". Chess.com. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
- "WORLD CHESS BOXING ORGANISATION team". lichess.org. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
- "Contacts". chessboxing.global.
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