World Chess Boxing Organisation

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World Chess Boxing Organisation
AbbreviationWCBO
Formation2003;22 years ago (2003)
TypeNonprofit Organisation
Legal statusCharity
PurposeSport, Humanitarian, Social, Peacekeeping
Headquarters Berlin, Germany
Membership38 Countries (March 2024) [1]
Official language
English
President
 Lara Armas
Website wcbochessboxing.org

The World Chess Boxing Organisation (WCBO) is a governing body of the sport chessboxing. [2] [3] 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.

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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: [4]

First Nations

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): Germanу 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

  1. ↑ World Chess Boxing Organisation
  2. ↑ "Chess Boxing - Chess Terms". Chess.com. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
  3. ↑ "WORLD CHESS BOXING ORGANISATION team". lichess.org. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
  4. ↑ "Contacts". chessboxing.global.
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