World Chess Boxing Organisation
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| Abbreviation | WCBO |
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| Formation | 2003 |
| Type | Nonprofit Organisation |
| Legal status | Charity |
| Purpose | Sport, Humanitarian, Social, Peacekeeping |
| Headquarters | Berlin, Germany |
| Membership | 27 Countries [1] |
Official language | English |
President | Lara Armas |
| Website | https://chessboxing.global |
The World Chess Boxing Organisation (WCBO) is the governing body of the sport chessboxing.[citation needed] 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, affiliated chessboxing organisation with WCBO over 40 nations:[2]
- 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)
- Kazakhstand Chessboxing Federation
- Bulgarian Chess Boxing Organisation
