| World Chess Boxing Organisation | |
| Abbreviation: | WCBO |
| Type: | Nonprofit Organisation |
| Status: | Charity |
| Purpose: | Sport, Humanitarian, Social, Peacekeeping |
| Headquarters: | Berlin, Germany |
| Membership: | 38 Countries (March 2024) [1] |
| Language: | English |
| Leader Title: | President |
| Leader Name: | Lara Armas |
| Website: | https://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.
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".
Currently, WCBO is affiliated with chessboxing organisations in 38 nations:[4]
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