Governing body for chess in Europe
The European Chess Union (ECU ) is an independent association for the interests of European chess .[1] The European Chess Union was founded on August 30th, 1985, with the organization's founding meeting taking place in Graz , Austria.[2]
Board
The European Chess Union Board is elected for a four-year term. It's members for the 2022-2026 term are the following:[3] [4]
ECU presidents
1985-1986: Rolf Littorin, Sweden
1986-1998: Kurt Jungwirth, Austria
1998-2010: Boris Kutin, Slovenia
2010-2014: Silvio Danailov, Bulgaria
2014–present: Zurab Azmaiparashvili, Georgia
Member federations
The Bulgarian Chess Federation was expelled on 10 September 2016.[5] [6]
Belarus was suspended on 5 March 2022 in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine .[7] Russia (Russian Chess Federation ) withdrew from the European Chess Union on 14 April 2022,[8] and later joined the Asian Chess Federation on 23 February 2023.[9] Both countries were banned from attending the 2022 Chess Olympiad .[10]
National members of FIDE
Africa (ACC)
ALG
ANG
BDI
BOT
BUR
CAF
CGO
CIV
CMR
COM
DJI
EGY
ETH
GAB
GAM
GHA
KEN
LBA
LES
MAD
MAR
MAW
MLI
MOZ
MTN
MRI
NAM
NGR
RSA
RWA
SEN
SEY
SLE
SOM
STP
SUD
SWZ
TAN
TGO
TUN
UGA
ZAM
ZIM
Americas (CCA)
ARG
ARU
BAH
BAR
BER
BOL
BRA
BVI
CAN
CHI
COL
CRC
CUB
CUW
DOM
ECU
ESA
GUA
GUY
HAI
HON
ISV
JAM
MEX
NCA
PAN
PAR
PER
PUR
SUR
TRI
URU
USA
VEN
Asia (ACF) Europe (ECU)
Sports governing bodies in Europe
Olympic sports bodies (25)
Independent
LEN (aquatics)
EAA (athletics)
BE (badminton)
CEB (baseball)
EBU (boxing)
ECF (curling)
ECA (canoeing)
UEC (cycling)
EEF (equestrian)
CEE (fencing)
EHF (field hockey)
UEFA (football)
EGA (golf)
UEG (gymnastics)
EHF (handball)
EJU (judo)
EKF (karate)
RE (rugby union)
ESC (shooting)
ESF (softball)
ETTU (table tennis)
ETU (taekwondo)
TE (tennis)
ITU (triathlon)
CEV (volleyball)
EWF (weightlifting)
Dependent
Non-Olympic sports bodies