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.

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