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European Chess Union (ECU)
Abbreviation	ECU
Formation	1985
Headquarters	Hünenberg, Switzerland
Location	Europe;
Membership	54 national federations
President	Zurab Azmaiparashvili
Website	www.europechess.org

The European Chess Union (ECU) is an independent association for the interests of European chess.^[1] The European Chess Union was founded on August 30, 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. Its members for the 2022–2026 term are the following:^[3]^[4]

Zurab Azmaiparashvili – President
Dana Reizniece-Ozola – Deputy President
Gunnar Bjornsson – Vice President
Malcolm Pein – Vice President
Alojzije Jankovic – Vice President
Eva Repková – Vice President
Jean-Michel Rapaire – Vice President
Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou – Secretary General
Ion-Serban Dobronauteanu – Treasurer
Vanja Draskovic – Honorary Vice President
Johann Poecksteiner – Honorary Vice President

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

Albania – Albanian Chess Federation
Andorra – Andorran Chess Federation
Armenia – Chess Federation of Armenia
Austria – Austrian Chess Federation
Azerbaijan – Azerbaijan Chess Federation
Belarus – Belarus Chess Federation (suspended)
Belgium – Royal Belgian Chess Federation
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Chess Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia – Croatian Chess Federation
Cyprus – Cyprus Chess Federation
Czech Republic – Chess Federation of the Czech Republic
Denmark – Danish Chess Union
England – English Chess Federation
Estonia – Estonian Chess Federation
Faroe Islands – Faroese Chess Federation
Finland – Finnish Chess Federation
France – French Chess Federation
Georgia – Georgian Chess Federation
Germany – German Chess Federation
Greece – Greek Chess Federation
Guernsey – Guernsey Chess Federation
Hungary – Hungarian Chess Federation
Iceland – Icelandic Chess Federation
Ireland – Irish Chess Union
Israel – Israel Chess Federation
Italy – Italian Chess Federation
Jersey – Jersey Chess Federation
Kosovo - Kosovo Chess Federation^[5]
Latvia – Latvian Chess Federation
Liechtenstein – Liechtenstein Chess Federation
Lithuania – Lithuanian Chess Federation
Luxembourg – Luxembourg Chess Federation
Malta – Malta Chess Federation
Moldova – Moldova Chess Federation
Monaco – Monaco Chess Federation
Montenegro – Montenegro Chess Federation
Netherlands – Royal Dutch Chess Federation
North Macedonia – Chess Federation of Macedonia
Norway – Norwegian Chess Federation
Poland – Polish Chess Federation
Portugal – Portuguese Chess Federation
Romania – Romanian Chess Federation
San Marino – San Marino Chess Federation
Scotland – Chess Scotland
Serbia – Chess Federation of Serbia
Slovakia – Slovak Chess Federation
Slovenia – Slovenian Chess Federation
Spain – Spanish Chess Federation
Sweden – Swedish Chess Federation
Switzerland – Swiss Chess Federation
Turkey – Turkish Chess Federation
Ukraine – Ukrainian Chess Federation
Wales – Welsh Chess Union

The Bulgarian Chess Federation was expelled on 10 September 2016.^[6]^[7]

Belarus was suspended on 5 March 2022 in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[8] Russia (Russian Chess Federation) withdrew from the European Chess Union on 14 April 2022,^[9] and later joined the Asian Chess Federation on 23 February 2023.^[10] Both countries were banned from attending the 2022 Chess Olympiad.^[11]