Austrian Chess Federation

The Austrian Chess Federation (German: Österreichischer Schachbund - ÖSB) is the national organisation for chess in Austria.

It was founded in 1920 and refounded in 1946, and is based in Graz. The president is Kurt Jungwirth, since 1971. The federation has 15,000 members and since 1981 has published a chess magazine called Schach Aktiv. The federation organises the Austrian Chess Championship.

Organisation

President: Kurt Jungwirth
General secretary: Walter Kastner

External links

Official website

National members of FIDE

Africa (ACU)	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)	AFG AUS BAN BHU BRN BRU CAM CHN FIJ GUM HKG INA IND IRI IRQ JOR JPN KAZ KGZ KOR KSA KUW LAO LIB MAC MAS MDV MGL MYA NEP NZL OMA PAK PHI PLE PLW PNG QAT SIN SOL SRI SYR THA TJK TKM TLS TPE UAE UZB VIE YEM

Europe (ECU)	ALB AND ARM AUT AZE BEL BIH BLR BUL CRO CYP CZE DEN ENG ESP EST FIN FRA FRO GEO GER GGY GRE HUN IRL ISL ISR ITA JEY LAT LIE LTU LUX MDA MKD MLT MNE MON NED NOR POL POR ROU RUS SCO SLO SMR SRB SUI SVK SWE TUR UKR WAL

Sports governing bodies in Austria (AUT)

Summer Olympic sports	Aquatics diving swimming synchronized swimming water polo Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern pentathlon Rugby 7's Rowing Sailing Shooting Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball inc. beach volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling

Winter Olympic sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh Curling Skating figure speed short track Ice hockey Luge Skeleton Skiing Alpine cross country Nordic combined freestyle jumping Snowboarding

Other IOC recognised sports	Air sports Auto racing Bandy Baseball Billiard sports Boules Bowling Bridge Chess Cricket Dance sport Floorball Karate Korfball Lifesaving Motorcycle racing Mountaineering and climbing Netball Orienteering Pelota vasca Polo Powerboating Racquetball Roller sports Rugby Softball Sport climbing Squash Sumo Surfing Tug of war Underwater sports Water ski Wushu

Paralympic sports

Other sports	Rugby union Rugby league

Austrian Olympic Committee Austrian Paralympic Committee Österreichische Bundes-Sportorganisation

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