中華民國西洋棋協會簡介：
＊民生使命：讓民眾健康快樂懂得下西洋棋
＊民生願景：在全國家庭、幼稚園中小學高中大學成立西洋棋社，社區、廟口公園都有下西洋棋。
＊民生標語：海洋文化融入世界各國 ，世界公民，以西洋棋會友。
＊推廣理念：1.深耕社區-強調智育與體育並重，營造社區民眾活動
2.以棋會友-思考、邏輯、科學、競技增加思維能力。
3.優質服務-推動全方位品質管理，提供最佳顧問、教學、比賽，國際交流服務。
4.創新與研究-發展協會特色，提升國內西洋棋棋藝學術水準
＊ 服務宗旨：陶冶情操，培養頑強鬥志，分析、批判決定與解決問題，並鼓勵研究。
＊ 奧運精神：世界和平，超越自我、頑強拼搏的精神，是不斷追求、戰勝自我、努力向上的精神。
世界西洋棋聯盟(FIDE)簡介：
世界最大的西洋棋組織，擁有國家會員163個，The Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national chess federations around the world. It is usually referred to as FIDE (pronounced “fee day”), its French acronym. FIDE was founded in Paris, France on July 24, 1924. Its motto is Gens una sumus, meaning “We are one people”. Its current president (as of May 2004) is Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, who also is president of Kalmykia, a small republic within Russia.
As well as organising the World Chess Championship and Chess Olympiad, FIDE calculates Elo ratings of players, defines the rules of chess, periodically publishes albums of the best chess problems (the FIDE Albums), awards the titles of FIDE Master, International Master, International Grandmaster, women’s versions of those titles, a number of organisational titles including International Arbiter, and Master and Grandmaster titles in problem and study composing and solving.
As well as the overall world championship, FIDE organises championships for women and juniors, regional championships, and the Chess Olympiad. It oversees few other tournaments, although other top-level events, almost without exception, respect FIDE rules and regulations.