ACP (Association of Chess Professionals) is an international not-for-profit organisation, which was founded in Paris in September 2003. A large group of strong professional players gathered together to set up a new body for international chess.

The ACP is run by a Board of nine elected members. Its President is the Grandmaster Pavel Tregubov, European Champion 2000.

The ACP presently regroups 240 top chess professionals from all over the world (including 17 players out of world top 20), including the reigning World Champion Viswanathan Anand (India).

The ACP’s foremost objective is the worldwide promotion of the game of chess. Here is a list of its most important achievements:

In April and May 2004, three Internet chess tournaments were staged, with the participation of over 100 Grandmasters and a record attendance of more than 200,000 unique spectators online.

In July 2004, the ACP Tour was launched. This brand new series unites all major international tournaments into one circuit for a one-year chess season. The ACP Tour now includes more than 60 tournaments all over the world. In September/October 2004, the final of the World Chess Championship was staged under the ACP aegis in Brissago (Switzerland), between titleholder Vladimir Kramnik from Russia and his challenger Peter Leko from Hungary.

In September 2005, the first blitz tournament in the chess history with the participation of the chess stars was broadcasted live on the Russian TV channel NTV+. In January 2007, the first ACP World Rapid Cup was organised in Odessa (Ukraine).