With the inspiration of Geoffrey Borg and Willy Iclicki and of course the contribution of the FIDE Deputy President, Mr. George Makropoulos, it was created in 2010 during the world chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, officially now the zone of European Small Nations (FIDE Zone 1.10) which consists of 10 members: Andorra, Cyprus, Faroe Islands, Guernsey, Jersey, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco and San Marino.
The first zone president was Mr. Christoforos Tornaritis from Cyprus.
