Boxing With A Difference Chessboxing Mixing Chess And Boxing
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Chess Boxing is a fascinating mix of sport and game. The perfect mix of Brains and Brawn.
Chessboxing has to be unique in the world of sport. In life people often say you either use brains or brawn in life. Chessboxing proves that you can combine the two in an amazing sport.
So does that mean if you corner your boxing opponent is it check mate? or if you soundly beat your chess opponent do they become punch drunk and resign? All contact sports combine fighting and thinking. Chessboxing is no exception and is a brilliant example of how to mix the power of the body with the strength of the mind. The contact sport of Chess Boxing is a rapidly growing phenomenon.
I know what you are thinking, Chess Boxing, this has to be a hoax. Well. it certainly isn't. It is well organised and governed by the World Chess Boxing Federation. The idea is that the sport of boxing and the game of chess are mixed together in the same contact sports tournament.
The contestants in a bout of Chess Boxing square up to each other for a round of boxing and then when the bell goes they play moves in a game of chess. One player might get a thumping in the boxing ring and do really well on the chess board.
So does that mean if you corner your boxing opponent is it check mate? or if you soundly beat your chess opponent do they become punch drunk and resign? All contact sports combine fighting and thinking. Chessboxing is no exception and is a brilliant example of how to mix the power of the body with the strength of the mind. The contact sport of Chess Boxing is a rapidly growing phenomenon.
I know what you are thinking, Chess Boxing, this has to be a hoax. Well. it certainly isn't. It is well organised and governed by the World Chess Boxing Federation. The idea is that the sport of boxing and the game of chess are mixed together in the same contact sports tournament.
The contestants in a bout of Chess Boxing square up to each other for a round of boxing and then when the bell goes they play moves in a game of chess. One player might get a thumping in the boxing ring and do really well on the chess board.
Its a blend of the intellectual and physical prowess which proves that you aren't a softy if you play chess or a knuckle head if you enjoy boxing!
Contents at a Glance
London Chess Boxing
- London Chessboxing Official Website
- London Chessboxing: news, information, chessboxing videos and photography, plus upcoming chessboxing events and training sessions.
- London Chessboxing Tournament
- Chessboxing tournament information London Chessboxing show at The Scala, featuring heabvyweight title decider and worlds first female chessboxers
chessboxing tweets
The Art of Boxing in Chess
Chessboxing and its Science Fiction Origins
The idea of Chess Boxing first appeared in a 1992 comic book by Enki Bilal. Froid Équateur.
It was the third part of the Nikopol Trilogy, a sci-fi graphic novel series which was made into a movie and a video game.
lepe Rubingh the brains behind chessboxing
Inventor of Chess Boxing
Dutch performance artist lepe Rubingh
Chess Boxing
a cerebral sport that packs a punch
The Guardian explains Chess Boxing Chess Boxing. As they explain "Chess boxing is a unique clash of brains and brawn - a boxing match interspersed with bouts of speed chess. Benji Lanyado finds out if the sport is more than just a weird joke"
Aggressive Chess
Chess Boxing Stuff on Amazon
Chess Boxing vids
Check it out for real
Chess boxing Blog Posts
- Who's the next Great heavyweight
- As for Thompson, he was boxer who found himself playing the aggressor. By the third round, it became of game of chess as both fighters stayed on the outside and both fighters seem contented to throw jabs and mostly boring the crowd as they looked for ...
- Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley: 3 Reasons This Fight Will Be Unforgettable
- This isn't a chess match; it's a match that will strike and ignite MGM Grand when the first round bell knells. Perhaps Bradley should get "M2" tattooed across his chest, because he leaves a path of destruction akin to the military vehicle of the same ...
- Before And After The Grass Arena: John Healy Interviewed
- Austin Collings chats with author, chess master, ex-prisoner and former boxing champion John Healy, the subject of new documentary Barbaric Genius, which opens this weekend. Chess photograph by Glyn Roberts In Martin Amis' cleverly written memoir, ...
- 18TH NATIONAL SPORTS FESTIVAL: Ogun 'All-Comers Trial' gets June 1 date
- ... WaterMann College, Abeokuta while the athletes will compete in 33 different sports which include Basketball, Handball, Volleyball, Abula, Football male and Female, Badminton, Judo, Squash, Weightlifting, Chess, Boxing, Cycling, Cricket and Boxing.
Chess Boxing news
- Ready? Set! Paintball!!
- Take 'Chess Boxing' for instance, where the rules of both chess and boxing come together to create a fun game. In fact this would make for an interesting story for your unborn children on how you lost all your teeth, eh? Gone are the days when sports ...
- 18TH NATIONAL SPORTS FESTIVAL: Ogun 'All-Comers Trial' gets June 1 date
- ... Abeokuta Sports Club and Day WaterMann College, Abeokuta while the athletes will compete in 33 different sports which include Basketball, Handball, Volleyball, Abula, Football male and Female, Badminton, Judo, Squash, Weightlifting, Chess, Boxing, ...
- May 26-June 1: Including Hounds and Bikie Wars
- there's also a chess-boxing match, naked tenpin bowling, and staying in a prison that was once home to the Baader-Meinhof gang. In Italy, he sees calico storico, an all-out game of rugby, football and wrestling. In France, there's show-jumping without ...
- MMA and motocross matched up in Montana promotion (VIDEO)
- raVen 1 day 7 hours ago idk if chess boxing is dumb. it's interesting to see the effects of a few punches. check out extreme arm wrestling. tie the two guys hands together and then they are allowed to punch and kick until one of them puts the others ...
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Chess Boxing Links
- Chess Boxing .com
- The thinking man's contact sport
- Chess boxing hits the big time
- The chess-boxing combo traces its roots back to a 1992 comic book, titled The Nikopol Trilogy, in which the men of the future box on a chessboard floor.
- Chess boxing in Germany
- Rocky with Rooks
- Nancy Kress posts on Chess boxing
- The "athletes" alternate three minutes of boxing with four minutes of "blitz" (speed chess also known as "skittles") until someone either is knocked out or gets a checkmate.
- Chess Boxing
- An article from Chess.com
- London Chess Boxing
- Offical London Chess Boxing Association
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GeoDitton
Nov 6, 2010 @ 6:19 pm | delete
- I just love the idea of this hybrid sport. Don't think it's one I should compete in though, my chess normally ends in stalemate.
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Tim
Oct 10, 2010 @ 10:27 am | delete
- Watch it LIVE! International Chessboxing show in London on Saturday 16th October in central London (Tufnell Park). Full details and tickets from http://www.londonchessboxing.com
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