Chess Boxing

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Submitted by Jeff18 on Sat, 08/25/2007 at 9:55am.

Have you heard about chess boxing?

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by millerthesmurf - 5 months ago
cornwall England

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sounds like fun

by Redwall - 8 months ago
Uppsala Sweden

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ever read Enki Bilal Froid Équateur? they play Chess boxing in it. Thow the main character cheats and kills his opponent...

by Sprite - 9 months ago
Washington, D.C. area United States

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People fantasize about having Lennox Lewis chessbox...

google chessboxing and go to their website...it's pretty interesting stuff

To answer your question, Quixotical, they take them off.

by royoto - 10 months ago
San Diego,CA American Samoa

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so dose anyone want to play me

by Puc_7 - 10 months ago
Sydney, Australia Australia

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great idea. Has their been any rounds or is this just a dream sport of yours Jeff. Would love to see more blogs if you have any more insight and further stories.

Puc_7.

by AlecKeen - 11 months ago
Chester, England Ireland

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Does weight come into the equation anywhere? Fly, Bantam, Feather and so on? Or is it catchweight, with Lennox Lewis playing Woody Allen? I'm Light-heavy, but could fitten up to make Middleweight.

I like the idea. Two honest sports. In both of them you can run but you can't hide.

by Jeff18 - 12 months ago
Ontario, Canada Canada

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The basic idea in chess boxing is to combine the #1 thinking sport and the #1 fighting sport into a hybrid that demands the most of its competitors – both mentally and physically.

In a chessboxing fight two opponents play alternating rounds of chess and boxing. The contest starts with a round of chess, followed by a boxing round, followed by another round of chess and so on. In every round of chess the FIDE rules for a "Blitz game" apply, in every boxing round amateur boxing rules apply with the following extensions and modifications: In a contest there shall be 11 rounds, 6 rounds of chess, 5 rounds of boxing. A round of chess takes 4 minutes. Each competitor has 12 minutes on the chess timer. As soon as the time runs out the game is over.

A round of boxing takes 2 minutes. Between rounds there is a 1 minute pause, during which competitors change their gear. The contest is decided by: checkmate (chess round), exceeding the time limit (chess round), retirement of an opponent (chess or boxing round), KO (boxing round), or referee decision (boxing round). If the chess game ends in a stalement, the opponent with the higher score in boxing wins. If there is an equal score, the opponent with the black pieces wins.

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