Chess Boxing In Europe
Submitted by on Wed, 10/14/2009 at 3:51pm.
I first saw this sport on the travel channel. They brought a table and chess board into the middle of a boxing ring, and played speed chess on a six minute timer. (each player had six minutes) After that they boxed for three minutes. First round done. Then they do it all over again, and I believe they play like this for up to twelve rounds. Sometimes you get players dripping blood on the chess board as the rounds progress. You win by either knockout or checkmate. Quite the adreline rush they say. This sport is becoming very popular in Europe. I wonder what its like in the states as of this writing.. Anyway, I should like to hear from others who have actually played this way. What did you think about it?