Skybird
11-04-07, 12:57 PM
In Berlin, the first world championship in chess boxing ended this weekend. In an American-German duel, the final saw the German policeman Frank "Anti Terror" Stoldt winning the title after 29 moves against David "Double Dee" Depto.
http://site.wcbo.org/content/e7/index_en.html
http://site.wcbo.org/content/index_en.html
What it is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_boxing
A match between two opponents consists of up to eleven alternating rounds of boxing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing) and chess (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess) sessions, starting with a four-minute chess round followed by two minutes of boxing and so on. Between rounds there is a 1 minute pause, during which competitors change their gear. The form of chess played is "speed chess (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_chess)" in which each competitor has a total of twelve minutes for the whole game. Competitors may win by knockout (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knockout), checkmate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkmate), a judge's decision or if their opponent's twelve minutes of chess time elapses. If a contestant doesn't make a move in the chessround, he will be issued a warning by the referee. At the second warning the contestant will be disqualified. (...) The sport is governed by the World Chess Boxing Organisation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Boxing_Organisation) (WCBO), whose motto is "Fighting is done in the ring and wars are waged on the board."
Reminds me of Biathlon.
http://site.wcbo.org/content/e7/index_en.html
http://site.wcbo.org/content/index_en.html
What it is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_boxing
A match between two opponents consists of up to eleven alternating rounds of boxing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing) and chess (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess) sessions, starting with a four-minute chess round followed by two minutes of boxing and so on. Between rounds there is a 1 minute pause, during which competitors change their gear. The form of chess played is "speed chess (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_chess)" in which each competitor has a total of twelve minutes for the whole game. Competitors may win by knockout (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knockout), checkmate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkmate), a judge's decision or if their opponent's twelve minutes of chess time elapses. If a contestant doesn't make a move in the chessround, he will be issued a warning by the referee. At the second warning the contestant will be disqualified. (...) The sport is governed by the World Chess Boxing Organisation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Boxing_Organisation) (WCBO), whose motto is "Fighting is done in the ring and wars are waged on the board."
Reminds me of Biathlon.