The mind and the body

[Skybird]

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 and 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" in which each competitor has a total of twelve minutes for the whole game. Competitors may win by knockout, 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 (WCBO), whose motto is "Fighting is done in the ring and wars are waged on the board."

Reminds me of Biathlon.

[Chock]

They should combine more sports in a bizarre fashion like this, and put them in the Olympics, I might even bother watching it then.

I suggest skydiving and fencing at the same time, synchronised swimming and pistol shooting at the same time, and the marathon with a triple jump at the halfway point.

Chock

[TteFAboB]

The more you play this, the worse you chess and the better you box.