Chessboxing
Brains Meets Brawn
Inspired by the comic book by Dutch artists Iepe Rubingh (aka "the Joker"), this new sport is making a splash in Cologne, Germany. Competitors face each other in 11 alternating rounds, 6 chess, 5 boxing. The match starts with a four minute round of chess, then the gloves go on for a two minute round of boxing, and so on.
You can win by way of old fashioned KO, checkmate, referee's decision, or if your opponent exceeds the allotted total of twelve minutes for an entire match on the chessboard (or a "nerdout" as I like to call it).
The European chessboxing champion is Frank Stoldt, a 36-year-old riot cop and former kickboxer from Berlin. Chessboxing is slated to make its American debut in either LA or NY in early 2007.
posted by Logan @ 6:07 PM
2 Comments:
This is the dumbest thing I have ever heard of. I like the boxing part, but chess? It's like combining Football and house painting!
Yeah, but wouldn't it have been cool if Vitali could've taken out Lenox Lewis in a round of chess before being disqualified for that gash over his eye? OK, maybe not, but it's a freakshow and I'm sure you'll watch if they put it on TV over here. It'll be on ESPN 8 "The Ocho."
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