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	Chess boxing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chess boxing is a hybrid sport which combines the sports of chess and boxing.
		The concept was envisioned in 1992 by cartoonist Enki Bilal, and a match of chess boxing was a major plot point of his graphic novel Froid-Équateur.
		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." The first world championship was held in Amsterdam in 2003 and was won by Iepe Rubingh himself.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chess_boxing (429 words)

	ESPN.com - E-Ticket: By Hook Or By Rook
		It is chess and it is boxing, and doubt has begun to fade into curiosity.
		After another round of chess, during which Dittrich stalls for time with his queen in danger, he pounds Mielke with an energetic flurry of punches, realizing that he hasn't much chance left in the chess portion of the match.
		One must summon a lot of heart to box; the chess portion of the match gave Mijatovic an easy out, while bilking the paying crowd of a few more rounds of what was a pretty good go at chessboxing.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/eticket/story?page=chessboxing (3052 words)

	Wanna piece of this? \| Special reports \| Guardian Unlimited Sport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Chess boxing is precisely that - a sport that combines chess and boxing.
		Bilal stated that chess boxing in the future would be like this - a 12-round heavyweight boxing fight and then a game of chess, which can last up to five hours.
		I certainly underestimate Frank's chess, and that may have angered him, because within about three seconds of the start of the first boxing round he has landed a humdinger of a punch - I don't see whether it is a left or a right - on my nose.
	sport.guardian.co.uk /chess/story/0,15873,1637295,00.html (1858 words)

	Lennox Lewis - The Master of Chess Boxing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Those of us in the chess world know that having a clear strategy is a vital part of the evolution of a competitive match.
		In both chess and boxing, there are tactics, combinations, long-range planning, an endurance element, and of course knockouts.
		Boxing entails devising a long-term strategy and then employing tactics such as hitting the opponent with numbing body shots and lightening-quick combinations.
	www.thechessdrum.net /newsbriefs/2001/NB_Lewis.html (274 words)

	Radio Netherlands Worldwide - Independent thinking, independent voice - English - Fisticuffs and flanking manouevres
		The brainchild of a Dutch conceptual artist, chess boxing combines the physical punishment of pugilism with the mental exertion of chess, in quick succession.
		However, it emerged during the discussion that chess boxing has the support of both chess and boxing associations in the Netherlands, and that the first Chess Boxing World Championship, held in November in Amsterdam, captivated the crowd for the duration of the contest.
		The rules are a simple mixture of both sports; opponents play six rounds of chess and box five rounds in the ring, alternating between the two with a minute's respite in between rounds.
	www.radionetherlands.nl /features/amsterdamforum/031205box.html (765 words)

	The Chess House - News
		The hunter theme chess set is whitetail deer hunters VS elk hunters, the pawns for white, are white tail deer, the white king is dressed in hunter orange with fl fading spots on his coat and pants.
		Chess boxing gyms can be found springing up all over the world, for the express purpose of training people in the worlds number one thinking sport, chess, and the worlds number one fighting sport, boxing!
		Chess Boxers from the USA are in demand right now, right now WCBO is recruiting chess boxers in the US for the express purpose of holding a chess boxing match in Los Angeles, there are very few limitations on this invitation, you have to be under age 35 with an estimated ELO of 1800.
	www.chesshouse.com /news (2165 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Chess boxing is one of the newest and most unlikely hybrid sports, designed to test both brain and brawn.
		Chess boxing was the brain-child of Iepe Rubingh, a 31-year-old Dutch artist who lives in Berlin and got the idea for combining chess and boxing from a comic book.
		Bullet chess is even more hectic than blitz chess: players have only 3 minutes per match to move their pieces.
	www.arabtimesonline.com /arabtimes/sports/view.asp?msgID=5438 (627 words)

	Sports Factor - 25 November 2005 - Chess Boxing
		The idea of chess boxing sprouted from the pages of a futuristic sci fi cartoon, set in the 22nd century, but it found material form when the Dutch performance artist, Iepe Rubingh, organised a competition.
		The difficulty is the alternating thing, so you don't do something like first the chess and then the boxing, so you have one chess round, then the boxing round, and then the chess round.
		We start with the chess rounds, to qualify for a championship fight; you also have to prove that you can play chess, so it's now allowed to have something like a gold medallist in boxing who doesn't know anyhow how to play chess.
	www.abc.net.au /rn/sportsfactor/stories/2005/1516000.htm (3087 words)

	About chessboxing... - Le chess boxing
		The form of chess played is a "blitz game", in which competitors have a total of twelve minutes.
		The concept was envisioned in 1992 by the French film director and cartoonist Enki Bilal, and a match of chess boxing was a major plot point of his graphic novel Froid Equateur.
		The sport is governed by the World Chess Boxing Organization (WCBO), whose motto is "Fighting is done in the ring and wars are waged on the board".
	chessboxing.canalblog.com /archives/about_chessboxing___/index.html (216 words)

	The Epoch Times \| Chess Boxing Tests Brain and Brawn in Berlin
		Instead, it was the stocky fighter's mastery of knights and bishops that proved decisive in his successful bid to become the first European chess boxing champion on Saturday night in a dimly-lit warehouse in east Berlin.
		Although a chess boxing contest can end with a knockout, checkmate, or judges' decision, the final on Saturday ended in the seventh round when Titschko's opponent, Andreas Schneider of Germany, conceded defeat.
		Chess boxing was the brainchild of Iepe Rubingh, a 31-year-old Dutch artist who lives in Berlin and got the idea for combining chess and boxing from a comic book.
	www.theepochtimes.com /news/5-10-6/32975.html (750 words)

	ChessBase.com - Chess News - Chess boxing: Kramnik vs Klitschko?
		Competitors go toe to toe across the chessboard and in the boxing ring in a combined event which tests mental and physical capabilities to the limit.
		Opponents begin with four minutes of chess then two minutes of boxing — the cycle continues for six rounds of chess and five of boxing, unless of course there's a knockout or a checkmate in the meantime.
		Stareoff at the start of the classical chess boxing championship between Ukraine heavyweight champion Vitaly Klitschko and Vladimir Kramnik.
	www.chessbase.com /newsdetail.asp?newsid=1340 (407 words)

	34 Year Old Chess Company Explodes on July 4th, 2006
		Chess House is once again stocking and launching hundreds of carefully selected chess sets sourced from reliable worldwide sources, a large number from India, the heartbeat of chess set designs.
		As chess continues it’s way up the sports columns, especially with the latest radical variation, "chess boxing", the age, gender, and interest boundaries are shattered with a resulting influx in chess exposure.
		Thousands of chess players enjoy their relationship with The Chess House, turning to the family style catalog business that was turned loose in the internet in 1996.
	www.prweb.com /releases/2006/7/prweb407483.htm (489 words)

	ChessBase.com - Chess News - You thought we were making it up?
		Iepe the Joker won in the 11th and last round of the match, which is a chess round (the match starts with four minutes of chess, followed by two minutes of boxing, then chess again, and boxing, etc; max 6 rounds chess, 5 rounds boxing).
		People knew Luis could win his chess game with a few more moves, but he didn't make it (chess commentators informed the audience about the game, the moves, right ones, bad ones, whose position was better etc., the audience could see the time of a big screen as well as the digital chessboard).
		The crowd was diverse: people from both chess and boxing world were present (officials, players, chess- and boxlovers), as well as young and nightlife people and people from the artworld.
	www.chessbase.com /newsdetail.asp?newsid=1348 (870 words)

	Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2002
		Of course, not all of Lewis’ team thinks chess is a smart move in the seedy world of boxing, which almost seems to be as seedy as the world of chess – though thankfully for the chess world we don’t have anyone with a Don King haircut.
		In both chess and boxing, there are tactics, combinations, long-range planning, an endurance element, and of course knockouts –; and not to mention rival world championship titles.
		Klitschko claims to be the better chess player of the two; and even had one of his biggest fans, Garry Kasparov, at the ringside recently when he won the WBO Heavyweight Title in Atlantic City.
	www.chesscenter.com /twic/event/dort02/r13.html (1123 words)

	Chessboxing
		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 the AIBA rules apply with the following extensions and modifications: In a contest there shall be 11 rounds, 6 rounds of chess, 5 rounds of boxing.
		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).
	site.wcbo.org /content/e14/index_en.html (212 words)

	Sports News - Chess
		Chess could not have produced a bigger farce than what happened at the World Championship Unification match...
		Chess, game of skill between two people that is played using specially designed pieces on a square board comprised of 64 alternating light and dark squares in eight rows of eight squares each.
		The vertical columns on the board that extend from one player to the other are called files, and the horizontal rows are called ranks.
	cgi.wn.com /?t=chess/index.txt (892 words)

	Collier: Hybrid games get crossovers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Tyson, not many people know, was among those poring over the theoretical blueprints of chess boxing some 10 years ago, but, when a prototype match was staged in Las Vegas, he bit the head off the queen and swallowed half the pawns whole.
		The idea for chess boxing is sometimes traced to the 1991 Finnish film Uuno Turhapuro herra Helsingin herra (literally, "Rocky IV"), in which a man plays blindfolded chess using a hands-free telephone headset while boxing another person.
		Unlike in chess boxing, two games of Clue are always in progress, one in the offensive and one in the defensive zone, with players who've been scratched sitting around cheap card tables in Armani suits.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/06112/684267-150.stm (617 words)

	The Chess House - News: Chess Boxing Rules
		The chess board is placed on a portable table directly in the center of the boxing ring, when the first chess match is over, the table is quickly carried out of the ring and the boxing match begins.
		The chess board is quickly removed and is followed up by a two-minute round of boxing.
		That's the basics of chess boxing, this is still a new sport but it is recieving more and more recognition, you could find yourself watching it on TV soon.
	www.chesshouse.com /news/2006/11/chess-boxing-rules.html (368 words)

	MYSTERY OF CHESS BOXING (DVD)
		lee eagerness to study attracts the attention of the master of chess boxing jack long who is the ghost face killers arch enemy.
		together master and student devise a wicked cross fertilization of the chess boxing and five element fist styles and set out to put an end to the ghost faces deadly reign.
		chess boxing found even more fame when the hip hop band wu tang clan adapted the film for their music.
	www.kungfumovies.net /8620.html (154 words)

	Chess Boxing
		Chess Boxing seems to be getting a lot of attention lately.
		The basic premise of this sport is that you play chess for four minutes, and then you box for two minutes.
		The concept was invented in 1992 by cartoonist Enki Bilal, and a match of chess boxing was a major plot point of his graphic novel Froid-Équateur.
	www.museumofhoaxes.com /hoax/weblog/comments/chess_boxing/hoax.ico (807 words)

	The Chess Mind Chess Boxing; The Absurdity Continues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This is a blog for chess fans by a chess fan, one who loves the beauty of the game and wants to share it with those who are like-minded.
		Yet the chess mind is not only a chess mind, and other topics, such as philosophy, may appear from time to time.
		A lot of chess players I know seem to be into martial arts as well; I wonder what the connection is. Interestingly, most of them seem to disdain boxing.
	chessmind.powerblogs.com /posts/1128245743.shtml (253 words)

	The Sydney Morning Herald Blogs: Inkslinger / Chess Boxing Archives
		The World Chess Boxing Organisation (WCBO) goes by the motto, "Fighting is done in the ring and wars are waged on the board."
		This site is in German, but there are some pics of Chess Boxing contenders in training.
		Chess boxing is the best thing I have heard of in a long time.
	blogs.smh.com.au /inkslinger/archives/2005/10/chess_boxing.html (258 words)

	collision detection: Left uppercut to black knight
		Boxing and chess have always seemed like polar opposites -- games that sit on each side of the Cartesian mind/body divide.
		In a contest there shall be 11 rounds, 6 rounds of chess, 5 rounds of boxing.
		Though as CNN found when it reported on the event, spectators were amazed that anyone could play this thing at all: "It's hard to imagine coming back from a round of boxing and remembering what you were trying to do on the chess board," said one.
	www.collisiondetection.net /mt/archives/2005/10/boxing_and_ches.html (576 words)

	Chess Champion Talks Boxing
		Chess Champ tells me that in Chess, “There is the positional play, attacking play, open positions, semi open positions.
		Chess champ tells me that he loves the sport of Chess for complexity and beauty and boxing is no different.
		Boxing is a sport that artistry in the ring is matched by its brutality.
	www.blackathlete.net /artman/publish/article_0466.shtml (932 words)

	Fisticuffs and Flanking Manouevres \| MetaFilter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The contest starts with a round of chess, followed by a boxing round, followed by another round of chess and so on." Radio Netherlands recently did a show about it.
		When I saw the words "Chess Boxing" my first visual picture was that of getting hit in the face by a fist with chess pieces lodged between the fingers (kind of intellectual brass knuckles).
		Furthermore, looking at the rules, a competitor who is good at boxing but not so good at chess can always force at least three rounds of boxing, simply by not moving.
	www.metafilter.com /mefi/30129 (643 words)

	Chess Boxing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This has been all over German TV news this weekend; the first European Chess Boxing Championship took place on October 1st (see German Chessgate for a picture of “Schachboxen”).
		Chess boxing is just what it sounds like.
		Two people get together in a ring, play some chess (two minutes), put on their boxing gloves (one minute), then punch each other in the face (two minutes), then play some more chess...
	blog.outer-court.com /archive/2005-10-03-n77.html (154 words)

	Newsback Chessboxing
		The World Chess Boxing Organization is very proud to present two of its best chessboxers at this moment -- 'Anti Terror' Frank Stoldt and Pawel '....' Dziubiński.
		This unusual sport, in which two competitors face each other in 11 alternating rounds, six of chess, five of boxing, is rapidly gaining popularity.
		A chessboxing bout begins with chess, which is played on a board placed directly in the...
	www.chessboxing.com (926 words)

	Introducing the world's most unlikely sport: chessboxing \| Breaking news \| Guardian Unlimited Sport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Chess players are the gangly, slightly fey, sunken-eyed boys who spent lunchtimes honing their queen's gambit while their classmates kicked each other around the playground.
		Contests are won by checkmate, knock-out, retirement, exceeding the time limit at the board or a refereeing decision.
		I knew my best chance was in the boxing, but his routine in the chess was just too good.
	sport.guardian.co.uk /news/story/0,10488,1600441,00.html (795 words)

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