Chess boxing: Kramnik vs Klitschko?
02.12.2003
– Is chess too boring for you? Those crafty Dutchies have found a way to finally resolve the impasse in the chess world. Put the players in a boxing ring, let them play for four minutes and then duke 'em up for a round with the gloves. Hmmm, Vladimir Kramnik loses badly to Vitaly Klitchko in the FIDE classical world chess boxing championship final? We are not joking.
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Nigel Davies:
A busy person’s opening system
Players with interests and commitments away from the chess board often find it difficult to compete against those with more study time. Their opponents come to the board armed with the latest theory and can bash out moves well into the middle game. On this DVD Nigel Davies addresses this issue by demonstrating a simple and easy to learn opening system designed for the busy person.
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 The
World Chess Boxing Championship
The basic idea in chessboxing is to combine the no.1 thinking sport and the
no.1 fighting sport into a hybrid that demands the most of its competitors
– both mentally and physically, yet which can be performed by easiest
means. In a chessboxing fight two opponents play alternating rounds of chess
and boxing. The fight goes over a maximum of 11 rounds, 6 rounds of chess and
5 rounds of boxing. The fight is either decided by checkmate or ko. For a detailed
description please look at the chessboxing
rules (1 MB PDF file). The patronage of this new sport has been taken under
it´s wing by the World Chess Boxing Organisation (WCBO). It propagates
the spreading of chessboxing to all 5 continents. Further planed stations in
2004 are Berlin and Moscow. The motto of WCBO: 'Fighting is done in the ring
and wars are waged on the board'. Here are some pictures
of a chessboxing bout.
From the Radio Netherlands web site
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.
A World Chess Boxing Organisation has been set up and the first "world
championships" have just been held in Amsterdam. The backers of the new
sport, the brainchild of a Dutch artist, say they hope it will become an Olympic
event by the year 2016. They say it's the ultimate mental and physical challenge
to find an all-round champion.
Will the concept take off? Have your say in this week's Amsterdam
Forum.
Top Chess Boxing events we look forward to seeing
Stareoff at the start of the classical chess boxing championship between Ukraine
heavyweight champion Vitaly Klitschko and Vladimir Kramnik.
Garry Kasparov after his hard-fought victory over Vladimir Klitschko at the Atlantic
City rapid chess boxing finals.
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