Meet the New Chess Boxing Champion of the World

Attila Dimedici writes "A Russian man has just been crowned world champion in the sport of chess boxing. Apparently the idea originated in a French comic strip from the early '90s. In 2003 a Dutch artist decided to bring the 'sport' to life. The 'sport' is played by starting a chess match in the middle of a boxing ring. After four minutes, the chess board is cleared and the opponents box for three minutes. A match consists of six rounds of chess and five rounds of boxing. A match is decided by knockout, checkmate, or points."

That is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard

[oodaloop]

and I can't wait to watch it.

new sport..

[Rixel]

Hmmm....

I have come up with a new sport come April

Tax-Sex

You sit in the middle of the Kitchen and agonize over deductions for 10 minutes, then do it doggy style on them thar reciepts.

Why is this not on TV?

[damburger]

I have seen the future of sports and it says 'I took a lot of body-blows in the fourth round and that affected my concentration. That's why I made a big mistake in the fifth round: I did not see him coming for my king,'

Re:Why is this not on TV?

[Chrisq]

He was warned for hitting bellow the belt in the fourth round, after which I was forced to sacrifice my bishop.

Afterwards in a rare exhibition match.....

[multipass666]

He goes head-to-head against the world champion of Kung-fu Go.

Codeboxing

[techsoldaten]

Yeah, we have something like that at my company called codeboxing.

Developers receive documentation and go off to work on something. The moment they run into an ambiguous or poorly defined requirement, they jump into the ring with the person who wrote it for up to 6 rounds of boxing. Between rounds, they refine the language of the requirement. The match is decided by a panel of managers, agreement between the two parties, or knock out.

M

Re:Codeboxing

[Hanners1979]

At last it comes out - The real reason for all those delays to Windows Vista.

Re:new sport..

[antifoidulus]

Just one question: Where in the hell are you finding hot, horny accountants?

Certainly not at the H&R Block....

Re:Afterwards in a rare exhibition match.....

[Digestromath]

Quite frankly I'm waiting for Mixed Martial Arts Scrabble.

Post Fight Interview :

"Yeah I came out throwing hard. I was pretty much gassed with only a minute left in the round. He got me in that guillotine choke and I only barely got out. But then at the start of the next round, I hit him with a "QUOITED" on a triple word score, pretty much sealed the deal, I really want to win with a knock out, but I'll take the win on points."

Re:new sport..

[Joebert]

Where's the new part ?

I've been getting fucked on my taxes for years.

Re:new sport..

[mattbee]

God that's sad - your post just reminded me to pay a late credit card bill, and now my finances are square for the month! Now where are the nipple-clamps?

Re:I'd put money on the boxer any day

[joaommp]

Mike Tyson would bite the other player's pawns heads off.

Re:Why is this not on TV?

[Joebert]

well not sacrifice intentionally, I could have sworn I still had two bishops left. Apparently that uppercut in the 3rd was harder than I thought.

Re:That is the most ridiculous thing I've ever hea

[Chrisje]

They can't televise it!

The First Rule of Chess Club is You Do Not Talk about Chess Club!

Re:Afterwards in a rare exhibition match.....

[Thanshin]

I would so play in the "Counter Strike / Kick Boxing" league...

"Pwnwhat? Damn sniper. Come here! I'll tear your head off."

Re:Battle Chess Nostalgia

[iwein]

Well, battle chess was quite boring on the battle side. The outcome was only based on the chess rules. This at least gives you a fair chance. I would hate to sacrifice a pawn to Mike Tyson with battle chess rules.

Prior Art

[belthize]

      Sort of. 20 some odd years ago my room mate considered combining rugby and chess and called it "full contact chess".

      We played beer chess instead. Somebody had a 4'x4' chess board. Pawns were Mickey's, rooks were Fosters, queens were a bottle of wine etc. Every time a chess piece was taken you had to drink it. We rarely lost; against the beer drinker types we just out played them, against the chess player types we'd trade down pieces early and out drink them.

      Simpler times ...

Belthize

Re:new sport..

[greg1104]

This sport, combining complicated tax work with being fucked hard, already exists: they call it "getting an audit".

Re:Afterwards in a rare exhibition match.....

[Viceroy Potatohead]

Kendo-snooker would be pretty good. Full kendo gear, using the shinai as a pool cue, and everybody smoking and drinking scotch. The commercial tie-ins would be invaluable: "You've entered Marlboro prefecture", or "Single malt for the discerning Samurai"

Re:I'd put money on the boxer any day

[Hillgiant]

I, for one, am 100% behind any sport that has anything called a "zugzwang rule".

Re:That is the most ridiculous thing I've ever hea

[Anonymous Coward]

They can't televise it!

The First Rule of Chess Club is You Do Not Talk about Chess Club!

Oddly enough, The First Rule of Date Club is also You Do Not Talk About Chess Club.

I suggest a new strategy:

[siphoncolder]

Let the Wookie win.

Re:I'd put money on the boxer any day

[greyhueofdoubt]

p4wned!

-b

Re:Prior Art

[maciarc]

We played beer chess instead. Somebody had a 4'x4' chess board. Pawns were Mickey's, rooks were Fosters, queens were a bottle of wine etc. Every time a chess piece was taken you had to drink it. We rarely lost; against the beer drinker types we just out played them, against the chess player types we'd trade down pieces early and out drink them.

We played beer chess as well, but with slightly different tactics. We were rarely sober; against the beer drinker types, we'd trade down pieces early so they could out drink us, against the chess player types we just let them out play us.