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 ====== Chess Boxing ====== ====== Chess Boxing ======
  
 +==== The rules ====
 The goal of chess boxing is to defeat your opponent in alternating rounds of boxing and chess. Matches are won in the chess portion by achieving a checkmate or the boxing portion through either a stoppage or points decision. [([[https://www.rulesofsport.com/sports/chess-boxing.html|Rules of Sport]])] The goal of chess boxing is to defeat your opponent in alternating rounds of boxing and chess. Matches are won in the chess portion by achieving a checkmate or the boxing portion through either a stoppage or points decision. [([[https://www.rulesofsport.com/sports/chess-boxing.html|Rules of Sport]])]
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 +==== Samuel Montagu Club ====
 +The earliest mention of the sport dates back to 1978 when two brothers Stewart and James Robinson dueled in a similar fashion at the Samuel Montagu Club. [([[https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/9933055.chessboxing-the-bizarre-craze-that-started-in-a-kidbrooke-youth-club/|News Hopper]])]
 +
 +==== Enki Bilal ====
 +It is officially accepted that chess boxing was invented in 1992 by French comic book artist Enki Bilal. [([[https://www.wired.com/2013/03/laurra-pannack-chess-boxers/|Wired]])]
 +
 +==== Iepe Rubingh ====
 +In 2003, the first World Championships were held, won by Dutchman Iepe Rubingh. Most events are held in London and Berlin. [([[https://www.ctvnews.ca/chess-boxing-a-new-sport-requiring-brains-and-brawn-1.309030|CTV News]])]
 +
 +==== 11 rounds ====
 +Each fight lasts a total of 11 rounds. It begins with a chess duel lasting 4 minutes, followed by a fistfight lasting 3 minutes after a minute break. [([[https://chessassist.com/2020/07/08/chess-boxing/|Chess Assist]])]
 +
 +==== Da Mystery of Chessboxin ====
 +Famous hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan recorded a song called "Da Mystery of Chessboxin". [([[https://genius.com/Wu-tang-clan-da-mystery-of-chessboxin-lyrics|Genius]])]
 +
 +{{tag>sport}}
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