Weird Sports

Fun Facts about Chess Boxing Did you know that Chess Boxing fights have been taking place since 2003? The form of chess played is speed chess in which each player has a total of 12 minutes for the whole game.  The World Chess Boxing Organisation keeps control of the sport.  In July of 2008 in Berlin a 19 year old Russian mathematics student Nikolai Sazhin won the title of ‘World Championship’ in chess boxing.  According to many individuals who have participated in  Chess Boxing, the popularity of Chess is seen as being key to Chess Boxing’s potential success.  Around 500 million people worldwide know of this sport and its rules.  Here are a few words by the founder of the sport that is known today as Chess Boxing... “Chess boxing has something very unique that’s not represented in any other sport” Says the founder of the weird sport Rubingh. “You need mental and physical strength in one discipline”.  Rubingh furth...

Famous Chess Boxers Nikolay Sazhin was a former Russian world champion of chess boxing. His elo rating is 1911, and he has won many titles such as the international chess boxing in 2011, 2012 and the chess boxing tournament in Berlin in 2008 all in which he was victorious and won. Tim Woolgar is a British chess boxer and event organiser who established Great Britain chess boxing organisation and the London chess boxing club, the first United Kingdom chess boxing institution. Growing up he participated both in chess and boxing separately, hearing that the two contrasting sports can be combined to one sport he was intrigued and took part in it.  Tihomir Dovramadjiev is a Bulgarian chess master and boxer. He won the first European chess boxing championship in October of 2005. He continued to win titles such as the Bulgarian national chess championship and he has played in international chess tournaments. His elo rating was 2356.   This extremely weird sp...

CHESS BOXING  WHAT IS THIS WEIRD SPORT? : Chess Boxing is the ultimate game where intelligence, patience and muscle are all tested where players quickly switch between a boxing ring and a chessboard. For the final victory one player must either checkmate their opposition in chess or complete a knockout in the boxing ring.  ORIGINS OF THIS WEIRD SPORT : This game has spiritual roots in a scientific fictional graphic novel from 1992 called Froid Equateur, but it was made a reality by Dutch artist Iepe Rubinghin 2003. The graphic novel portrayed a chess boxing world championship, where in which the opponents would participate in an entire boxing match before going up against each other in chess. For a more practical approach, Rubingh developed the game for it to be played within alternating rounds with a set of rules and regulations. This game was later introduced to London by Tom Woolgar who was a part of a match in Germany.  Since then Chess Boxin...