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ESPN also did a feature on it. All the links are in the IAGO abstractgamers thread here: http://abstractgamers.org/forums/comments.php?DiscussionID=257 This is also along with debate on the subject. As of now, I don't see chessboxing as part of the IAGO World Tour, but I do have interest in getting involved with the WCBO.
Chessboxing Hits It Big http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1821639,00.html?cnn=yes [Apparently, this forum chokes-up on links whenever it hits a comma.]
World Chessboxing Organization http://site.wcbo.org/content/index_en.html
Chessboxing The basic idea in chessboxing is to combine the #1 thinking sport and the #1 fighting sport into a hybrid that demands the most of its competitors – both mentally and physically. This is becoming a very popular chess variant aroud the world, but I must admit it is a rare variant. In a chessboxing fight two opponents play alternating rounds of chess and boxing. The contest starts with a round of chess, followed by a boxing round, followed by another round of chess and so on. A contest consists of 11 rounds, 6 rounds of chess, 5 rounds of boxing. A round of chess takes 4 minutes. Each competitor has 12 minutes on the chess timer. A round of boxing takes 3 minutes. Between the rounds there is a 1 minute pause, during which competitors change their gear. 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). If the chess game ends in a stalement, the opponent with the higher score in boxing wins. If there is an equal score, the opponent with the black pieces wins. There are some iconic chessboxers in conventional chess world, and perhaps a very good example is the multi-millionary businessman and politic Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, best known as FIDE president and president of the republic of kalmykia, in the Russian Federation.
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