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Chess Boxing. The best combination of physical and mental skill. Introduction/Rules.
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Chess Boxing The best combination of physical and mental skill
Introduction/Rules • My sport is called Chess Boxing. In a match, there are alternating rounds of Chess and Boxing alternating until the end. There is a one-minute break between rounds. The kind of chess the competitors play is called speed chess. Which means that they have 12 minutes for the whole match in the chess part. Competitors may win by knockout or checkmate by the judges decision. Some other ways they can win are if there opponent twelve minutes of chess time is over. Or if the competitor fails to make a move.
Video of Chess Boxing • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43Wcbd0dJpQ • Hope you enjoy! P.s its a world championship match
History • Chess Boxing was envisioned in 1992 by cartoonist Enki Bilal and he included it in his graphic novel. But, A man named Lepe Rubingh brought it to life, fighting himself under the name Lepe the Joker. He came up with idea to have alternating rounds.
Why do people play it? • People play chess boxing because of its unique way of showing how strategic and physical you are.
Bibliography • http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&safe=active&tbo=1&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=lepe+the+Joker+chess+boxing&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai= • http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&safe=active&tbo=1&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=chess+Boxing&aq=f&aqi=g1&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=