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Did you know anything about Chess Boxing?

Did you know anything about Chess Boxing?

  • May 24, 2019
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Chess Boxing is a mixed game of chess and boxing rounds and the battles of chess boxing started in the year 2003. This game was started by Iepe Rubingh and this game turned out to be a really amazing game. In order to get successful in this game, one must be an amazing chess player as well as boxers. The intense body of an athlete is combined with the sharp mind and the fighter is powered with adrenaline and testosterone in the ring. Just after the 3 minutes, the battleground is changed by the player and contender has got only a few seconds to limit, battling sense and get moved in the quiet rationale psyche. It is necessary for the chess boxers to have a clever mind to tackle the various issues.

History of Chess Boxing

There are many people who might know about the history of chess, but they dont know anything about chess boxing which is also an amazing game. It was introduced by  Dutch performance artist Iepe Rubingh in the year 2003.

In the year 2003, the chess boxing game was held in Berlin after which this game got huge fame. The world championship was held in Amsterdam, where Jean Louis Veenstra and Iepe Rubingh confronted themselves in the ring.  Rubingh was able to win the fight in the 11th round and thats the reason he became the 1st champion who won world chess boxing championship.

In the year 2004, Chess boxing club was formed and this was only the first of its kind. In the year 2006, around 400 people gathered in Gloria Theatre to see a chess boxing match between Zoran Mijatovic and Frank Stoldt who was really controlled in boxing and chess board rounds. In the year 2008, the first Chess boxing club in the UK was formed by Tim Woolgar.

Structure of Chess Boxing game  

You must be interested to know more about the chess boxing game. The participants who are interested to play the game should be best in both of the sports.  There are eleven rounds in which 6 rounds are of chess while five rounds will be about boxing and there will be one minute of a break for every round. The session is started with the chess play and it is also finished with chess. The game of chess can last up to 3-4 minutes and the fight cannot last more than 3 minutes. The participant can win in boxing round by thumping the opponent.

The participant can also win with checkmate if the opponent has no time to play the game. The headphones are worn by the participant to block out. The structure is quite simple it can be understood easily with these points.  There is nothing complex about the game, but playing this game cant be easy for anyone because it involves both boxing and chess games. The person who is amazing at chess might not have a strong physical body and thus he cant play the game, but if someone is good at boxing and chess both, then he can definitely play this fantastic game of chess boxing.

Major Rules of Chess boxing

It might be possible that you have heard of this game for the first time and it has a number of rules which can make the game more interesting than ever. The wizard chess game has some basic rules which need to be followed by the game participants. It is necessary for every game player to play the game with full honesty. Almost every player should look forward to the given rules which are as below:

The match is going to start with the chess game and it will last for only three minutes. Every chess boxer will get nine minutes in this chess game and a total of 18 minutes should be given. The game contains five boxing rounds, which are three minutes each. The fighters in the Ganem can win the game in the ring by knocking out the other player.Checkmate in chess is the way to win or by the choice of the judge. The rules are made in such a way that the competitors should have expertise in both the games and only then they will be able to win this game. The people who have never played Chess boxing might think of it as a strange game, but now there are many countries which love this game and fans love to watch the game. Both boxing  lovers and chess lovers come together to watch the championships.

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