chess boxing

[jocelyn]

this is awesome:

Dutch artist Iepe created the sport of chess boxing, which began in earnest in Amsterdam in November with several matches of six four-minute chess rounds alternating with five two-minute boxing rounds, with victory coming by knockout, checkmate, or, if the match goes the distance, judges\' scoring of rounds.  Both the Dutch Chess Federation (KNSB) and the Dutch Boxing Federation (NBB) have endorsed the sport, and cards of matches have been scheduled for Berlin and Moscow.

[leith]

That is awesome. I imagine they will bill it as a battle of brains and brawn.

[Wolfman]

I wonder if you can see the level of chess play decline as concussions begin surmounting from the boxing rounds.  Hope they\'re not getting any nice chess sets all bloody.

[FrankZappa]

this is what we should have been doing at butterfield instead of the wrestling competitions

[freddiewaht]

raw im gonna give it to ya,with no trivia
like cocaine straight from bolivia
my hiphop will rock and shock the nation
im the immancipation proclaimation

[bluefunknebula]

haha...t\'was the wu tang clan that started the chess boxing!!!