Chess boxing

Chess boxing, or chessboxing, is a hybrid fighting sport (or a hybrid board sport) that combines two broken-down pastimes: chess, a cerebral board sport, and boxing, a bodily sport. The competitors fight in alternating rounds of chess and boxing. Chessboxing modified into once invented by Dutch efficiency artist Iepe Rubingh.^[1][2] What modified into once in the muse easiest belief to be an art efficiency mercurial modified into exact into a fully developed competitive sport.^[3] Chessboxing is especially celebrated in Germany, the UK, India, and Russia.

History[edit]

Rubingh’s thought to develop a quiet sport fusing the 2 disciplines, chess and boxing, originates from the 1992 funny Froid Équateur—written by French funny book artist Enki Bilal (born Enes Bilalović)—that portrays a chessboxing world championship. In the funny book version, then all once more, the opponents fight a entire boxing match earlier than they face every varied in a sport of chess. Discovering this to be impractical, Rubingh developed the premise extra except it modified into into the competitive sport that chessboxing is at the new time with alternating rounds of chess and boxing and a close space of principles and rules.^[4] An earlier version of mixing chess and boxing modified into once stated to maintain taken space in a boxing membership originate air London in the unhurried Seventies. The Robinson brothers had been in the behavior of playing a spherical of chess against every other after a practising session at their boxing membership. Alternatively, no allege correlation may perhaps well also be made between the Robinson brothers’ chess playing and chessboxing.^[5] The an analogous goes for the Kung-Fu movie Mystery of Chessboxing (1979) as nicely because the Wu-Tang Clan’s tune « Da Mystery of Chessboxin' » (1993).

The early years (2003)[edit]

The first chessboxing competitors took space in Berlin in 2003. That identical one year, the first world championship fight modified into once held in Amsterdam in cooperation with the Dutch Boxing Affiliation as nicely because the Dutch Chess Federation and below the auspices of the World Chess Boxing Organisation (WCBO) that modified into once based mostly in Berlin rapidly earlier than. Dutch middleweight opponents Iepe Rubingh and Jean Louis Veenstra faced every varied in the ring. After his opponent exceeded the chess closing date, Rubingh received the fight in the eleventh spherical occurring in the historic previous books because the first ever World Chess Boxing Champion. The an analogous goes for the Chess Boxing Club Berlin, created in the following one year (2004), that is the first of its form making Berlin the birthplace of chessboxing.^[6]

2005–2008: the first champions[edit]

Two years after the first world championship, the first European Chess Boxing Championship took space in Berlin on October 1, 2005. Current day chessboxing commentator Andreas Dilschneider modified into once defeated by Tihomir Atanassov Dovramadjiev when he resigned in the seventh spherical (chess), crowning the latter the first European Chess Boxing Champion.^[7] In 2006, bigger than 800 spectators stuffed the Gloria Theatre in Cologne for the enviornment championship qualification fight between Zoran Mijatovic and Frank Stoldt. The 37-one year-broken-down Frank Stoldt, broken-down UN-Peacekeeper in Kosovo and Afghanistan, received when his opponent resigned in chess in the seventh spherical. After qualifying himself to fight for the title in 2006, Frank Stoldt went up against the American David Depto in November 2007 in Berlin, to fight for the first world championship title in the light heavyweight division. Greater than 800 tickets had been sold for the event at the Tape Club in Berlin, making it the most attention-grabbing chessboxing title fight to that date. Frank Stoldt defeated Depto in the seventh spherical, and thereby cemented Berlin’s online page because the leading metropolis in the chessboxing world turning into the first German world champion.^[8]

2008–2011: the chessboxing family grows[edit]

Chessboxing first bought credit from the world Chess Federation FIDE, in April 2008; its president, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, took section in a chessboxing demo fight in Elista.^[9] On the an analogous time, the chessboxing neighborhood began to develop globally at an very effective faster rate. In 2008, chessboxing golf equipment had been based mostly in London and Krasnoyarsk. Created in 2009, the Los Angeles Chessboxing Club modified into once the first of its form in the US and modified into once straight away followed by the Current York Chessboxing Club in 2010. The Boxwerk in Munich moreover opened in 2010 and affords chessboxing practising. Moreover to to the WCBO’s in the muse European after which later world championships taking space worldwide, the scene at the London Chessboxing Club grew where chessboxing events prefer space often. In 2011, the first world membership matchup took space with Berlin and London in the ring—London came out the winner with 2:1 received bouts.^[10]

2011–2014: chess boxing turns legit and goes worldwide[edit]

In 2011, the WCBO and with it the world chessboxing neighborhood made the most attention-grabbing bounce ahead in its construction to date with the basis of the Chessboxing Organisation of India and its enlargement in Asia, collectively with moreover Chessboxing China and the Chessboxing Organisation of Iran which maintain been based mostly in 2012. Furthermore, the 0.33 chessboxing organisation in the US, USA Chessboxing, modified into once based mostly in 2011 and the European movement modified into once being bolstered by the basis of the Italian Chessboxing Federation in 2012. What’s more, the professionalisation of chessboxing began to prefer shape in the 2nd decade of the 21st century. Moreover to to the WCBO that modified into a registered association below German law in 2014, the Chess Boxing World Advertising and marketing CBGM GmbH—called Chess Boxing World, CBG—modified into once based mostly, that as of Might perhaps perhaps also 2013, is to blame for organising all of the legit chessboxing fights worldwide and above all, for the organisation of the Chess Boxing World Championships.

The Chess Boxing Organisation India modified into once based mostly in 2011 by kickboxing legit and broken-down Indian kickboxing and karate champion Montu Das. With this, the growth of chessboxing in Asia won momentum with the first Chess Boxing Organisation in Western Asia already being constructed in the following one year by one other skilled legit in the kickboxing world: Fereydoun Pouya started the Chess Boxing Organisation Iran.

On the an analogous time, the technique of turning chessboxing legit reached a milestone: The 2013 World Championship in Moscow modified into once the first chessboxing event organised and marketed by Chess Boxing World. With three world championship fights in one night, bigger than 1200 spectators and a regular of fighting never viewed earlier than, the first CBG event space quiet requirements in the historic previous of chessboxing with Leonid Chernobaev leading the technique. He has been in a role to buy a name for himself with bigger than 15 years of chess playing journey and in the boxing world, as Marco Huck’s and Yoan Pablo Hernández’ sparring accomplice and having fought over 200 newbie bouts. He received the light heavyweight title against Indian fighter Shailesh Tripathi after a technical knockout in the eighth spherical (boxing). Sven Rooch secured his title in the middleweight class division winning against Jonatan Rodriguez Vega after the Spaniard resigned in the seventh spherical (chess) and Russian Nikolay Sazhin received the heavyweight title against Gianluca Sirci by checkmate. Thus, Sazhin (Heavyweight), Chernobaev (Gentle heavyweight) and Rooch (Middleweight) would all chase down in Chess Boxing historic previous because the first Chess Boxing World World Champions. They’re moreover the first legit world champions in chessboxing ever.^[11]

When it comes to its construction exact into a mass sport, there modified into once a lot success in 2013 and early 2014 for the chessboxing world. There had been more competitors in the 2nd and 0.33 Indian Championships in summer 2013 and early 2014 than in any chessboxing events ever earlier than, with bigger than 245 opponents varying in both age and weight class, taking space in Salem and Jodhpur, respectively.^[12] Furthermore, the chessboxing neighborhood in London—below the order of London Chessboxing and the WCBA—has continued to develop frequently since 2011 and by now stages chessboxing events for 800 or more spectators often four–5 times a one year at the Scala, King’s Imperfect.

Leisurely 2014 moreover saw Finnish Chessboxing Club being based mostly in Helsinki by five founding participants. Since 2013, actively increasing Moscow Chess Boxing membership MCBF

2015 to uncover: Chessboxing at the new time[edit]

Chessboxing events in 2015 had been produced by London Chessboxing below the WCBA—two events at Scala, Kings Imperfect in London. The 2nd event in June 2015, The Grandmaster Bash!, saw the British, European and IBF light welterweight world champion Terry Marsh fight and defeat Dymer Agasaryan. Terry Marsh (fifty seven) is the first legit boxer to compete in Chessboxing^[13][14] and has competed in three fights since June 2014 in London and amassed remains unbeaten in his profession. The fight modified into once a few of the crucial compelling to think about because it went the gap, customary time ending in plot. After a deciding spherical of boxing Terry Marsh modified into once awarded victory on facets.

Chessboxing has moreover change into more celebrated among young, wretched females in India where the game has been viewed as an substitute to broken-down roles.^[15]

How a chessboxing fight works[edit]

A chessboxing fight includes eleven rounds, 6 rounds of chess and 5 rounds of boxing. Chess and boxing rounds alternate, beginning and ending with a spherical of chess. Every spherical lasts three minutes, no topic whether or no longer it involves chess or boxing. The total quantity of chess playing time is eighteen minutes, making it 9 minutes for every participant. After every chess spherical, the right setup is digitally recorded after which repositioned earlier than the following chess spherical. The breaks in between the chess and boxing rounds most frequently final 60 seconds. The length of the rounds and overall fight time in newbie chessboxing fights can switch to a few diploma, as in as an illustration adolescence tournaments and exhibition fights.

Choices[edit]

In a chessboxing match, a competitor may perhaps well honest get in regulation time by any of the following:

• Knockout (boxing rounds)
• Technical Knockout (boxing rounds)
• Checkmate (chess rounds)
• Exceeding of the closing date by the opponent (chess rounds)
• Disqualification of his or her opponent by the referee e.g. due to inactiveness due to overextended playing time (chess or boxing rounds following a couple of warnings)
• Opponent resigns (chess or boxing rounds)

In the case that neither of the chessboxers get in regulation time and the chess sport ends in a plot, the fighter who is ahead on boxing facets wins the chessboxing bout. In case the scoreboard is moreover tied, the fighter that broken-down the dim chess pieces will seemingly be named the winner. This has no longer yet came about in practice.

Weight lessons[edit]

For the time being, the following weight lessons practice to legit chessboxing events of Chess Boxing World (as of October 2014):

Males (17 years+)[edit]

• Lightweight: max. 154.324 lbs (70 kg)
• Middleweight: max. 176.37 lbs (Eighty kg)
• Gentle heavyweight: max. 198.416 lbs (ninety kg)
• Heavyweight: 198.416+ lbs (ninety+ kg)^[16]

Ladies folks (17 years+)[edit]

• Lightweight: max. 121.254 lbs (55 kg)
• Middleweight: max. 143.three lbs (Sixty five kg)
• Gentle heavyweight: max. 160 five.347 lbs (75 kg)
• Heavyweight: 160 five.347+ lbs (75+ kg)

For newbie and adolescence chessboxing bouts below the flag of the WCBO weight lessons are graduated in 5-kilo-steps. In exception event hosts can classify into 10-kilo-steps.

Whine requirements and practising[edit]

A chess boxer must maintain important abilities in both chess and boxing in grunt to be licensed to compete in a legit chess boxing fight. The quiet minimal requirements to fight in a Chess Boxing World event consist of an Elo ranking of 1600 and a fable of as a minimal 50 newbie bouts fought in boxing or one other identical martial art. One deciding ingredient in chess boxing is that the opponents must essentially grunt in dart chess; the abilities required by dart chess are varied from these for chess the usage of classical time controls. Alternatively, chess boxing is never any longer easiest the ability to master both sports actions nonetheless above all, being in a role to get up to the fixed switch from a fat contact sport to a thinking sport, spherical after spherical. After three minutes of boxing, pulses are racing, yet the opponents must face every varied at the chessboard barely having taken a ruin, and must then make lightly and think tactically. This switch becomes increasingly more no longer easy for the athletes because the fight goes on and they change into tired.

In grunt to coach these abilities, a specialised chess boxing practising is broken-down, all by which bodily interval practising kinds are blended with blitz or dart chess video games. Thereby the opponents adapt the rhythm of a chessboxing bout. For instance exercises cherish « observe chess » and « stair chess » all by which practising partners will play an 18-minute sport of dart chess over six rounds with intensive working exercises in between, equivalent to 400-meter sprints or stair sprints. Other overall recommendations of practising combine dart chess video games with power exercises equivalent to push-ups. The classic chess boxing practising is box sparring blended with a sport of dart chess.

Champions[edit]

Between 2003–2013, the chessboxing world championships had been organised by the WCBO. As of 2013, they like the compose of legit events below the auspices of Chess Boxing World.

WCBO (2003–2012)[edit]

World champions[edit]

European champions[edit]

• 2005: Tihomir Dovramadjiev  Bulgaria – Gentle heavyweight, in Berlin against Andreas Dilschneider  Germany^[21]
• 2010: Gianluca Sirci  Italy – Heavyweight, in London against Andrew Costello  United Kingdom

CBG (beginning 2013)[edit]

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Fundamental organizations[edit]

World Chess Boxing Organisation[edit]

The World Chess Boxing Organisation e.V. (WCBO) is the leading umbrella organisation for world newbie chessboxing. It’s miles based mostly completely mostly in Berlin, Germany and legally identified as a non-revenue organisation by the German Authorities. Iepe Rubingh based mostly the World Chess Boxing Organisation straight away after the first chessboxing fight in 2003. Its purpose modified into once, and amassed is, to build the WCBO because the worldwide organisation for the game of chessboxing. The WCBO’s purpose is to buy and link all of the active chessboxing golf equipment worldwide below one roof. It modified into once legally recognised as a registered association by Berlin’s district court docket in 2014. The WCBO modified into once the legit organizer of the chessboxing world championships except it recognised Chess Boxing World, based mostly completely totally on its statute, because the exclusive marketing agent for legit chessboxing fights, in 2013. Since then, the WCBO has been focusing on the organisation of the mass sport chessboxing and its extra construction. Chessboxing inventor and WCBO founder Iepe Rubingh, is moreover the quiet chairman. The first honorary member modified into Comic book artist Enki Bilal, whose funny offered the muse in the again of the invention of chessboxing.

WCBO member associations[edit]

• Chess Boxing Club Berlin (CBCB)
• Chess Boxing Organisation of India (CBOI)
• Chess Boxing Organisation of Iran (CBOIR)
• Italian Chess Boxing Federation (FISP)
• China Chessboxing (CBCN)
• USA Chessboxing
• Russian Chess Boxing Organisation
• Mexican Chess Boxing Organisation
• Spain chess boxing

World Chess Boxing Affiliation[edit]

The World Chessboxing Affiliation (WCBA) is a legally identified umbrella organisation for chessboxing. It modified into once based mostly in 2013 and is based mostly completely mostly in London, England. English heavyweight chessboxing champion, Tim Woolgar, is its contemporary president. The World Chessboxing Affiliation originated from the London Chessboxing Club after having separated from the World Chess Boxing Organisation (WCBO). It modified into once based mostly by Tim Woolgar in 2013 in grunt to budge the construction of chessboxing. WBCO champions are moreover managed and recognised by the WCBA.

WCBA participants[edit]

• UK Chessboxing Affiliation
• Russian Chessboxing Organisation
• Italian Chessboxing Federation
• Spanish Chessboxing Affiliation

London Chessboxing[edit]

London Chessboxing is a ticket below which the game of chessboxing has been promoted since 2008^[22] in London, United Kingdom. Though the game has been practiced in London since 1978,^[23][24] the dwelling of Chessboxing in London at the new time is Islington Boxing Club^[25][26] where London Chessboxing host customary practising sessions.

The first ever Chessboxing event hosted in the UK below the emblem modified into once at Bethnal Green Working Males’s membership in Hackney by Tim Woolgar on the fifteenth of August 2008. Other basic venues consist of Chelsea Broken-down Metropolis Hall,^[27][28] The Grange Hotel in St Pauls^[29] and the Royal Albert Hall.^[30][31] For the time being their events are hosted at Scala, King’s Imperfect, London^[32] and York Hall, London.

Chess Boxing World[edit]

Chess Boxing World (CBG) is a marketing agency to blame for legit chessboxing fights and all industrial actions affiliated with the game of chessboxing. It’s miles officially the absolute most life like marketing agency for legit chessboxing recognised by the WCBO and takes on assignments equivalent to organizing world championships for and marketing the profiles of legit athletes. At the moment after being based mostly by Iepe Rubingh in Berlin in 2013, CBG won consideration attributable to Enki Bilal auctioning off one of his artwork in Paris on February 23, 2013. The auctioned painting, that reveals an artistic depiction of a chessboxer, modified into once in a role to generate 174,000 Euro for CBG. The first world championship below the auspices of Chess Boxing World took space in Moskow, Russia in 2013 earlier than 1200 spectators. Educated athletes from all by the enviornment fight every varied below the slogan, “A quest for the neatest and toughest man on the planet.”^[33]

Current champions (as of October 2014)[edit]

Current Indian national champions (as of Might perhaps perhaps also 2017)[edit]

• Bantamweight : S.Navenkumar  India
• Middleweight : V.Sathish  India

Documentary[edit]

A necessary feature-size documentary about chess-boxing entitled Chess-boxing: The King’s Discipline follows the construction of the game over a span of three years. Because the promoters in: Berlin, London and Los Angeles every strive to bring their differing visions for the game to a mainstream viewers. The movie involves varied experiences of the game, set forth by participants of the chess and boxing communities; while looking out for to designate the affect of a means sport equivalent to this – one combining two distinctly contrasted actions: boxing and chess.

The project is fully fair, produced and directed by Canadian filmmaker David Bitton and Darragh Brien below the banner of their Anonymous Pineapple Productions. A a success kickstarter marketing campaign took space between June 12-July 17, 2013 and raised over US$35k for the production.^[34]

Perceive moreover[edit]

In celebrated tradition[edit]

• The season 5 episode of Essential, « The Ballad of Lady Francis », Holmes reveals the virtues of Chess boxing as a technique to coach oneself to mercurial shift mindset from like a flash action to serene, deliberate preserve an eye on.
• The Eclipse Phase sourcebook « Rimward » aspects chess boxing as a favored sport in a few of the habitats on Titan.

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