New type of fighting has begun to come to the forefront and get some attention. A sport that is so natural, but much more mentally challenging. To win you must use your feet, your hands, and most importantly, your brain. We talk about chess boxing.
What is chess-boxing, you ask? Chess boxing is a sport that combines chess with boxing. Two competitors will find each other in one eleven round match. The two opponents will begin to sit at a chessboard and matching purposes. They will fight in four minutes, and then they will have one minute to change into their boxing gear. After a minute's pause until the two adversaries will fight each other in a two-minute round of boxing.
The winner of the match to win one of five ways: you can beat your opponent in the ring, get a mate in chess match, the judge's decision, throw in the towel, or if a player moving chess take more than twelve minutes. A player is allowed to throw in the towel, either partially or chess-boxing part. I know it sounds crazy, but I once saw a chess-boxing match where one of the opponents, took a couple of clean shots to the head in boxing round. He then went to the chess table and his head was so messy and sore from being turned, he grabbed his head like he just had a brain freeze. He then quit and the other fighter was awarded the win via a brain fart.
The governing body behind the chess boxing is the World Chess Boxing Organization (WCBO). In 2003 WCBO held the first World Cup in Berlin
Unfortunately, there is some controversy with the rules. It is believed that superior boxers without chess skills could easily win matches just by waiting for the first few rounds of chess and then punish their opponent in a boxing match. You would think if all they cared about was boxing, so they would just be boxing, but who knows, maybe they see this as an opportunity to get some easy wins beating up chess nerds. If yes, maybe they are smarter warriors after all.
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