Chessboxing- a unique sporting event, combining brain and brawn.
20/08/2013
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Brain meets brawn - The New Indian Express Checkmate your opponent first and then go on to fighting ring the next! That is precisely what is called Chess Boxing, a unique sport that is gaining popularity in the city.
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What exactly is the sport about?
“Basically, each bout involves three rounds of chess (three and two-minute duration games, in which a player has to checkmate) and two rounds of boxing bout,” If a player does not checkmate, the chess pieces will not be disturbed as the players will resume the battle in the next round.
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The basic idea in chessboxing is to combine the #1 thinking sport and the #1 fighting sport into a hybrid that demands the most of its competitors – both mentally and physically.
In a chessboxing fight two opponents play alternating rounds of chess and boxing. The contest starts with a round of chess, followed by a boxing round, followed by another round of chess and so on.
A contest consists of 11 rounds, 6 rounds of chess, 5 rounds of boxing. A round of chess takes 4 minutes. Each competitor has 12 minutes on the chess timer.
A round of boxing takes 3 minutes. Between the rounds there is a 1 minute pause, during which competitors change their gear. The contest is decided by: checkmate (chess round), exceeding the time limit (chess round), retirement of an opponent (chess or boxing round), KO (boxing round), or referee decision (boxing round).
19/01/2013
Andhra Pradesh Chessboxing team with Coach Omkarnath Yadav
What exactly is the sport about?
“Basically, each bout involves three rounds of chess (three and two-minute duration games, in which a player has to checkmate) and two rounds of boxing bout,” If a player does not checkmate, the chess pieces will not be disturbed as the players will resume the battle in the next round.
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17/01/2013
The unique chess boxing is here to stay It was a unique sporting event, combining brain and brawn. Well, when Kolkata hosted the first National chess boxing championship recently it did evoke more questions about the exact nature of the competition. But after the Andhra Pradesh team emerged victorious, the sports fraternity realised that ...
19/01/2013