Chess Boxing

Yep, it's an official sport, at least according to The World Chess Boxing Organisation.

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Posted By: mdb777 - Thu Jun 18, 2009
Category: Contests, Races and Other Competitions | Games | Sports | Martial Arts

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I could swear this was posted a while back. ❓

Posted by Venus in Baton Rouge on 06/18/09 at 08:17 PM

I'm thinking it was here, because I'm picturing the format. I could be spankably wrong, though. Just seeing if I was the only one who thought they remembered it.

Posted by Venus in Baton Rouge on 06/18/09 at 09:19 PM

I've heard of it before, but I don't think I saw it on this site before... Chuck might've had it at some point a while back before this site existed

Posted by jswolf19 in Japan on 06/19/09 at 07:39 AM

I think jswolf is correct that Chuck posted about it (a few years back). I still love the concept of it. Do they have different weight classes? It seems like it would be easy to beat someone who is really good at chess by just not losing in the first round and then beating the hell out of him with your fists.

Posted by Matt in Florida on 06/19/09 at 10:23 AM

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