Chess boxing

Chess boxing is a 2003 inaugural competition than by performance artist Rubingh entertainment sport that combines boxing and chess of.

History

In 1992, the French comic book author and illustrator Enki Bilal - published the science fiction comic book Froid Equateur (German equatorial cold). It takes the main character, Alexander Nikopol part in a world championship in chess boxing. Rubingh took this story, the idea and organized the first exhibition match in 2003 in Berlin. As a result, he founded the World Chess Boxing Organisation ( WCBO ), which he is president, and the Berlin Chessboxing Club CBCB over which he presides as chairman.

From 2005 to 2007 a ​​year were held several exhibition matches, which attracted several hundred spectators each.

In a staged in Berlin in November 2007 exhibition match, which was announced by the WCBO as " World Championship light heavyweight ," the German Frank Stoldt prevailed against American David Depto. In July 2008 Stoldt lost his world title against Russian Nikolay Sazhin.

In November 2009, Leo "Granit " brought to power the light heavyweight title back to Germany after he forced Sazhin in round 9 (Chess ) to the task.

Dissemination

The Berlin Chessboxing Club has forty members and is the only one of its kind in the world. The WCBO has officially spread the goal of chess boxing as an independent and internationally recognized sports discipline.

Regulate

A chessboxing sees eleven laps to go, six four-minute rounds for a flash game of chess, where each player has a total of twelve minutes' thinking, and five three-minute boxing rounds. Here, chess and boxing change regularly, each interrupted by a 60 - second pause to get changed.

The competition may be terminated by a technical knockout or checkmate or expiration of chess. Ends the game of chess a draw, the judges decide the winner in boxing. Also ends the boxing match in a draw, so the winner is who has played chess with the black pieces.

Makes a fighter for a long time no train in chess, he is cautioned. A second warning will result in disqualification.

Media Coverage

The time, Spiegel TV, Spiegel Online, TV total, Focus and Germany Kultur reported about chess boxing.

In the crime series Tatort chess boxing was mentioned contaminated sites in the sequence.

2010 Chess boxing has been used in a commercial for the soft drink Rivella Swiss television.

Helmut Kuhn leaves his 2012er novel Gehwegschäden play part in the Berlin Schachboxszene.