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Chessboxing - The Sport Of The Future?

Posted by simoniker on from the alternates-not-allowed dept.

eval writes "According to the Chessbase website, the new sport of chessboxing has been devised 'to combine the No.1 thinking sport and the No.1 fighting sport into a hybrid that demands the most of its competitors.' Sure, it sounds like a joke, but an actual match was held not too long ago at the Paradiso in Amsterdam, which 'was packed with around 800 people' to see the world champion, 'Iepe the Joker' crowned."

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  1. Enki Bilal by Rxke · · Score: 3, Informative

    European 'bande-dessine' (comic, strip...) author Enki Bilal used this in his works *years* ago... But I can't remember any title...

    1. Re:Enki Bilal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

      here it is : "froid equateur" (1992)
      http://bilal.enki.free.fr/bibliographie.ph p3?trier _par=date

      AND, Enki Bilal IS famous and well-known etc...