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Meet the New Chess Boxing Champion of the World

Posted by timothy on from the milda-shibonis dept.

Attila Dimedici writes "A Russian man has just been crowned world champion in the sport of chess boxing. Apparently the idea originated in a French comic strip from the early '90s. In 2003 a Dutch artist decided to bring the 'sport' to life. The 'sport' is played by starting a chess match in the middle of a boxing ring. After four minutes, the chess board is cleared and the opponents box for three minutes. A match consists of six rounds of chess and five rounds of boxing. A match is decided by knockout, checkmate, or points."

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  1. That is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard by oodaloop · · Score: 5, Funny

    and I can't wait to watch it.

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    Tic-Tac-Toe, Global Thermonuclear War, and relationships all have the same winning move.
  2. new sport.. by Rixel · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hmmm....

    I have come up with a new sport come April

    Tax-Sex

    You sit in the middle of the Kitchen and agonize over deductions for 10 minutes, then do it doggy style on them thar reciepts.

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    Never play chicken with a passive aggressive.
    1. Re:new sport.. by antifoidulus · · Score: 5, Funny

      Just one question: Where in the hell are you finding hot, horny accountants?

      Certainly not at the H&R Block....

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    2. Re:new sport.. by Joebert · · Score: 5, Funny

      Where's the new part ?

      I've been getting fucked on my taxes for years.

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      Wanna fight ? Bend over, stick your head up your ass, and fight for air.
    3. Re:new sport.. by greg1104 · · Score: 5, Funny

      This sport, combining complicated tax work with being fucked hard, already exists: they call it "getting an audit".

  3. Afterwards in a rare exhibition match..... by multipass666 · · Score: 5, Funny

    He goes head-to-head against the world champion of Kung-fu Go.

  4. Codeboxing by techsoldaten · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, we have something like that at my company called codeboxing.

    Developers receive documentation and go off to work on something. The moment they run into an ambiguous or poorly defined requirement, they jump into the ring with the person who wrote it for up to 6 rounds of boxing. Between rounds, they refine the language of the requirement. The match is decided by a panel of managers, agreement between the two parties, or knock out.

    M

  5. Re:That is the most ridiculous thing I've ever hea by Chrisje · · Score: 5, Funny

    They can't televise it!

    The First Rule of Chess Club is You Do Not Talk about Chess Club!

  6. Prior Art by belthize · · Score: 5, Funny

          Sort of. 20 some odd years ago my room mate considered combining rugby and chess and called it "full contact chess".

          We played beer chess instead. Somebody had a 4'x4' chess board. Pawns were Mickey's, rooks were Fosters, queens were a bottle of wine etc. Every time a chess piece was taken you had to drink it. We rarely lost; against the beer drinker types we just out played them, against the chess player types we'd trade down pieces early and out drink them.

          Simpler times ...

    Belthize

  7. Re:That is the most ridiculous thing I've ever hea by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    They can't televise it!

    The First Rule of Chess Club is You Do Not Talk about Chess Club!

    Oddly enough, The First Rule of Date Club is also You Do Not Talk About Chess Club.