Chess Boxing

Zombies Tossed My Salad!

Heard about this today and I thought that I would share this marvlous new sport with all of you fine folks.

It's exactly what it sounds like: Chess and boxing all rolled into one awesome package.

They do a round of boxing and then a round of speed chess for 11 rounds. There are already clubs all over the world and the american "scene" seems to be centered in LA.

TheySlashThem

wow

I can't even imagine trying to play chess after being repeatedly punched in the face

sarukun

Wow.


I mean, not exactly what I would call a spectator sport, but definitely a full body work out.

mensch-o-matic

This doesn't seem so much like a hybrid sport as just playing two different games at the same time

If it was melded together more seamlessly it'd be more interesting

hightower

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoWvNuXiZt8

Doobh

all of the chest pieces have been sharpened to a point

whenever you take a piece, you get to jam it into your opponent

TheySlashThem

maybe use magnets to keep the chess pieces from sliding around so the board can actually be in the ring

Isoldae

Every time you lose a piece you get punched in the face.

Ubik

lame

they should have people as chess pieces

make em box when one tries to take another

Staleghoti

Raw I'ma Give it to ya
wit no trivia
Raw like cocaine straight from Bolivia
My hip hop will rock and sock the nation
like the emancipation proclamation

Campion

mensch-o-matic wrote: »

This doesn't seem so much like a hybrid sport as just playing two different games at the same time

If it was melded together more seamlessly it'd be more interesting

Yeah, I was hoping for the boxing fighters being chess pieces in a game that two people were playing.

Raijin Quickfoot

The game of chess is like a swordfight.

You must think first...before you move.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ERVjQ4yO8w&feature=fvst

Ubik

Ubik wrote: »

lame

they should have people as chess pieces

make em box when one tries to take another

no wait that's Boxing Chess duh

Staleghoti

Toad Style is immensely strong

and immune to almost any weapon

when it's properly used it's almost invincible

Campion

Toad style is fast but suffers from weaker jumping

Edcrab

Saw this one on the news once

Interesting idea, but I'm holding out for Poker Boxing with the ring just full of multiple people hitting each other

mensch-o-matic

Raijin Quickfoot wrote: »

The game of chess is like a swordfight.

You must think first...before you move.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ERVjQ4yO8w&feature=fvst

First thought when I read the thread title

Bedigunz

Ubik wrote: »

lame

they should have people as chess pieces

make em box when one tries to take another

SLAMMU

I, like apparently everyone else, thought this was going to be a wu tang thread and am mildly disapointed

PiptheFair

it can still be a wutang thread

Raijin Quickfoot

We can still save this thread.

From the slums of Shaolin, Wu Tang Clan strikes again. The RZA, the GZA, Old Dirty Bastard, Inspectah Deck, Raekwon the Chef, U-God, Ghostface Killa, and the M E T H O D MAN!

They leave Masta Killa out of that for some reason. I'm wondering if he was late joining the group.

SLAMMU

In that case; my favorite wu tang thing is probably wu tang v the beetles, which I'm pretty sure i found when it was linked here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9wzh9OBBzY

so so good

Brolo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaBWBmYfqVQ

Clint Eastwood

this is the best wu tang boxing related song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk8SMperwS8

THE SPECIAL TECHNIQUE...OF SHADOWBOXING

Clint Eastwood

Raijin Quickfoot wrote: »

We can still save this thread.

From the slums of Shaolin, Wu Tang Clan strikes again. The RZA, the GZA, Old Dirty Bastard, Inspectah Deck, Raekwon the Chef, U-God, Ghostface Killa, and the M E T H O D MAN!

They leave Masta Killa out of that for some reason. I'm wondering if he was late joining the group.

he was in jail

SoaL

I don't know what the general consensus is

but soundtracks from the shaolin temple is so good

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJTXNQHBK_o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAXZ2C926Is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPVAyoJc91k

e: shaolin vs wu-tang is cool too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf9lvtPVCjI

redhead

every thread is a wu tang thread

mensch-o-matic

WOLVES IN THE BACK

READY TO ATTACK

facetious

I honestly thought everyone knew about chess boxing by now.

I've seen news stories about this "new underground sport" literally dozens of times for the past 10 years or so.

#pipe

mensch-o-matic wrote: »

This doesn't seem so much like a hybrid sport as just playing two different games at the same time

If it was melded together more seamlessly it'd be more interesting

it's a good hybrid in the sense that they're both extremely mental activities (I still refuse to call chess a sport) in very different ways. To be good at chess you need to be aware of all of the moves your opponant has already made and may make, try keeping that in mind when you're getting punched in the mouth.

I first heard about Chess Boxing years and years. I love the fact that you can win by check mate or knock out. I'd love to try it but I'm so awful at chess. I've never won a game and I've played maybe 50 games.

SabreMau

Having absolutely no idea how Wu-Tang connects to chessboxing, I still like the idea of the sport. It's no stranger than a biathlon (cross-country skiing combined with rifle shooting). Downside being it's generally not going to have a lot of qualified competitors over here; seems more of a Russian sport. You've gotta have a boxer who's good at chess and/or a chess player who's good at boxing, and over there is where you're likely to find most of those.

I'd want it to be someplace totally live where I can watch it around here.

satansfingers

Raijin Quickfoot wrote: »

We can still save this thread.

From the slums of Shaolin, Wu Tang Clan strikes again. The RZA, the GZA, Old Dirty Bastard, Inspectah Deck, Raekwon the Chef, U-God, Ghostface Killa, and the M E T H O D MAN!

They leave Masta Killa out of that for some reason. I'm wondering if he was late joining the group.

it's cool though, wu tang calls roll on every other track so he had ample opportunities to make himself known

stimtokolos

#pipe wrote: »

mensch-o-matic wrote: »

This doesn't seem so much like a hybrid sport as just playing two different games at the same time

If it was melded together more seamlessly it'd be more interesting

it's a good hybrid in the sense that they're both extremely mental activities (I still refuse to call chess a sport) in very different ways. To be good at chess you need to be aware of all of the moves your opponant has already made and may make, try keeping that in mind when you're getting punched in the mouth.

I first heard about Chess Boxing years and years. I love the fact that you can win by check mate or knock out. I'd love to try it but I'm so awful at chess. I've never won a game and I've played maybe 50 games.

Yeah I really like the idea behind Chess Boxing.
I've heard that there are several different styles of play as well, with some players electing to focus heavily on one aspect of the game. Tiny players trying to avoid being knocked out to get back to playing chess and so on.