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Babelgum features a chessboxing match between boxers Hubert Van Malek and Hector Gomez.

Watch the video here.
by Nyles (Posted on September 03, 2010)
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Bethnel Green, London is about to witness a series of chessboxing matches on 23rd April. To be presented by the London Chessboxing Club in association with The Chessboxing Organisation, the chessboxing tournament will feature 11 scheduled matches at Bethnal Green Working Men's Club. The chess commentary will be provided by IM Malcolm Pein.

Read about the bouts here.
by Nyles (Posted on April 24, 2009)
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Looking at a chessboxing fight is looking at the future. - Iepe Rubingh

It's a fusion which creates a different kind of energy around chess and around boxing. - Tim Woolgar

See how the sport is gradually making its way to global fame as more and more people acknowledge it as the ultimate combination of brains and brawn.

Watch director and producer Mike Richardson's documentary on chessboxing here.
by Nyles (Posted on March 24, 2009)
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The Siberian Chessboxing Organization recently held the first chessboxing match in Krasnoyarsk in front of spectators numbering more than 500.

Evgeniy Lykhta became the first Russian middleweight division chessboxer to win by TKO against Vitali Degtjarew, who succumbed to Lykhta's punches in round 4. In the heavyweight division, Sergeij Ychenko came out victorious after opponent Viktor Tarasov chess time had run out in the tenth round. The first lightweight division champion Egor Dolgatchev...
by Nyles (Posted on March 24, 2009)
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As a testament to the increasing fame of the recently-contrived sport that fuses strength and smarts, a Finnish publication features chessboxing and recognizes its potential to remain in athletic circulation due to the growing numbers of the brainy and brawny buffs who have been drawn to what has been tagged as the biathlon of the 21st century.

Read more from here.
by Nyles (Posted on February 27, 2009)
Does chessboxing have a chance at becoming an Olympic sport? Supporters always thought so. And now The New York Times' chess blogger says it "seems to hold out more promise."

Dylan Loeb McClain...
A new hotel in Berlin has been opened exclusively for chessboxing enthusiasts who will surely find it amusing to be sleeping on divans with names like Mike Tyson and Anantoly Karpov.

The...
The no. 1-rated chessboxing contender in the United States is not your ordinary athlete. He’s got brains to boast of.

The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register reports that apart from growing up...
The Times features chessboxing and makes a brave prediction that the dual sport is set to become one of the hottest fitness trends for 2009.

Stressing "neural hijacking," or panic in the face of...
The World Chess Boxing Organization is on the hunt for chessboxers.

If you're raring to become the next chessboxing champion, then you might want to visit the organization's online portal and sign...
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