What is Chess boxing?
[[Image:Schachboxen1.jpg|thumb|300px|A chess boxing match in Berlin, 2008]] '''Chess boxing''' is a mixed [[sport]] which puts together the sport of [[boxing]] with games of [[chess]] in every other round. Chess boxing fights have been done since early 2003. The sport was started when Dutch artist [[Iepe Rubingh]], given the idea by a similar sport in the writing of [[Enki Bilal]], started actual matches. The sport has become more well known since then.<ref name=Time>{{cite news| author=Calhoun, Ada| title=Chess-Boxing Hits it Big| url=http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1821639,00.html| publisher=Time Magazine| date=2008-07-10| accessdate=2008-07-13| archive-date=2013-08-26| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826045755/http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1821639,00.html| url-status=dead}}</ref> To do well at chess boxing, players must be both good chess players and good boxers. ==Structure and rules== A match between two players is made up of up to 11 rounds of [[boxing]] and [[chess]] sessions, starting with a four-minute chess round followed by two minutes of boxing and so on.<ref name=Time/> Between rounds there is a one-minute pause, during which the players change their gear. The form of chess played is [[speed chess|rapid chess]] in which each player has a total of twelve minutes for the whole game. Players may win by knocking out the other player, [[checkmate]], a judge's choice, or if the other player runs out of chess time.<ref name=Time/> If a player does not make a move in the round of chess, he will be given a warning by the referee and he must then make a move in the next 10 seconds.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.londonchessboxing.com/about.html| title=What is ChessBoxing?| accessdate=2008-07-18| publisher=London ChessBoxing| archive-date=2008-08-13| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080813191116/http://www.londonchessboxing.com/about.html| url-status=dead}}</ref> ==History== [[Image:Schachboxen2.jpg|right|thumb|On the left: reigning light heavyweight world cha