in april 2008, the world chess federation, fide, posted a video on its website in which its president kirsan ilyumzhinov played a friendly chess boxing match in elista. also in april 2008 the uk's first chess boxing club was started in london by great britain chess boxing organisation founder tim woolgar. in july 2008 in berlin, a 19-year old russian mathematics student nikolai sazhin won the title of "world champion" in chess boxing by beating frank stoldt. stoldt resigned in the 5th round after losing his queen.