Chess boxing is an unusual sport because chess & boxing are totally different 'sports'. Chess is a 'sport' of the mind, and is very calm (except when you or your opponent, whichever loses, is a bad loser!). Boxing is a 'sport' of strength, and is deffinately NOT a calm 'sport'.
Chess boxing is a sport in which competitors play 5min of chess and then 1 round of boxing. The winner either knocks out their opponent or checkmates them.
The most popular sport in armenia is split between football and boxing, although Chess is the most popular 'sport' there but it depends whether you count chess as a sport?
Boxing is the only sport which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends! Boxing isn't watched very much anymore because of all the head injuries.
I see no similarities between the two, however if you stretch your imagination you may find something. Chess-Boxing is a hybrid of chess and boxing created by the Dutch, the participants must be skilled in both boxing and chess.
chess boxing is when you play chess for some time then you do some boxing
The motto of World Chess Boxing Organisation is 'Fighting is done in the ring and wars are waged on the board'.
Boxing is an individual sport.
It now is a sport and it will be included 2016 Olympics. Personally, I don't think Chess should be a sport.
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Chess comes from India.
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