The sport for true studs - CHESSBOXING

"I can kick your ass both mentally and physically.
If you survive my kingside attack you won't survive my right hook."

But I don't care for this article's characterization of chessplayers as nerds. Nerds play role-playing games with cards and fart and pretend to be smart. Chessplayers prove they're smart because bullshit doesn't survive on the chessboard.

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What makes a better chess boxer, a boxer who can think strategically or a chess player who can throw a punch?

According to Laura Pannack, a photographer who shot a series of chess boxer portraits at the London Chessboxing Championships last year, there’s no way to tell.

“You never know what forms a chess boxer,” she says. “You can tell [the participants] come from lot of different backgrounds and I found that incredibly refreshing.”
[link to www.wired.com]


Chess boxing is a hybrid sport that combines chess with boxing in alternating rounds. The sport was invented by French artist and filmmaker Enki Bilal in one of his comic book Froid Équateur in 1992. The first real event of chess-boxing was organized by Dutch artist Iepe Rubingh in 2003. Chess boxing is a fast growing sport, with large followings in Berlin and London, where most events take place. Several other chessboxing events have taken place around the world, including in Los Angeles, Tokyo, Nantes (France), Reykjavík (Iceland), Amsterdam,Calcutta (India) and Krasnoyarsk (Russia). Participants must be skilled as both boxers and chess players, as a match may be won either way.
[link to en.wikipedia.org]