Related tags:
games + (18)
boardgames + (7)
game + (6)
brokenlink + (6)
bobbyfischer + (6)
go + (5)
Kasparov + (4)
fischer + (4)
Checkers + (4)
championship + (4)


Users that often use this tag:
Trurl (5)
crunchburger (3)
Wolfdog (3)
Joe Beese (2)
Effigy2000 (2)
blahblahblah (2)
AlexReynolds (2)
soyjoy (2)
KirkJobSluder (2)
bwg (2)

Chess Boxing, a hybrid sport which combines boxing with chess in alternating rounds, is growing in popularity. Inspired by fictional depictions of the sport in French comic book artist Enki Bilal's graphic novel, Froid Équateur, Dutch artist Iepe Rubingh brought the concept to life in 2001. Governed by the World Chess Boxing Organisation, whose motto is "Fighting is done in the ring and wars are waged on the board", matches consist of up to eleven alternating rounds of boxing and chess with a one minute break between rounds. A photographic account of the sport. Further reading. Further viewing. Previously.
posted by Effigy2000 on Jan 4, 2010 - 54 comments

The Singing Nerd is a guy who likes to write, play, and record songs about the things that he likes and then post music videos on Youtube. Most of these songs are about nerdy things, such as The Ballad of Catan, a song simply entitled Chess! and a song about Role Playing. But there's also songs about things we can all relate to, like Fast Food Commercials, A Trip To Las Vegas and... um... Pirates?. Hmmm. Anyway, check out the rest of his songs here.
posted by Effigy2000 on Apr 15, 2009 - 7 comments