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Chess boxing:
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 * Eleven alternating rounds
 * Chess to Boxing and back
 * 10 international tournaments since 2008

Rules History
 * One minute break
 * Wins by a knockout or Checkmate
 * Must make a move
 * Warnings are issued
 * Repeated Warnings: Disqualified
 * Headphones are given to the players to block out the noise
 * If Chess ends in a stalemate the Boxing rounds determine winner
 * And Vice Versa
 * Must be professional boxers and Class A strength as Chess players.
 * Cartoonist Enki Bilal put it in his graphic novel //Froid Equateur//
 * //Uuno Turhapuro—herra Helsingin herra//, a 1991 film had a similar game. One person had a blindfold chess against one person using a headset phone, and boxing another.
 * "Ninja Checkmate", or "Mystery Of the Chess Boxing" in the Us, was the inspiration for Wu-Tang Clan song "Da Mystery of Chessboxin'"
 * World Chess Boxing Organization's (WCBO) motto is "Fighting is done in the ring and wars are waged on the board."
 * The first championship was in Australia won by Lepe Rubingh



[|ABC Chess Boxing Video]