The World Chess Boxing Organization is on the hunt for chessboxers.

If you're raring to become the next chessboxing champion, then you might want to visit the organization's online portal and sign up. As long as you're a male or a female under 35, with experience in the boxing ring, an ELO of 1800 at the least, and you dream of taking part in a genuine chessboxing match, then you're one of the warriors WCBO is looking for. If you pass muster, prepare yourself for bouts to be held in Europe,...

Chessboxing, the brainchild of Dutch event artist Iepe Rubingh, is fast becoming a worldwide phenomenon, overtaking chess in the number of spectators it can attract. The headline event for the latest bout held in London was the rematch between Wolfram von Stauffenberg and Andy Costello, who after getting disqualified from their previous match challenged the German to another fight. The victor is set to go through to the World Heavyweight title match in February 2009.

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In the light heavyweight elimination contest, Konrad Rikardson was defeated by USA's David 'Double D' Depto, who will challenge Russian Nikolay Sazhin in the forthcoming battle for world championship title in the light heavyweight division in Hamburg.

The heavyweight elimination bout saw Andrew ‘The Rock’ Costello get defaulted again. Winner Wolfram von Stauffenberg won is set to face Gianluca, Il Dottore’ Sirci in Hamburg.

In the International German Championship aka clash of the cities,...

It's hard to imagine too many similarities between the cerebral game of chess and the bone-juddering discipline of boxing and yet there is a new sport that melds the two.

When you think of chess players, you probably think of tangle-haired geniuses, reclusive Russians, and the boys at school who were too delicate to play in the yard.

You probably don't think of bulging biceps, iron jaws and sweat flying. That's why the mere mention of chessboxing causes so many raised eyebrows.

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Kiwi artist Reb Fountain, who has been likened to other New Zealand singers like Bic Runga and Anika Moa, has just released her second single called TAB, and shot a chessboxing video to go with it.

A fan of the sport herself, Fountain says, "It is quite beautiful, people boxing and then coming to the chessboard bleeding profusely. I like the idea of that."

Because of her fascination for chessboxing, she made it the focus of her new video and even got Kiwi boxer Dylan Russell --...

CBS News' Gloves Off recently did a feature on chessboxing and America's champion chessboxer David Depto, who won the world title in Berlin last month.

For the full video of Bill Geist's...

Since its inception by Dutch artist Iepe Rubingh, chessboxing has gone on to sweep Germany and the rest of the world, attracting men and women alike to the combination of athletic prowess and...

To UK chessboxing followers, mark your calendar.

30 October is going to be the day when supremo Andy “The Rock” Costello faces Wolfgang Von Stauffenberg - again - to set the record straight....

beYOUmag.com, the magazine for fitness and wellness video community beYOU.tv, features a post about the sport that has been soaring in popularity ever since its inception about five years...

Jack the Ripper may have made the East End of London extremely popular due to his bloody whims. But of late, the place has become a hub of lively night entertainment -- one of which is chessboxing....