Chessboxing tour Germany goes on in Cologne, where spectators will witness a straight fight for the right to face Nikolay Sazhin, reigning light heavyweight world champion.

The highlight of the September 6 event: the clash between Swedish Konrad Rikardson and American David 'Double D' Depto, who's aiming for a second chance to win the coveted title.

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The Associated Press features an article about the rules of chess boxing.

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Time Magazine recently turned the spotlight on chessboxing, a dual sport that's becoming all the rage in Europe and is fast gaining popularity in other continents.

Aiming to bring together the number one thinking sport and the number one contact sport, chessboxing is primed to become "the biathlon of the 21st century," says the World Chess Boxing Organization.

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"It sounds like a gimmick," admits Hip-Hop Chess Federation founder Adisa Banjoko. But chess and...

Dutch artist Lepe Rubingh has livened up the monotonous game that's chess. How? By infusing literal punches into the strategic but dreary sport.

Called chessboxing, it alternates between beating each other's brains through strategic moves on the chessboard and trying to knock each other out by punching each other's faces.

Is there a market for such a sport in the U.S.?

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Chessboxing has been branded the ultimate challenge for body and mind where combatants try to think and make strategic moves around the chess board and then they stand up with boxing gloves and all and try to knock each other senseless.

While the mix may sound strange at first, at least there’s action involved and both fighters have to be skilled whether at the board or with the gloves.

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Bored to death? Try chess boxing, a strange hybrid fast gaining popularity in Europe. In matches that bring in up to a thousand viewers, players alternate between making chess moves on a rigid clock...

Nikolay Sazhin almost knocked out his opponent in the second round, but the Russian had to take the queen to win the match. He and Frank Stoldt of Germany battled this month in front of 1,000...

Nikolai Sazhin, a 19-year-old mathematics student from Siberia, has just been crowned world champion, successfully overthrowing defending champion Frank “Anti Terror” Stoldt of Germany in the light...

In a feat of mainstream checkmating, the BBC gives an approving nod to chessboxing. The BBC website provides a vindicating piece that is enough to silence any naysayers and make the close group of...

The Islington Gazette presents a piece on chessboxing hitting England:

The UK's first club for the world's newest combination sport, ChessBoxing, has...