10/19/2005: Chess boxing

Undertoad · 10-19-2005, 09:34 AM

xoB sends this from a German images site. The image isn't the mind-boggling thing this time, it's the very notion of what they are doing. The official cap:

Tihomir "Tigertad" Titschko of Bulgaria (l.) and Andreas "D" Schneider of Germany fought to become the first European champion in chess-boxing on Saturday in Berlin. The new sports discipline, which was developed from an art project, requires competitors to alternately play chess for four minutes at a time, then throw punches for two minutes. The first player to knockout his opponent or checkmate him wins. Titschko was declared European champion after beating Schneider in chess.

It's a bizarre and lovely idea, and I hope it catches on. What I wonder is whether the strategy includes a lot of head shots during the boxing section, to befuddle your opponent by bashing his brain around a little. That would be similar to strategy for various drinking games where part of the object is to get your opponent blotto drunk so s/he can't strategize against you.

wolf · 10-19-2005, 01:19 PM

Most of the guys I remember from chess club didn't have a right hook at all. I could take 'em, no sweat.

chrisinhouston · 10-19-2005, 01:52 PM

Too wierd, I imagine this will be followed by the French inventing Cheese boxing. Particpants box a round then sit down and sample some brie then box another round.

chrisinhouston · 10-19-2005, 01:58 PM

Found this website with better pictures!
http://me.in-berlin.de:8080/iepe/wcb.../index_en.html

capnhowdy · 10-19-2005, 04:01 PM

hell..... we've been doing that for years around here. We have at least one boxing match per tournament, depending on the amount of sauce administered.
Guess to top the Germans we'll have to break out the weapons.

hampor · 10-19-2005, 06:11 PM

Alan Turing used to play running chess where you would make a move and then run around the house.

If you got back before the other person you got to move twice. If you think too long you lose.

wolf · 10-20-2005, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by hampor

Alan Turing used to play running chess where you would make a move and then run around the house.

If you got back before the other person you got to move twice. If you think too long you lose.

Physiologically that's actually pretty interesting. The running around the house sends more oxygen to your limbs, and less to your brain. Therefore, you can't think as clearly.

(one of my friends proves a point in paramedic classes by having folks run the stairs near the classroom and then come back in and try to do some basic dosage calculations that she knows they wouldn't otherwise have a problem figuring out. It's to show that you really DO function differently under stress. Takes the wind out of the sails of some of the hotshots too.)

chrisinhouston · 10-20-2005, 08:47 AM

In a couple of the pictures they are wearing headphones. Why? Relaxing music?

dar512 · 10-20-2005, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by chrisinhouston

In a couple of the pictures they are wearing headphones. Why? Relaxing music?

Checking the baseball scores.

footfootfoot · 10-19-2005, 08:23 PM

Isn't it hard to move the pieces with the gloves on?

Just asking...

GruntDoc · 10-19-2005, 10:06 PM

Exactly what kind of an 'art project' did this devlove from?

Elspode · 10-19-2005, 11:15 PM

Sounds like something those giant stuffed rabbit fallen from the sky people would have concocted to me.

Lizsun · 10-20-2005, 01:17 AM

Let's see if the giant pink bunny guys didn't think this up . . . hmmm. I wonder . . .
Do you think it was guys who did?
Maybe it was women who used to date them?
Maybe it was the kid who lived next door to me. He got kicked out of high school for breaking a bottle over his own head. True story.

ME-Liz
http://lettingmebe.blogspot.com

Vegeta · 10-20-2005, 01:06 PM

Oh wow... I can see it now...

Chess round:
"Dammit! I had big plans for that bishop!" *punches opponent in head across board*

Boxing round:
"This one's for those three pawns!" *uppercut*

wolf · 10-20-2005, 01:25 PM

Anybody else old enough to have the urge to shout "Body blow! Body blow!!"?

10-19-2005, 09:34 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	10/19/2005: Chess boxing xoB sends this from a German images site. The image isn't the mind-boggling thing this time, it's the very notion of what they are doing. The official cap: Tihomir "Tigertad" Titschko of Bulgaria (l.) and Andreas "D" Schneider of Germany fought to become the first European champion in chess-boxing on Saturday in Berlin. The new sports discipline, which was developed from an art project, requires competitors to alternately play chess for four minutes at a time, then throw punches for two minutes. The first player to knockout his opponent or checkmate him wins. Titschko was declared European champion after beating Schneider in chess. It's a bizarre and lovely idea, and I hope it catches on. What I wonder is whether the strategy includes a lot of head shots during the boxing section, to befuddle your opponent by bashing his brain around a little. That would be similar to strategy for various drinking games where part of the object is to get your opponent blotto drunk so s/he can't strategize against you.

10-19-2005, 01:19 PM	#2
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Most of the guys I remember from chess club didn't have a right hook at all. I could take 'em, no sweat. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

10-19-2005, 04:01 PM	#5
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	hell..... we've been doing that for years around here. We have at least one boxing match per tournament, depending on the amount of sauce administered. Guess to top the Germans we'll have to break out the weapons. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

10-19-2005, 06:11 PM	#6
hampor Colloquialist Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: SiliValley Posts: 75	Running Chess Alan Turing used to play running chess where you would make a move and then run around the house. If you got back before the other person you got to move twice. If you think too long you lose.

10-19-2005, 08:23 PM	#10
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Isn't it hard to move the pieces with the gloves on? Just asking... __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

10-19-2005, 01:52 PM	#3
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	Too wierd, I imagine this will be followed by the French inventing Cheese boxing. Particpants box a round then sit down and sample some brie then box another round.

10-19-2005, 01:58 PM	#4
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	Found this website with better pictures! http://me.in-berlin.de:8080/iepe/wcb.../index_en.html

10-20-2005, 08:47 AM	#8
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	In a couple of the pictures they are wearing headphones. Why? Relaxing music?

10-19-2005, 10:06 PM	#11
GruntDoc Provocateur Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 9	Exactly what kind of an 'art project' did this devlove from?

10-19-2005, 11:15 PM	#12
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Sounds like something those giant stuffed rabbit fallen from the sky people would have concocted to me. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

10-20-2005, 01:17 AM	#13
Lizsun Complex Simpleton Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 18	Let's see if the giant pink bunny guys didn't think this up . . . hmmm. I wonder . . . Do you think it was guys who did? Maybe it was women who used to date them? Maybe it was the kid who lived next door to me. He got kicked out of high school for breaking a bottle over his own head. True story. ME-Liz http://lettingmebe.blogspot.com

10-20-2005, 01:06 PM	#14
Vegeta As far beyond mutants as they beyond you Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: United States Posts: 52	Oh wow... I can see it now... Chess round: "Dammit! I had big plans for that bishop!" punches opponent in head across board Boxing round: "This one's for those three pawns!" uppercut

10-20-2005, 01:25 PM	#15
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Anybody else old enough to have the urge to shout "Body blow! Body blow!!"? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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