So this completely blows my mind. Apparently there is a new sport out there (new being since 2003) called "Chess Boxing", in which opponents will box and then play chess in alternating rounds. The winner either wins the game of chess or KOs their opponent. This literally takes puts the meaning of brains and brawn into perspective. I'd say more, but really, that's the entire sport in a nutshell.
What I'd personally like to see is a marathon through obstacle courses with rounds of Sonic inbetween.
For more info, here's the wikipedia link.
And here's a video of the PT2 Chess Boxing World Championship.
Comments (2)
I've actually heard about this before. I think its kind of cool in a really creepy sort of way.
Posted by J00Dave | July 14, 2008 6:50 PM
Posted on July 14, 2008 18:50
Yeah, the dude who helped invent this, Enki Bilal, has made some pretty trippy comics. I still can't figure out what the hell is going on in Immortel (Ad Vitam).
Chessboxing strikes me as an inelegant attempt to pit brain and brawn against one another on the same battlefield, but then, that lack of elegance belies much of its charm.
Posted by Max Geiger | July 17, 2008 12:52 AM
Posted on July 17, 2008 00:52