It has been said that when people complete an exam they sometimes feel like their heads been beat in. Well, I’m here to tell you about a sport that literally allows someone to beat your head in and then makes you compete mentally. It’s the game that challenges your physical and mental toughness, alternating hits to the body and the mind.
Through eleven rounds, two opponents face off alternating each round with a game of chess and a boxing match. There are six rounds of chess and five rounds of boxing, probably because six rounds of boxing would keep Bobby Fischer from seeing the board straight.
A round of chess takes four minutes and a round of boxing takes three. The strangest part, yes even stranger than the sport’s name, is the scoring system.
After the eleven rounds, if both competitors are still standing and the score is tied, the player with the black chess pieces wins. What!? Who made that rule? Ever think of overtime or maybe taking a break and playing rock – paper – scissors for the winner? I mean, who wouldn’t pay somebody off so they had the black pieces just in case? It just doesn’t seem right.
If the chess game ends in a stalemate, the higher boxing scorer wins. A KO wins in a boxing match along with a referee’s decision, the retirement of a player in either the chess or boxing round, or one wins with a checkmate or if the opponent exceeds the time limit in a round. The last two come in the chess rounds.
This is quite an interesting idea. I’m not sure why someone thought it to be a good idea to try to think after a boxing match, but I guess its popularity has been proven by its following.
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