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For the second time in the young history of the sport of chessboxing, a three days amateur world championship tournament will be held open to everyone with decent chess and boxing skills who thinks (s)he can take it up with the already existing global chessboxing community and become amateur world champion.Last year more than 120 fighters from 6 different countries already joined for the first amateur world championships. From the 26th until the 29th of July more than 200 fighters from all over the world are expected, ranging from the 11 member countries of the World Chess Boxing Organisation like...

A new sport that combines the physical prowess of boxing with the mental agility of chess is taking off in India, and providing new opportunities for girls who would usually be facing early marriage and domestic labor. Click here to see the complete article.

  The founder of chessboxing has a very specific view of life and creation. In this article, he explains how everything in life can be seen as works of art and why he thinks chessboxing is a social sculpture.    Click here to see the complete article.