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Rogan
Pristupio: 14 Apr 2006
Poruke: 5426
Studijska grupa: Istorija umetnosti
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Chess boxing is a hybrid sport which combines the sport of boxing with games of chess in alternating rounds. Chess boxing fights have been staged since the spring of 2003.
The concept was envisioned in 1992 by comic book creator Enki Bilal, and a match of chess boxing was a major plot point of his graphic novel Froid-Équateur. Iepe Rubingh, a Dutch artist known under the name IEPE, whose fighters' name is 'Iepe the Joker', was inspired by Bilal's book. He brought the concept to life in the spring of 2003.
Chess boxing was featured in the 1991 Finnish movie Uuno Turhapuro - herra Helsingin herra, where Uuno plays blindfold chess against one person using a hands-free telephone headset while boxing another person. It is not known whether Bilal was aware of the movie. Rubingh claims that he had not known about it.
In addition, there is a 1979 movie by director Joseph Kuo called "Ninja Checkmate" whose USA dubbed version was known as "Mystery of Chess Boxing". It does not feature chessboxing as understood in this article. This movie is likely an inspiration for the Wu-Tang Clan song Da Mystery of Chessboxin', from their first album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993).
The sport is governed by the World Chess Boxing Organisation (WCBO), whose motto is "Fighting is done in the ring and wars are waged on the board." The first world championship was held in Amsterdam in 2003 and was won by Iepe Rubingh himself. The 1st European Chess Boxing Championship took place in Berlin on 1 October 2005 when Tihomir Tigertad Titschko of Bulgaria defeated Andreas 'D'Schneider of Germany after the latter conceded defeat in the seventh round.
On April 21, 2006, about 400 people gathered in Gloria, Cologne, to see two chessboxing matches. Zoran 'the Priest' Mijatovic played the Queen's Gambit, but 'Anti Terror' Frank Stoldt was very well prepared. In the seventh chess round Mijatovic was three moves away from being checkmated, so he resigned. Stoldt also controlled the boxing rounds.
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