History Chess_boxing

1 history

1.1 years (2003)
1.2 2005–2008: first champions
1.3 2008–2011: chessboxing family grows
1.4 2011–2014: chess boxing turns professional , goes worldwide
1.5 2015: chessboxing today

history

rubingh’s idea create new sport fusing 2 disciplines, chess , boxing, originates 1992 comic froid Équateur—written french comic book artist enki bilal (born enes bilalović)—that portrays chessboxing world championship. in comic book version, however, opponents fight entire boxing match before face each other in game of chess. finding impractical, rubingh developed idea further until turned competitive sport chessboxing today alternating rounds of chess , boxing , detailed set of rules , regulations. earlier version of combining chess , boxing said have taken place in boxing club outside london in late 1970s. robinson brothers in habit of playing round of chess against 1 after training session @ boxing club. however, no direct correlation can made between robinson brothers’ chess playing , chessboxing. same goes kung-fu movie mystery of chessboxing (1979) wu-tang clan s song da mystery of chessboxin (1993).

the years (2003)

the first chessboxing competition took place in berlin in 2003. same year, first world championship fight held in amsterdam in cooperation dutch boxing association dutch chess federation , under auspices of world chess boxing organisation (wkbo) founded in berlin shortly before. dutch middleweight fighters iepe rubingh , jean louis veenstra faced each other in ring. after opponent exceeded chess time limit, rubingh won fight in 11th round going down in history books first ever world chess boxing champion. same goes chess boxing club berlin, created in following year (2004), first of kind making berlin birthplace of chessboxing.

2005–2008: first champions

a picture of chess round in chess boxing match in 2008.

two years after first world championship, first european chess boxing championship took place in berlin on october 1, 2005. present day chessboxing commentator andreas dilschneider defeated tihomir atanassov dovramadjiev when resigned in 7th round (chess), crowning latter first european chess boxing champion. in 2006, more 800 spectators filled gloria theatre in cologne world championship qualification fight between zoran mijatovic , frank stoldt. 37-year-old frank stoldt, former un-peacekeeper in kosovo , afghanistan, won when opponent resigned in chess in 7th round. after qualifying himself fight title in 2006, frank stoldt went against american david depto in november 2007 in berlin, fight first world championship title in light heavyweight division. more 800 tickets sold event @ tape club in berlin, making biggest chessboxing title fight date. frank stoldt defeated depto in 7th round, , thereby cemented berlin’s status leading city in chessboxing world becoming first german world champion.

2008–2011: chessboxing family grows

chessboxing first received credit international chess federation fide, in april 2008; president, kirsan ilyumzhinov, took part in chessboxing demo fight in elista. @ same time, chessboxing community began grow globally @ faster rate. in 2008, chessboxing clubs founded in london , krasnoyarsk. created in 2009, los angeles chessboxing club first of kind in united states , directly followed new york chessboxing club in 2010. boxwerk in munich opened in 2010 , offers chessboxing training. in addition wcbo’s european , later world championships taking place worldwide, scene @ london chessboxing club grew chessboxing events take place on regular basis. in 2011, first international club matchup took place berlin , london in ring—london came out winner 2:1 won bouts.

2011–2014: chess boxing turns professional , goes worldwide

in 2011, wcbo , global chessboxing community made biggest leap forward in development date foundation of chessboxing organisation of india , expansion in asia, including chessboxing china , chessboxing organisation of iran founded in 2012. furthermore, third chessboxing organisation in united states, usa chessboxing, founded in 2011 , european movement being reinforced foundation of italian chessboxing federation in 2012. s more, professionalisation of chessboxing started take shape in second decade of 21st century. in addition wcbo became registered association under german law in 2014, chess boxing global marketing cbgm gmbh—called chess boxing global, cbg—was founded, of may 2013, responsible organising of professional chessboxing fights worldwide , above all, organisation of chess boxing world championships.

the chess boxing organisation india founded in 2011 kickboxing official , former indian kickboxing , karate champion montu das. this, growth of chessboxing in asia gained momentum first chess boxing organisation in western asia being built in following year experienced official in kickboxing world: fereydoun pouya started chess boxing organisation iran.

at same time, process of turning chessboxing professional reached milestone: 2013 world championship in moscow first chessboxing event organised , marketed chess boxing global. 3 world championship fights in 1 night, more 1200 spectators , standard of fighting never seen before, first cbg event set new standards in history of chessboxing leonid chernobaev leading way. has been able make name himself more 15 years of chess playing experience , in boxing world, marco huck s , yoan pablo hernández’ sparring partner , having fought on 200 amateur bouts. won light heavyweight title against indian fighter shailesh tripathi after technical knockout in 8th round (boxing). sven rooch secured title in middleweight class division winning against jonatan rodriguez vega after spaniard resigned in 7th round (chess) , russian nikolay sazhin won heavyweight title against gianluca sirci checkmate. thus, sazhin (heavyweight), chernobaev (light heavyweight) , rooch (middleweight) go down in chess boxing history first chess boxing global world champions. first professional world champions in chessboxing ever.

in terms of development mass sport, there success in 2013 , 2014 chessboxing world. there more competitors in second , third indian championships in summer 2013 , 2014 in chessboxing events ever before, more 245 fighters varying in both age , weight class, taking place in salem , jodhpur, respectively. furthermore, chessboxing community in london—under command of london chessboxing , wcba—has continued grow since 2011 , stages chessboxing events 800 or more spectators on regular basis 4–5 times year @ scala, king s cross.

late 2014 saw finnish chessboxing club being founded in helsinki 5 founding members. since 2013, actively developing moscow chess boxing club mcbf

2015: chessboxing today

chessboxing events in 2015 produced london chessboxing under wcba—two events @ scala, kings cross in london. second event in june 2015, grandmaster bash!, saw british, european , ibf light welterweight world champion terry marsh fight , defeat dymer agasaryan. terry marsh (57) first professional boxer compete in chessboxing , has competed in 3 fights since june 2014 in london , still remains unbeaten in career. fight 1 of compelling watch went distance, normal time ending in draw. after deciding round of boxing terry marsh awarded victory on points.