RICHARD
10-11-2005, 07:01 PM
Bulgarian is Europe's top Chessboxer
A Bulgarian has become the first ever European Heavyweight Chessboxing Champion.
Tihomir 'Tiger' Titschko walked off with the title at the Chessboxing Championships in Germany.
The WCBO (World Chess Boxing Organisation) organised the event where so-called chessboxers went through interchanging four-minute-rounds of chess and two-minute boxing rounds.
According to the rules, in a maximum of eleven rounds, a K.O. or checkmate can lead to an early victory.
Titschko, 26, weighing 14 stone, won the title after beating German champion Andreas 'Doomsday' Schneider with a check-mate following a dragon-variation of the Sizilian opening in the ninth round.
A spokesperson for the World Chess Boxing Organisation said: "The basic idea in chessboxing is to combine the no.1 thinking sport and the no.1 fighting sport into a hybrid that demands the most of its competitors - both mentally and physically."
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HOW DO YOU TRAIN FOR THIS???
KNIGHT TO QUEEN 4, LEFT JAB???
A Bulgarian has become the first ever European Heavyweight Chessboxing Champion.
Tihomir 'Tiger' Titschko walked off with the title at the Chessboxing Championships in Germany.
The WCBO (World Chess Boxing Organisation) organised the event where so-called chessboxers went through interchanging four-minute-rounds of chess and two-minute boxing rounds.
According to the rules, in a maximum of eleven rounds, a K.O. or checkmate can lead to an early victory.
Titschko, 26, weighing 14 stone, won the title after beating German champion Andreas 'Doomsday' Schneider with a check-mate following a dragon-variation of the Sizilian opening in the ninth round.
A spokesperson for the World Chess Boxing Organisation said: "The basic idea in chessboxing is to combine the no.1 thinking sport and the no.1 fighting sport into a hybrid that demands the most of its competitors - both mentally and physically."
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HOW DO YOU TRAIN FOR THIS???
KNIGHT TO QUEEN 4, LEFT JAB???