Chess Boxing - Yes It Is A Thing

Chess boxing, that is chess and boxing combined, what? Yes you are reading this correctly.  There is actually a sport called Chess Boxing and it does combine the two sports.  

Here is how it works; you have a table with a chess board and a standard amateur boxing ring.  Now toss in two competitors who box and play a round of speed chess.  The goal is to get a check mate or technical knock out.  The sport, wait for it, has been  around for 50 years, 50!  That is just bonkers.  

You can read up  on this sport via Wikipedia.