Participants Prepare For Their Next Bout Of Boxing Fight After Their Chess Round At The 4th Chess Boxing Championship Being Held Editorial Photo

Participants prepare for their next bout of boxing fight after their chess round at the 4th Chess Boxing Championship being held at Boxing Hall, SAI Complex, Salt lake in eastern India city of Kolkata, West bengal. The basic idea in chessboxing is to combine the #1 thinking sport and the #1 fighting sport into a hybrid that demands the most of its competitors – both mentally and physically. Chessboxing was invented by Dutch performance artist, Iepe Rubingh. In India , chessboxing was founded by Montu Das,who opened the Kolkata Chess Boxing Club Kolkata with a demonstration fight in the Bakul Math park in front of 1,500 spectators on 27th of november.nIn a chessboxing fight, two opponents play alternating rounds of chess and boxing. The contest starts with a round of chess, followed by a boxing round, followed by another round of chess and so on.nA contest consists of 11 rounds, 6 rounds of chess, 5 rounds of boxing. A round of chess takes 4 minutes. Each competitor has 12 minutes on the chess timer.nA round of boxing takes 3 minutes. Between the rounds there is a 1 minute pause, during which competitors change their gear. The contest is decided by: checkmate chess round, exceeding the time limit chess round, retirement of an opponent chess or boxing round, KO boxing round, or referee decision boxing round.