A new sport is slowly becoming a sensation, and it combines two pastimes that seem to be polar opposites: chessboxing. The game is exactly what it sounds like, as it combines chess and boxing to ...

Istanbul is set to host an international chessboxing competition from April 27 to May 3, 2026, bringing together athletes ...

Chessboxing is a hybrid sport that is exactly what it sounds like: Chess plus boxing, or, more specifically, a round of chess followed by a round of boxing, repeated until someone comes out the victor ...

Will MacLeod, second from left, at the podium after winning a silver medal at the recently completed World Chessboxing Championship, held in Loznica, Serbia, in late September. MacLeod is a 2022 ...

A chessboard awaits the next round just outside the ring during a chessboxing match in Berlin in 2012 AP Images There’s a boxing ring planted in the middle of a London nightclub. So far, nothing too ...