Chess Boxing: Greatest Prank Sport of All Time A comedy article
by Daniel R Deakin 307 3 11/14/2009 12:58 AM 1646 views
Two mighty opponents, challenging each other to cross mental barriers, to climb the castle walls of the brain, to attack the king and queen of each other's strategic maneuvers.
Chess ... it's pretty boring.
"Check ... and MATE!"
Fortunately, some bright spark called Iepe Rubingh, an open-minded Dutchman, decided to jazz it up a bit. He didn't go for naked chess, which frankly considering the general appearance and lifestyle of your average chess grandmaster is actually a blessing. No, he thought, why not get your revenge when your opponent traps you with his castle and queen, by smacking him one! Wallop!
Doesn't sound real? Well, watch these two braniacs (one of them being Iepe) beat the crap out of each other for stealing pawns:
The sport started off as a prank, by an artist and filmmaker just wanting to mix things up a bit and get some notoriety. But like the greatest of pranks, it becomes difficult to establish between reality and "prankality" -- where does the prank end, and reality start? They even have their own official governing body now.
It's hard to think clearly after being repeatedly bludgeoned on the head.
However, these "mentathletes" are taking their sport very seriously. They have genuine boxing skills and some of the competitors have FIDE Master status in chess. No longer can you call a chess player a nerd, because he just might get up and give you a vicious left hook that knocks you into next month.
So nerds of the world, strap on your boxing gloves, so that the next time a jock thinks it is a good prank to knock over your magnetic chess set (even though its magnetic, duh) you can float like a butterfly and sting him like a bee.
It leaves us here at ZUG begging the question, what other sport prank could you turn into potentially the greatest sport ever just by combining a brain sport with a physical sport? Twister Wrestling, anyone? Sudoku Arm-Wrestling? Crossword Ice Hockey? Or perhaps the greatest challenger: Trivial Pursuit Australian Rules Football?
"Alright Bruce, for a wedge ... what's the capital of the Netherlands?"
"Dunno mate! But here's the tooth I just knocked out of your mouth with my knee back, sorry about the blood."
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