I found a great sport for intellectuals who like to kick a few asses now and then. (Or maybe it's a sport for talented asskickers who enjoy a mental challenge.) The sport is chess boxing.The name is self-explanatory. According to Wikipedia, the source of all knowledge, a chess boxing match is conducted in alternating rounds of boxing and chess. A competitor can win by knockout, judge's decision, checkmate, or by forcing his opponent past his time limit in the chess match.
Chess boxing is every bit as weird as Xtreme Baseball, if not weirder. Still, this sort of appeals to me. A good chess boxer must be versatile, since chess and boxing require different skills. It also must take a great deal of concentration to play chess after having your head pounded for three minutes. It might be interesting to extend this idea to other combinations of games. How about Candyland-mixed martial arts? I imagine that the commentary would go something like this:
...and he's in the ground and pound! He's taking punch after punch to the head. His only chance of winning now is to survive this round and then draw the Queen Frostine card.

You're funny. I always used to get Plumpy- now I just AM Plumpy ;)
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