Following Andy Costello's good performance and much interest in his
other sport at Torbay, I wondered if people would be interested in
knowing more about
chessboxing
:
Chessboxing article in the
Guardian
Chessboxing feature on the
BBC
One of Andy's fights on
YouTube
Chessboxing site
Boxers who play chess include
Lennox
Lewis, the
Klitschko
brothers and
Terry
Marsh.
Quotes
|
All openings are sound below master level.[LOMBARDY?]Choose an opening... which is sound, regardless of fluctuations in current theory.[HOROWITZ and REINFIELD, in recommending the Sicilian Dragon(!)]when I'm white I win because I am white, when I'm black I win because I am Bogulyubov" |
all from Peter BALLARD |