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.
Members' chess sets
Quotes
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" Reti studies mathematics although he is not a dry mathematician; represents Vienna without being Viennese; was born in old Hungary yet he does not know Hungarian; speaks uncommonly rapidly only in order to act all the more maturely and deliberately; and will become the best chessplayer without, however, becoming world champion. " |
TARTAKOVER, Hypermodern Chess |