When Matt Thomas dropped out of law school, he devoted himself to a sport he initially thought was a joke: chess boxing. In 2018, he became the first American to compete for a world chess boxing title ...

They throw a mean “check” right hook. It’s April 18 and Max Medley is having an amateur sparring session at the inaugural Interclub chess boxing event at the iconic Gleason’s boxing gym in Dumbo, ...

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 ...

I thought the RAF Moscow betting line for Khamzat Chimaev vs. Tyron Woodley was far too high considering Woodley’s collegiate wrestling accolades. Then I saw “Borz” face off against the 44-year-old “T ...

Dripping with sweat, gasping for breath and desperately trying to refocus after fending off hooks and throwing uppercuts, Nikopol warily moves his bishop across the chessboard… Once the literary ...

We’re back! Let’s get into it! From BlainehenryTFL: How many more Andy Ruiz comebacks are we in store for? Well, I do know that every one is one fewer. I’d really love to see Andy buckle down and be ...

“Three minutes Chess, three minutes boxing,” said Samy Shoker, “you start with chess, and after three minutes you stop the game and put your hands up.” Samy Shoker isn’t just an International Grand ...

It’s April 18and Max Medley is having an amateur sparring session at the inaugural Interclub chess boxing event at the iconic Gleason’s boxing gym in Dumbo, Brooklyn. As is common with this ...