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Wondering why two heavy weight, half naked guys are playing chess in the middle of a boxing ring? Well the ‘Chessboxers’ were throwing punches at each other just a couple of minutes ago.

Combine the world’s most popular thinking game with the number one fighting sport and you have a unique hybrid sport - Chessboxing. The match starts with a 4 minute chess session and can go up to eleven alternating rounds of boxing and chess. Chessboxing is gaining in popularity with a World Championship every year. This year its in Berlin. Here’s a video clip from an earlier world championship match.