They throw a mean “check” right hook. 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, ...

Chess boxing, a sport testing both brains and brawn, has been steadily rising in popularity. It's been a big hit in Russia, ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — James Canty III is the new world champion of chessboxing. Chessboxing is a hybrid sport combining alternating rounds of speed chess and boxing. Someone wins by checkmate, ...

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 ...

SAN DIEGO (KSWB) – A king in his castle. “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 ...