Chessboxers wanted for an exciting programme of events in 2012.
Enjoy an amazing challenge and compete at stunning venues in front of packed out houses including the Royal Albert Hall and London Olympic Pleasure Gardens. Events will be televised for broadcast on HD Satellite TV and live internet streaming.
Experienced competitors can earn £70 to £700 per night in purse money (no ticket selling required). Matches take place with under strict regulation with full medical supervision. Training provided. Competition is open to MEN and WOMEN aged 18 and above.
We will teach how to play chess and bring you up to a competitive standard within 1 month.
All weights and experience can apply.
Brains vs Brawn
Competitors wanted now!
Contact tim.woolgar@gbcbo.co.uk for more details.
Know someone who could be a chessboxer? We will pay £50 reward for every new chessboxer introduced to us in 2012.
Hi there.
What are the criteria to become a chessboxer?
I have plenty of martial arts experience and have been playing chess since I was a nipper, and this sounds like a good laugh.
Hope to hear from you soon,
Kind regards,
JJ
Hi JJ,
Chessboxers compete at all levels from novice through to expert, depending on background, experience and training. If you can play chess and have some martial arts experience you’ve already got a good grounding. We have trained people for competition who started with no chess or boxing background at all – and some with lots of both. The main criteria for chessboxing are simply the desire and willingness to improve your skills.
Elo 1800
Average boxer with marial arts background.
Very strong for my weight
Hi Anthony, You have a good chance to become a leading chessboxer. If you are based in London come to a complimentary training class one Saturday morning and see how you like the club.
LCB
Hi,
I’m Brazilian chess International Master Luis Coelho, I’m 31 years old and I recently got interested in chess-boxing.
I have a background in two martial arts (karate and judo, plus some experience in kickboxing from my teenage years) and I’ve now been practicing boxing for a few months.
I read and watched a bunch of exciting stuff online about this brand-new world of chess-boxing, until I read at the official chess website of the international federation that a chess-boxer must be 35 years old or younger in order to compete! Is this for real?!?! Because if so that would imply that the Klitschko brothers, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao would be classified as unfit for chess-boxing, the same to be said about chess World Champion Vishy Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Veselin Topalov and current World Championship runner-up Boris Gelfand.
So, as exciting as this whole thing looks, I would need some clarification on this issue before I even get started, because I of course I’d need to have the promise of a certain longevity in the sport.
Best regards,
IM Luis Coelho
Hi Luis,
London Chessboxing shows are no longer part of the WCBO but instead affiliated to the World Chess Boxing Association. There is NO upper age limit for taking part in a WCBA chessboxing fight.
You would be welcome to compete in one of our upcoming shows – and we wish you all the best with your Chessboxing training.
All the best,
LCB