Chess boxing
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Chess boxing, or chessboxing, is a hybrid sport that combines chess and boxing. Two combatants play alternating rounds of blitz chess and boxing until one wins by checkmate or knockout. It is also pos
A chess boxing match in Berlin, 2008
A chess round in a chess boxing match in 2008
Elo rating system
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The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players, originally designed for rating chess players. It is a special case of the Bradley–Terry model. The Elo system wa
Chess boxing
…to be permitted to compete in a professional chess boxing fight. The current minimum requirements to fight in a Chess Boxing Global event include an Elo rating of 1,600 and a record of at least fifty amateur bouts fought in boxing or another similar martial art. One deciding factor in chess boxing is that the…
Arpad Elo, the inventor of the Elo rating system