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#62210

Antonio Gramsci

Posts: 2471

posted 08-07-2008 16:37
Chess-boxing is the greatest sport, ever!!!!!! Here's a wiki entry. Here's a youtube clip (the cinematography is shit, though) And here's the site of the World Chessboxing federation. My God, this is fabulous. If this ever gets a TV contract, I may have to stop watching football. Please note, although no boardcode buttons are shown, they are still useable

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#62226

evilC

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posted 08-07-2008 16:59

Thst's pretty funny. But I was hoping it was a giant chess board populated by pugilists who, imtating the ring-side - sorry, board-side - movements of their chess-playing overlords, had to go toe-to-toe with their opposite number and beat the crap out of each other to see which 'piece' was actually taken.

Now, that would be fun!

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#62268

Antonio Gramsci

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posted 08-07-2008 18:07
I just love the idea that you can win by smacking your opponent so silly that he can't tell the difference between a Sicilian defence and a Caro-Kann. Please note, although no boardcode buttons are shown, they are still useable

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Last Edit: 08-07-2008 18:07 By Antonio Gramsci.

#62284

Incandenza

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posted 08-07-2008 18:35
Clearly you're not a Wu-Tang CLan fan, AG: Wu-Tang borrowed the name of the martial arts movie Mystery of Chessboxing for a song on Enter the 36 Chambers. The villain in the move is named Ghost Faced Killer, so that's where that name comes from also. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl6jwab3HWk Please note, although no boardcode buttons are shown, they are still useable

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Antonio Gramsci

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posted 09-07-2008 04:03
You see what I'm talking about? You knew, Inca, and you didn't tell me. I thought we were friends. Please note, although no boardcode buttons are shown, they are still useable

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#62681

Incandenza

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posted 09-07-2008 12:58
Well, I didn't know it was an actual thing. I thought it was just something that the Wu-Tang thought sounded cool. Reading your opening post, then I searched for the song, then I read about the movie. Please note, although no boardcode buttons are shown, they are still useable

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