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Knockout or nonsense? The Wharf reports from the UK's first ever showcase of Chessboxing
WE’VE all seen gruesome fights on family board game night – but this evening was more brutal than a Christmas Day without TV repeats.
Tonight’s victor is sitting in a chair on an upper floor of the Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club just minutes after masterminding a win on the chessboard.
Only he’s stripped to the waist and drenched in sweat, clasping a damp object against a rapidly-swelling black eye.
Chessboxing could be coming to East London. Are you ready for fight knight?
BRAINS and brawn could be colliding in Docklands this summer.
The area may host Britain’s first showcase of Chessboxing, a discipline which allows competitors to test their opponent’s brain power before pummelling it in the ring.
North London resident Tim Woolgar is keen to launch the sport in the UK after visiting an event in Berlin last year. He runs a class in Islington but also hopes to set up another in Shadwell.
He said: “It’s the number one thinking sport combined with the number one fighting sport.
“I think the East End has the right sort of atmosphere for this. People seem quite open to trying new things.�
