You either play chess, or you box. You don't do both. Right? Nope. This thing here is a real sport. They combined playing chess and punching each other's lights out. This chess boxing match lasts 4 minutes.

4 minutes to play chess.

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2 minutes to box.

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The hybrid sport combines the strategic mind skills of chess and the brutal punching of boxing.

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They will face off in 11 alternating rounds.

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6 rounds of chess and 5 of boxing.

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Started by Dutch artist Iepe Rubingh, it features opponents fight an entire boxing match before sitting down to play the board game.

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Sounds fun?