German policeman Frank “Anti-Terror” Stoldt, 37, has been crowned the World’s Light-Heavyweight Chess Boxing champion after winning the first World Championship in Chess Boxing in Berlin last week. So what the heck is Chess Boxing? It’s exactly what it sounds like. A battle of body and mind in which competitors engage in alternating rounds of chess and boxing. According to the official rules at the World Chess Boxing Organization website (Wcbo.org) a full contest consists of 11 rounds -- six four-minute rounds of chess and five two-minute rounds of boxing. A match can be won by checkmate or knockout, or by outscoring your opponent in boxing if the chess match results in a stalemate. Check out this video of the match...
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