Thursday, November 24, 2005

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Victory for Tihomir "Tigertad" Titschko in 1st European Chessboxing Championship!
"Fighting is done in the ring, wars are raged on the board" was the motto of the 1st European Championship in Chessboxing held October 1, 2005 at the Salon Ost in Berlin. The Bulgarian Tihomir "Tigertad" Titschko achieved his victory in chess during the ninth round of the fight.

The WCBO (World Chess Boxing Organisation) organised the event in cooperation with the firm treffer.ag, simultaneously opening the world's very first Chessboxing Club (CBCB), which was recently founded in Berlin's Mitte district. Chessboxing's mastermind is the Berlin-based Dutch artist IEPE.

The lights were dimmed, music pounded from the speakers, the crowd of 500 onlookers welcomed the opponents with cheers as they made their way into the ring, and the 1st European Championship in Chessboxing began after the Bulgarian and German national anthems were played. Chessboxers go through interchanging four-minute rounds of chess and two-minute boxing rounds. In a maximum of eleven rounds, a K.O. or checkmate can lead to an early victory.

During the first round of chess, "Tigertad," one of the world's ten best players in bullet chess, was able to disorganise his opponent's preparations: a skilful move adaptation of the Dragon variation of the Sicilian Defence caused confusion for Andreas "D" Schneider of Berlin.


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