Archive for February 27th, 2010

Top of the bill is a thrilling heavyweight encounter between Sergio “The Phoenix” Leveque from Italy and Dutchman, Hubert Van Melick. Chessboxing entails alternating sessions of four minutes at the chessboard and two in the boxing ring. You can win by checkmate or knockout. In two weeks the new season begins, with the first fights in London. Press release and videos.

The Sicilian is like an alligator – one of the natives of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, where the theme match took place. Judit Polgar and Gregory Kaidanov played four games, a Sveshnikov, Dragon, Najdorf and a Scheveningen at classical time controls. All were sharp and all won by White. The sponsor, Sicilian fan Jeff Smith, provided the $16,000 prize fund. Pictorial report.