James Canty III, a Detroit native, is the new world champion of chessboxing, a hybrid sport combining alternating rounds of ...

Chess boxing is the ultimate test of both brain and brawn. Two fights go back and forth between intense rounds of strategy and athleticism as they battle in a mental battle on a chess board and an ...

A new sport is slowly becoming a sensation, and it combines two pastimes that seem to be polar opposites: chessboxing. The game is exactly what it sounds like, as it combines chess and boxing to ...

I went to New York City to investigate the world of chessboxing and find out what it takes to become a world champion in the ...

Chess boxing, a sport testing both brains and brawn, has been steadily rising in popularity. It's been a big hit in Russia, with the U.S. now catching up, one fighter at a time. I Watched Boo-Yah: A ...

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> The World Chess Boxing Organization, which ...

Will MacLeod ’26, a math major in the College of Arts and Sciences, earned silver for Team USA in the Chessboxing World Championships in September after starting the sport just three months prior. And ...

Will MacLeod, second from left, at the podium after winning a silver medal at the recently completed World Chessboxing Championship, held in Loznica, Serbia, in late September. MacLeod is a 2022 ...