On Sunday 11, 2022, YouTuber and streamer Ludwig Anders Ahgren brought one of the most bizarre spectacles in all of sporting and games to screens and seats in the 10,000 seat Galen Center in Los Angeles thanks to Mogul Chessboxing Championship.
The event will see 18 chessboxing competitors, from streaming personality backgrounds, and chess pros, take on one of the most demanding events in all competition. The likes of Albert “Boxbox” Zheng, Chris “Abroad in Japan” Broad, Andrea Botez, Disguised Toast, and Myth will all be competing in this truly one-of-a-kind event.
What is Chessboxing?
Chessboxing is a hybrid sport that combines both chess and boxing into a single competitive event. Chessboxing is, amazingly, not something Ludwig, or the Wu-Tang Clan made up. However, it is instead traced back to a 1979 Hong Kong kung fu film Mystery of Chessboxing. The sport was officially sanctioned and held in 2003 in Berlin. Since then, the event has been primarily small-scale, but growing interest has seen it become a global sensation in the later part of the 2010s.
Chessboxing appeals to the fact it may be the ultimate physical and mental test. In order to win at chess boxing, can’t just be a great boxer, or a high elo chess player. Instead, elo and boxing ability are matched. All competitors in the event, with some handicaps, are considered equal competitors.
What about Smash Boxing/Melee Boxing?
Smash and Melee Boxing IS something Ludwig just made up. Like chess boxing, premise is exactly what you expect: It’s two players playing Smash and then having a boxing match. These matches are being used as prelims for the main event. Yard member Slime provided some additional details about the history of this idea:
Full Card
Ludwig posted the full card on his Twitter earlier today. The first two matches are Smash/Melee Boxing, the rest are chessboxing.
Ludwig Chessboxing Full Card (Image via Mogul Media)
How to watch Ludwig’s Mogul Chessboxing Championship
Mogul Chessboxing Championships start at 15:30 PT. You can tune into the Mogul Chessboxing Championship by tuning in to Ludwig’s YouTube here. You can also watch some exclusive behind the scene details on the Fansly.
Ludwig Chessboxing results
Results to come later.
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