Russian Nikolai Sazhin became the 2008 Chess Boxing Champion of the World after beating German policeman Frank Stoldt in a match in Berlin in 2008. Chess boxing is a hybrid sport which consists of up to six rounds of chess and five rounds of boxing.Brisbane Times: Knights in the Ring As Chess Boxers Slug It Out (July 7, 2008)
Sazhin's Knockout of Stoldt
Stoldt said after the match that a series of body-blows in the fourth round affected his concentration and caused him to make mental errors in the chess-devoted fifth round. Sazhin, a 19-years-old mathematics student from Russia, beat Stoldt, who was nearly double his age.Brisbane Times: Knights in the Ring As Chess Boxers Slug It Out (July 7, 2008)
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Fast Facts
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Born
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"The President"
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Occupation
Student
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Defeated
Frank Stoldt, age 37
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Served as peacekeeper in Kosovo
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Sport derived from futuristic 1992 French graphic novel
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