Checkmate or knockout: The sport of chess boxing combines brains and brawn
Read Full Bio Bill Whitaker, Heather Abbott Updated on: July 26, 2026 / 7:00 PM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google This is an updated version of a story first published on Nov. When we first heard about chess boxing, we thought it was a joke. Turns out, it is, and it's just what it sounds like: alternate rounds of chess and boxing.
- ▪Read Full Bio Bill Whitaker, Heather Abbott Updated on: July 26, 2026 / 7:00 PM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google This is an updated version of a story first published on Nov.
- ▪When we first heard about chess boxing, we thought it was a joke.
- ▪Turns out, it is, and it's just what it sounds like: alternate rounds of chess and boxing.
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60 Minutes - Newsmakers Checkmate or knockout: The sport of chess boxing combines brains and brawn .chip { background-image: url('/fly/bundles/cbsnewscore/images/chip-bgd/chip-bgd-60-minutes.jpg'); } By Bill Whitaker, Bill Whitaker 60 Minutes Correspondent Bill Whitaker is an award-winning journalist and 60 Minutes correspondent who has covered major news stories, domestically and across the globe, for more than four decades with CBS News. Read Full Bio Bill Whitaker, Heather Abbott Updated on: July 26, 2026 / 7:00 PM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google This is an updated version of a story first published on Nov. 16, 2025. The original video can be viewed here. When we first heard about chess boxing, we thought it was a joke.
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