Dripping with sweat, gasping for breath and desperately trying to refocus after fending off hooks and throwing uppercuts, Nikopol warily moves his bishop across the chessboard... Chessboxers in ...

It’s 9pm on a sweaty May evening at London’s Scala nightclub and Hamza Buhari must knock out his opponent in the next three minutes or lose his king. The 28-year-old pharmacist from London is taking ...

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 ...