does chess and boxing have something in common ?

The answer is yes, boxing_master knows nothing about either...what do I win?

 

i'm guessing the ppl who are saying no do not play chess or have never boxed...or...just aren't bright enough to see the similarities.

 

As an avid chess player, and occasional recreational boxer at the gym. Absolutely.

-Setting traps.
-bluffing
Countering
-Knowing when to accept small defeats, in order to win the war. ( getting hit with something real hard in boxing, sometimes you should clinch instead of just defending, same in chess. sometimes you'll give up a strong piece in order to secure the checkmate down the line )
-thinking 2 moves ahead.
-utilizing your weapons completely, playing to your strengths. ( some people use hooks, and bishops, other people excel with rooks, straight uppercuts. )
-establishing your identity/style ( when I play chess, I normally like to react off my opponents, sometimes I make moves that have nothing to do with my overall goal, just to throw my opponent off, same with boxing. Marquez through some punches seconds before the KO6, just to lure Pacquiao in for the deathshot)

There are a lot of similarities. Too many actually.

 

there are similarities, but doing one doesn't help how good you are at the other........................

 

Thats true. But I think your identity in chess could help you form an identity as a boxer.

 

i think that's where differences in this thread have arose .......people who say yes think those saying no are not acknowledging differences. those saying no mean that doing 1 does not help how good you are at the other

something like fencing is different though. bernard hopkins studies tapes of fencing matches.

 

yeah you summed it up perfectly. But I do both. Both are hobbies for me, and I was just stating my opinion

 

Yes. Calzaghe was a master of both of them.

 

All of which are equally applicable to a multitude of other sports and a vast number of non-sporting activities.

The great boxer as grand chess master is something of a hackneyed cliché.

 

In the ring he plays checkers.

 

Yes they have something in common(chess is awesome).

1. In chess you might have overwhelming attack,but then you commit a mistake that allows your opponent to checkmate you. In boxing we can compare this with a boxer overwhelming his opponent, but a lucky punch sneaks in and KO him.

2. There are counter puncher and aggressive boxers. In chess there are aggressive openings, and openings that looks to counter.

3. A boxer needs to defend just like in chess.

4. A boxer needs to attack just like in chess.

5. A defenseless boxer is like a naked king in the center getting pressured.

6. A boxer going to the head and body,so his opponents fall, is like the principle of two weakness in chess.

7. There are boxers with mindless barbaric aggressive style.In chess there are crap aggressive moves.

8. There are boxers who take risk.

9. There are chess players who take risk.

10. An early KO victory in boxing,is like a quick checkmate in chess.

11. A 12 round decision victory in boxing,is like an endgame victory in chess.
12. In boxing there is a draw just like in chess.

 

I think there are similarities in that both sports bring out the natural psyhich of the participans.
E.g. an aggressive person plays chess aggressively trying to attack straight away rather than build up their position. Similarly an aggressive person will try go for a knock out straight away. A defensive minded person may prefer to counter attack as they would in boxing, being somewhat of a counter puncher. I am definitely a counter puncher and a defensive chess player. My favourite opening in chess is the kings Indian. My favourite punch in boxing is the counter right hand after side step against incoming jabs or straights. I definitely like to wait till attacked first as I find it easier to get the openings. Similarly to chess where you can be defensive. I guess what I am saying in otherwords, the style of both games is representative of the mindset.

 

Pacquiao is the Kasparov of chess. Floyd is the Ulf Andersson of chess.

 

A date with boxing_master!

 

Pirog kills it at chess.