Номер 1, страница 54 - гдз по английскому языку 10 класс рабочая тетрадь Вербицкая, Уайт

Track nine.

Chess boxing is a sport which combines the number one thinking sport chess with the number one fighting sport boxing. The rules of this strange sport are straightforward.

The two contestants have eleven alternating rounds of chess and boxing. They play chess for four minutes, have one minute to put on their boxing gloves, and then box for two minutes before having another minute to get ready for the chessboard again. Each competitor has a total of twelve minutes on the chess clock, and as soon as the time runs out, the game is over.

There are several ways to win a chess boxing match. The winner is decided by either winning the chess, running out of time on the chess clock, the other person retiring or giving up, a knockout hit in the ring, or a referee's decision. If the chess game ends in a draw, the player with a higher score in boxing wins. If there is an equal score, the opponent with the black pieces wins.

The idea first appeared in a nineteen ninety-two cartoon, drawn by Yugoslavian cartoonist Enki Bilal. In his graphic novel, chess boxing is an important part of the plot.

Inspired by Bilal's book, a Dutch artist, Iepe Rubingh, decided to bring the idea to life. Rubingh is now head of the World Chess Boxing Organisation with a motto, "Fighting is done in the ring, and wars are waged on the board." He is also the world champion. He organised and won the first World Championship in Amsterdam in two thousand three, and two years later, the first European Chess Boxing Championship took place in Berlin.

Since then, the sport has spread beyond Europe, and there are international tournaments as far apart as Japan and the USA.

Combining the world's most brain challenging and brain damaging sports may seem crazy, but is it? Perhaps it is more logical than it appears at first. Top chess players have to be very fit, and like top athletes, many of them follow strict exercise and diet routines. Chess boxing demands the best of competitors both physically and mentally. So it fulfills the classical ideal of a healthy mind in a healthy body. Mens sana in corpore sano. It's possibly the perfect combination of brains and strength, and it's definitely not a sport for the weak or cowardly.