Tournament:Mogul Chessboxing Championship
| Mogul Chessboxing Championship | |
|---|---|
| |
| Dates | December 11th, 2022 |
| Venue | Galen Center |
| Address/City | 3400 S Figueroa St Los Angeles, California 
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| Attendance | 4 |
| Results | |
 winners
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N/A |
| Staff | |
| Organizer(s) | Ludwig |
Mogul Chessboxing Championship was a chessboxing and Super Smash Bros. Melee smashboxing event hosted by Ludwig on December 11th, 2022. Unlike standard tournaments, the event hosted matches between various content creators and Melee players. Chessboxing is a hybrid sport between two players playing alternating rounds of blitz chess and boxing until one wins by a knockout in boxing, a checkmate in chess, the opponent exceeds the allowed time in chess, or there is a resignation or disqualification. In a similar vein, "smashboxing" is a hybrid sport between Smash and boxing. The smashers participating in the event were Spud vs. 2saint and KJH vs. Fiction in smashboxing, HugS vs. Toph in chessboxing, and Ludwig, fighting CDawgVA in chessslapping.
Format[edit]
Smash Rules[edit]
- Each card is 7 rounds, alternating disciplines, beginning with Smash.
- Boxing headgear - optional by mutual agreement.
- Smash rounds are four stock.
- Boxing rounds are 1:30 each.
Win Conditions[edit]
- Smash Bros. (2 Smash round wins ends the card)
- TKO (a knockout, 3 knockdowns per round, or 4 knockdowns per card)
- Decision (2-2 draw in Smash and no TKO = Judges decision)
Fight card[edit]
Lawrence Trent vs. Aman Hambleton was announced as the main card and was the highest-rated chessboxing match of all time, however, Disguised Toast vs. PointCrow went last as the main card. Following Disguised Toast vs. PointCrow, Ludwig and CDawgVA did a surprise unannounced match of chesssplapping (alternating face-slapping and chess).
Players denoted with an asterisk (*) are replacement players.
| Smashboxing undercards | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Winner | Character(s) | Loser | Character(s) | Method | Round | Time | |
| Super middleweight | 2saint* |
 |
 Spud |
 |
Boxing TKO | 2 | 0:00 | |
| Light heavyweight | Fiction |
 |
KJH |
 |
Melee 3-0 | 5 | 5:37 | |
2saint was a replacement for Joshman[1] due to Joshman breaking his arm on October 1st, 2022.[2] Joshman still attended as a spectator.[3]
| Chessboxing undercards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Winner | vs. | Loser |
| BoxBox |
vs. | Stanz
|
 Abroad in Japan |
vs. | overtflow*
|
| HugS* |
vs. | Toph
|
 GM Aman Hambleton |
vs. |  IM Lawrence Trent
|
 WGM Dina Belenkaya |
vs. | Andrea Botez**
|
| Myth |
vs. | Cherdleys*
|
| Chessboxing main card | ||
| Disguised Toast |
vs. | PointCrow
|
- overtflow was a replacement for
Papaplatte after he burst his eardrums. - HugS was a replacement for
Sardoche[1] after Sardoche was removed for pedophilic behavior.[4] - Cherdleys was a replacement for
Boy Boy due to last-second injuries.
**Botez was awarded a belt after it was decided she should have been awarded a TKO through a fourth standing count of the fight with one second left on the clock, however, Belenkaya remained the winner as in the moment the match proceeded to the next round.[5]
| Chessslapping undercard | ||
|---|---|---|
| Winner | vs. | Loser |
| CDawgVA |
vs. | Ludwig
|
Trivia[edit]
- HugS beat Toph in chessboxing by a TKO in boxing in Round 2. Chillin's diss tracks played during both of their introductions.
- Ludwig was defeated by CDawgVA in chessslapping in the final round by a timeout in chess, with less than one second remaining on CDawgVA's timer.
- The YouTuber Jerma985 was the ring announcer.[6]
- The event had the first YouTube live stream with multitrack audio, casting in English, French, and Spanish.[7]
- Fiction and KJH both weighed in at exactly 170.8 pounds.
- KJH vs. Fiction was the most viewed match of Melee of all time at over 253,000 viewers, beating Armada vs. Hungrybox at EVO 2016.
