The launch event

The Chessboxing Australia Launch Event

Free entry. Date and venue to be confirmed.

A morning of chessboxing out on the grass. Come watch it live, get on the pads, play some chess, and see what it is all about. Free, fun, and open to anyone.

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Sydney Park at night, lit path and fig trees
A chessboxing bout in the ring, board in the foreground
Sydney Park in daylight, open field

Free entry. Date and venue to be confirmed.

What's on

It runs as one morning from the start, so turning up halfway through means missing most of it.

Boards and pads are out on the grass, boxing and chess running side by side in the open, with music going, banners up, and a proper buzz on the grass.

Competitions run all morning, with merch and prizes up for grabs. Play chess, hit pads, do both, or just watch.

And it does not just stop. Once the action winds down the day stays open, so you can keep playing, keep sparring, and hang about with everyone who came down.

Register your details and you will get the date and the venue as soon as they drop, plus a reminder before the day.

What else we run

Chessboxing Australia is building all of this at once. Take any of it, in any order, or just come down on the day and meet the people building it.

Fitness Sessions Juniors Team Bookings Fight Nights

Community

The people are the point.

Chessboxing Australia is a community as much as a sport. You come for the training and the fights, and you stay for the people.

It is welcoming and it is social: the coffee after a session, the crew you get to know on the grass, and a chess club you can jump into online any time.

Two easy ways to be part of it, both free.

The Chess Club

Our club on chess.com is open to everyone. Play, follow along, and get games in with the community wherever you are.

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