The first European Chessboxing Championship held October 1, 2005 at the Salon Ost in Berlin resulted in a decisive win for Bulgarian Tihomir “Tigertad” Titschko against Berliner Andreas “D” Schneider, achieved in the chess portion of the event.

It was also a good opportunity to formally announce the opening of the world’s very first Chessboxing Club (CBCB), which was recently founded in Berlin’s Mitte district, and further validation of the new sport masterminded by Dutch artist Iepe Rubingh.

“Tigertad” is among the world’s ten best players in bullet chess, and effectively used the Sicilian Dragon against “D” Schneider, both of whom traded big blows during the boxing portions to the cheer of the sold-out crowd.

“D” was able to take advantage of a slight slip by “Tigertad” on the board, raising his spirits overall in a way that he was able to carry over to the boxing round.

Sadly for the German, it was too little too late when he eventually succumbed to the raging Bulgarian on the chessboard with only 20 seconds remaining, with the local matador eventually capitulating in the ninth round.

A draw between Peter Svidler and Vishy Anand in the final round left Anand in second place by the tiebreak system used of this championship. The winner was and is Veselin Topalov, whose draw against Judit Polgar left him 1.5 points ahead of the field, with a 2890 performance.

In spite of retiring from competitive chess Garry Kasparov still tops the FIDE ratings list. He has done this countless times so far, with a highest-ever ranking of 2851 (in 7/1999). Kasparov is followed by Vishy Anand, who is six points ahead of Veselin Topalov. Peter Leko has retained his fourth place, Vassily Ivanchuk remains at fifth. Peter Svidler has gained two points and climbed from seven to six, while Vladimir Kramnik lost five points to slip from six to seven. Judit Polgar remains in the top ten at place eight.