AGARTALA, April 8 (TIWN): Tripura Chess Boxing talents are going to participate a national meet at Kolkata.

In this regard, the sports-stars met Tripura Sports Minister Sahid Choudshury at his residence at Agartala on Saturday.

Chess boxing, or chessboxing, is a hybrid fighting sport (or a hybrid board game) that combines two traditional past times, chess, a cerebral board game and boxing, a physical sport. The competitors fight in alternating rounds of chess and boxing.Chessboxing was invented by Dutch performance artist Iepe Rubingh.

This is after a long time that Tripura stars are going to participate such a national meet. Sports Minister wished them for their best performances at Kolkata.