Chessboxing: for his first big fight, Tim Arby aims for the title of champion of France

It smells of sweat in the hall of the Apollo Sporting Club in the 19th arrondissement of the capital.

Three hours a week, Tim Arby has been hitting the punching bags placed along the wall for a year.

And then, at regular intervals, this amateur boxer takes out a small folding table to lay out... a chessboard.

Then begins another reflection, more cerebral, for the 39-year-old Ile-de-France resident.

This Saturday, October 1, he will compete in an exceptional gala at the Cabaret Sauvage, on the other side of the ring road, his first chessboxing competition, a discipline that alternates rounds of boxing and chess.

"With a little stress," he admits.

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