Proud to call him our official ambassador, Mat Thomas is not only a rated chess player - he is a Chessboxing World Champion.
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World champ, Streamer & Commentator, he's also the founder of Brawl for a Cause - a nonprofit dedicated to training, equipping and inspiring everyday people to literally fight for what they believe in.
With the mission of donating $1 billion, they've already reached over 700k
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In 2018, "Matador" made it to the Chessboxing World Championship finals, taking 1st place and becoming a World Champion.
Watch the match Recap right here:
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After Ludwig Ahgren announced the Mogul Chessboxing event in 2022, Matt reached out to let him know that he knew a thing or two about the hybrid sport. Lud then invited him to talk about it during his 50-hour glass box stream. The rest is history.
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[b]Fun fact:[/b]
Mogul Chessboxing was cancelled this year due to legal reasons.
As a last resort to save the event, they sent Matt to Vegas with ONE day's notice to storm the annual Boxing association convention & talk about chessboxing and why it's safer than other sanctioned sports.
Officially on the chess.com roster & focusing now on streaming and chessboxing commentary, Matt has been following us since day 1 and is a big fan of the game. He continues to impress with his perseverance and entrepreneurship and we can't wait to see what he'll achieve. We're glad he's on our side
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Today's setup comes from his 2018 Chessboxing World Championship title match vs Dhanalolgjam.
Try our demo today!
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