Drunken (Chess) Boxing

Simply suggesting upgrading the rules of this wonderful variant to playing with the shot glass set. It'd seem the original version lacks something vitally stupid. :)

The average life span of an NFL player is about 55 years old, with dementia and mental illness being common. Some of this may be due to diet and steroids, etc., but much of it (the dementia and mental illness especially) is likely due largely to concussions, which are also common in boxing...

In short, I would suggest that boxing and chess are not such a great mix, maybe jujitsu and chess or similar would be a better match.

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/story/2008/11/19/fifthestate-headgames.html is a summary of a CBC documentary on the topic.

Edit: If you are implying by the term "shot glass set" that drinking would be advisable, it's a dangerous suggestion IMO. Actually I assume you were joking, but the subject (concussions and their after-effects) is deadly serious, especially in high-contact sports, in which boxing definitely fits the bill...

Football and chess.

Edit: Soccer to be clear.

Jiu Jutsu, also not a good idea (too difficult moving the pieces when your wrists are all broken'ish)

Kendo: Same deal - too many fractures.

Kraw maga on the other hand is a good option I think, seeing as it's attacks are mostly focused on the groin area and as such doesn't effect the head too much. Combining it with champagne and chinese checkers and we have a completely new and rather chique variant.

Oh oh oh oh, (drunken) shadow chess boxing! Nothing like getting hammered, pulling out ye pieces, turning the lights off and there we go: I made this variant interesting for everyone except the spectators.

how about just sipping on "patron de cafe" from a long shot glass while playing chess.....

That could work out too - I like this idea! Could it be some type of hyper-hyper modernism, I've never seen that move before..?