It's the ultimate test of brain AND brawn. So did our man FRED KELLY suffer knockout or checkmate when he tried the new craze of chessboxing?

Daily Mail - Nov 14, 2026

To everyone's surprise - not least coach Gavin - your writer excelled in the ring, producing a string of devastating jabs to put the legal boffin on the back foot.

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Nov 14, 2026

It's the ultimate test of brain AND brawn. So did our man FRED KELLY suffer knockout or checkmate when he tried the new craze of chessboxing?

To everyone's surprise - not least coach Gavin - your writer excelled in the ring, producing a string of devastating jabs to put the legal boffin on the back foot.

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I'll give you $50m and throw in security for your elderly mom, just leave me alone! What billionaire offered angry ex after dumping her for society maven, according to deliciously petty court filings

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Head of Piddington parish council's stark threat to Andy Burnham after asylum camp was rubber stamped... while Reform's Zia Yusuf made a fool of himself

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Siren sounds at RAF base following 'suspected drone activity' days after US 'evacuated aircraft amid Iran threat'

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Microsoft glitch exposes Britain's reliance on a tiny number of US tech giants on the day digital doom stared us in the face

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Would-be kidnapper who arrived at court as a 'woman' is jailed as judge sees through trans bid and brands him a dangerous MAN

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It's the ultimate test of brain AND brawn. So did our man FRED KELLY suffer knockout or checkmate when he tried the new craze of chessboxing?

More News

It's the ultimate test of brain AND brawn. So did our man FRED KELLY suffer knockout or checkmate when he tried the new craze of chessboxing?

Darth Vader's lightsaber fetches record £3.7m - making it the most expensive Star Wars prop ever

How China mastered the art of the honeytrap: As Nvidia boss Jensen Huang sees an affair detonate his career, we reveal how Beijing is finding new ways to exploit the libidos of powerful men in the West

ANDREW NEIL: Trump fears assassination by Iran. No wonder he doesn't trust Britain when we're so blasé about the threat the mullahs pose to us all

He used one to make him look 'cool'. The other dropped in for dinner all the time... as ALISON BOSHOFF asks just how close WAS Jonathan Ross to Brand and Walliams?

Awesome bravery amid the bullets on Bondi Beach: A year after the massacre of men, women and children celebrating a Jewish festival by the ocean in Sydney, survivors recall the desperate battle for survival for the first time

I'll give you $50m and throw in security for your elderly mom, just leave me alone! What billionaire offered angry ex after dumping her for society maven, according to deliciously petty court filings

Excruciating moment top Democrat Hakeem Jeffries heckled during party unity conference: 'Do you think this is helping?'

Head of Piddington parish council's stark threat to Andy Burnham after asylum camp was rubber stamped... while Reform's Zia Yusuf made a fool of himself

Siren sounds at RAF base following 'suspected drone activity' days after US 'evacuated aircraft amid Iran threat'

Microsoft glitch exposes Britain's reliance on a tiny number of US tech giants on the day digital doom stared us in the face

Would-be kidnapper who arrived at court as a 'woman' is jailed as judge sees through trans bid and brands him a dangerous MAN

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