Proud to call him our official ambassador, Mat Thomas is not only a rated chess player - he is a Chessboxing World Champion.
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
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:
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.
Fun fact:
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
Today's setup comes from his 2018 Chessboxing World Championship title match vs Dhanalolgjam.
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