Which sport is nicknamed ‘Chess on Ice’?
Ice stock sport Ice stock sport Ice stock sport (also known as "Bavarian Curling") is a winter sport, somewhat similar to curling. In German, it is known as . Competitors slide ice stocks over an ice surface, aiming for a target, or to cover the longest distance. Ice stocks have a gliding surface, to which a stick (ca 30 cm) is attached. The sport, mostly practised in southern Germany, Austria and Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy, has been demonstrated at the Winter Olympic Games on two occasions. Although the sport is traditionally played on an ice surface, events are also held on tarmac in
Ice stock sport summer. Although the sport is probably much older, the first proof of ice stock sport being practised stems from a 16th-century painting by Belgian painter Pieter Brueghel. It would take until the 1930s before the sport became organized. A German federation was established in 1934, and German championships were established two years later. European Championships were first held in 1951, and World Championships were first held in 1983, after the International Federation Ice Stock Sport (IFE) had been established. First written mentioning of icestock sport as messengers arrive to bring news of the capture of Richard Lion-heart to Leopold V,