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Iepe Rubingh

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Iepe Rubingh
Born (1974-08-17) August 17, 1974 (age 50)
Rotterdam, Netherlands
OccupationChess Boxer

Iepe B. T. Rubingh (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈipə]; born 17 August 1974) is the founder of chess boxing and a former artist.

Biography

Works as an artist

As a performance artist, Rubingh blocked off intersections in Berlin and Tokyo to create major traffic congestion. He was jailed for 10 days for the Tokyo action.[1]

Chess boxing

Rubingh founded chess boxing in 2003, drawing inspiration from Enki Bilal's comic book Froid Équateur.[2] He is the current president of the World Chess Boxing Organisation.[citation needed] and CEO of Chess Boxing Global, the marketing company for professional chessboxing.[3]

Record

Chess boxing record
3 Fights, 3 wins (1 TOs,　2CMs)
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time
2010-11-06 Win Germany Tim "Bavarian Beast" Yilmaz Festsaal Kreuzberg Berlin, Germany Check Mate 7
Wins vacant 1st title of International German middleweight championship.
2004-04-17 Win Japan Soichiro "The Cho-Yabai" Yanase The Tokyo Fight Meguro, Tokyo, Japan Check Mate 9
2003-11-14 Win Netherlands Luis "The Lawyer" Veenstra 1st Chess Boxing World Championship Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands Time Out 11
Wins vacant 1st title of WCBO world middleweight championship.

Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

Titles

  • 1st World Chess Boxing Organization World Middleweight champion (2003 – Current)
  • 1st Chess Boxing Club Berlins International German middleweight champion

References

  1. ^ "Wanna piece of this?". The Guardian. 2005-11-09. Retrieved 2009-11-20. ...performance artist whose oeuvre includes blocking off intersections in Berlin and Tokyo to create monster traffic jams (he was jailed for 10 days for his Japanese provocation)...
  2. ^ chessboxing.com (2005-11-08). "Chessboxing: Life Imitates Art". Newsback. Retrieved 2009-11-20.
  3. ^ http://www.unternehmen24.info/Firmeninformationen/DE/3884783
Sporting positions
Preceded by
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 1st WCBO World Middleweight Champion
November 14, 2003 – Current 		Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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 1st CBCB International German Middleweight Champion
November 6, 2010 – Current 		Succeeded by
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