New Chessboxing season starts in London
Posted in ChessBase on Фев 27, 2010
27.02.2010
– Top of the bill is a thrilling heavyweight encounter between Sergio The Phoenix Leveque from Italy and Dutchman, Hubert Van Melick. Chessboxing entails alternating sessions of four minutes at the chessboard and two in the boxing ring. You can win by checkmate or knockout. In two weeks the new season begins, with the first fights in London. Press release and videos.
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New Chessboxing Season Starts in London!
Saturday, March 13th 2009
Leveque makes his chessboxing debut, marking the final step in his recovery
from a horrendous motorbike accident in 2005 when doctors doubted he would ever
walk again. Leveque has proved them wrong, regaining fitness and climbing back
in the ring three times in Italy during 2009 before rising to the chessboxing
challenge. Leveque plays in the Italian A league chess team and is a candidate
master level player.
Van Melick makes his third chessboxing appearance following two wins against
Mexico’s Hector Gomez in October 2009 and Welshman Bob Innes in December
2009. Van Melick’s chessboxing career kicked off in earnest after losing
his job at a top merchant bank during the financial crisis. Now instead of trading
shares he trades punches and material on the chessboard, aiming for a shot at
the European title currently held by Italy’s Gianluca Sirci.
On the undercard we have a superb middleweight clash featuring “The Man
From Pamplona” Daniel Lizarraga matched against Berliner, Sebastian Baursefeld.
Lizarraga narrowly defeated Baursefeld’s training mate Sascha Wandkowsky
in December 2009 and is looking for a second straight victory at the Boston
Dome.
The first bout of the night will be an amateur encounter between two chessboxing
enthusiasts, TV producer Rob Gillies and journalist Johnny Higginson, political
editor of London’s Metro newspaper. Both men have had just ten weeks to
prepare for the bout which is being staged to raise money for the charity The
Railway Children.
This is the first of five UK chessboxing events due to take place in London
this year, produced by the Great Britain Chessboxing Organisation in conjunction
with The Wolrd Chessboxing Organisation. Future dates in 2010 will be May 8th,
July 3rd, September 11th and December 4th.
Commentary by International Chess Master Malcom Pein
An introduction to Chessboxing
Last week we visited the inventor of Chessboxing Iepe Rubingh in Berlin. Present
was also the German composer, singer and actress ,
who is an avid chess player.
Vaile challenged Iepe to a game of chess, in front of the giant Chessboxing
poster
She plays a game of chess every day – and takes it very seriously
In summer this astonishing young lady spends two months in the forests of
Sweden, alone with two horses. Vaile has written a book on the subject. It will
be out as a top title in the Knaur Verlag this fall.
Iepe, who is the better chess player, gives Vaile some pointers. In the
boxing round
that followed – no, wait, there was no round of boxing between the two...
Videos on Chessboxing
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Venue: The Boston Dome, Boston Arms, Junction Road, London N19 5QQ
When: March 13th December – Time: 7pm til late
Ticket prices: from just £10 –
Advance Box Office:
Contact: Tim Woolgar +44 7956 196780
More Information:
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