Iepe Rubingh

Iepe Rubingh
Iepe Rubingh
	Rubingh in 2015
Born	17 August 1974; Rotterdam, Netherlands
Died	8 May 2020 (aged 45)[1]
Occupation	Chess Boxer

Iepe B. T. Rubingh (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈipə]; 17 August 1974 – 8 May 2020) was a Dutch performance artist and the founder of chess boxing.

Biography

As a performance artist, Rubingh blocked off intersections in Berlin and Tokyo (Shibuya Crossing) to create major traffic congestion. He was jailed for 10 days for the Tokyo action.[2]

Rubingh founded chess boxing in 2003, drawing inspiration from Enki Bilal's comic book Froid Équateur.[3] He was the president of the World Chess Boxing Organisation for many years and CEO of Chess Boxing Global, the marketing company for professional chessboxing.[4]

Chess boxing record

3 Fights, 3 wins (1 TOs,　2CMs)

Wins vacant 1st title of International German middleweight championship.
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time
2010-11-06	Win	Tim "Bavarian Beast" Yilmaz	Festsaal Kreuzberg	Berlin, Germany	Check Mate	7
2004-04-17	Win	Soichiro "The Cho-Yabai" Yanase	The Tokyo Fight	Meguro, Tokyo, Japan	Check Mate	9
2003-11-14	Win	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

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

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Iepe Rubingh, de Rotterdamse uitvinder van chessboxing, overleden
"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)...
chessboxing.com (2005-11-08). "Chessboxing: Life Imitates Art". Newsback. Retrieved 2009-11-20.
http://www.unternehmen24.info/Firmeninformationen/DE/3884783

Sporting positions
Preceded by N/A	1st WCBO World Middleweight Champion November 14, 2003 – Current	Succeeded by N/A
Preceded by N/A	1st CBCB International German Middleweight Champion November 6, 2010 – Current	Succeeded by N/A

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