Iepe B. T. Rubingh (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈipə]; 17 August 1974 – 8 May 2020) was a Dutch performance artist, athlete and the founder of chess boxing and World Chess Boxing Organisation (WCBO, with central Berlin, Germany in 2003).[2]
Iepe Rubingh | |
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![]() Rubingh in 2015 | |
Born | |
Died | 8 May 2020[1] | (aged 45)
Occupation | Chess Boxer |
Biography
editWorks as an artist
editAs 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.[3][4]
In 2010 (Sunday April), 500 litres of waterbased environmentally-friendly paint on asphalt spread by 2000 cars on Rosenthaler Platz Berlin. By IEPE & the anonymous crew. Directed by AKIZ.[5][6][7]
Chess boxing
editRubingh founded chess boxing in 2003,[8][9][10][11][12] drawing inspiration from Enki Bilal's comic book Froid Équateur.[13] He was the President of the World Chess Boxing Organisation (WCBO[14][15]) for many years[16][17][circular reference][citation needed] and CEO of Chess Boxing Global, the marketing company for professional chessboxing.[18]
Rubingh is recorded in the Guinness World Records as the First Chess Boxing World Champion.[19]
The Queen's Gambit
editThe popular Netflix miniseries "The Queen's Gambit" is dedicated to Rubingh. He is credited as an "On-Set Chess Consultant" for the series.
Death
editRubingh died in his sleep on 8 May 2020. The cause of death is not known, except it was not COVID-19.[20][21][22][23]
Record
edit3 Fights, 3 wins (1 TOs, 2CMs) | ||||||||
Date | Result | Opponent | Event | Location | Method | Round | Time | |
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2010-11-06 | Win | Tim "Bavarian Beast" Yilmaz | Festsaal Kreuzberg | Berlin, Germany | Check Mate | 7 | ||
Wins vacant 1st title of International German middleweight championship. | ||||||||
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 |
Titles
edit- 1st World Chess Boxing Organization World Middleweight champion (2003 – Current)
- 1st Chess Boxing Club Berlins International German middleweight champion
References
edit- ^ Iepe Rubingh, de Rotterdamse uitvinder van chessboxing, overleden.
- ^ "The Artists. Iepe B. T. Rubingh | the artist".
- ^ "EduBilla. Iepe Rubingh".
- ^ "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)...
- ^ "PAINTING REALITY - the official". YouTube.
- ^ "Designboom. Iepe: Painting Reality". 19 July 2011.
- ^ "Painting Reality – Berlin Street (as) Art". June 2016.
- ^ "Raphaelli, Israel (2008). The CCI-USA News" (PDF).
- ^ "CHESS BOXING- NETHERLANDS. a. History/origin of the Chess Boxing; b. Weapon used in Chess Boxing; c. Technique involved in Chess Boxing and training availability". 23 December 2017.
- ^ "Kishibaev I.Ya., Ivanov M.A. (2018). Chessboxing as a way of realizing the child's right to physical and intellectual development and the formation of healthy lifestyle skills. Almanac of World Science. 2018 No. 5 (25). Science, education, society: modern challenges and perspectives. p. 147 – 148. ISSN 2412-8597" (PDF).
- ^ "Poltavsky A.V., Tsarkova A.A., Mironov A.T., Guliev M.G. INFORMATION AND PEDAGOGICAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE TASKS OF FORECASTING SPORTS PERFORMANCE. ISBN 978-5-906001-47-4. UDC 372.879.6, BBK 74.200.55. 2016" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-11-01.
- ^ "RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF EDUCATION, PUBLIC-STATE PHYSICAL AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION "YUNOST RUSSIA", Medvedkov V.D., Doctor pedagogical sciences, professor, Ilkevich K.B., candidate Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor. 2018. ISSN 2227-6181" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-07-04.
- ^ chessboxing.com (2005-11-08). "Chessboxing: Life Imitates Art". Newsback. Archived from the original on 2008-08-29. Retrieved 2009-11-20.
- ^ "WCBO - official website www.wcbo.org".
- ^ "WCBO - sport introduction and rules" (PDF).
- ^ "Associate Professor Ovchinnikov Jurij Dmitrievich and student Horkova Ljubov Vladimirovna. BIOMECHANICS IN PROJECT TECHNOLOGIES – POPULARIZATION OF NEW SPORTS. PEDAGOGICAL SCIENCES. Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education Kuban State University of Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism, Krasnodar city. MODERN INNOVATION No. 3 (5) 2016". Современные Инновации. 3 (5): 47–49. 2016.
- ^ "World Chess Boxing Organisation".
- ^ unternehmen24.info
- ^ "GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS. First Chess Boxing World Champion".
- ^ "Frederic Friedel. (2020). ChessBase general biography article for the President Iepe Rubingh EN language". 11 May 2020.
- ^ "Kunstenaar en pionier van schaakboksen Iepe Rubingh overleden: 'De Rotterdamse koning is gevallen'". 11 May 2020.
- ^ "The Queen's Gambit: That ending explained and all your questions answered".
- ^ "Inventor of chessboxing, Iepe Rubingh Has Passed Away".
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