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Iepe Rubingh
Rubingh in 2015
Born	Iepe B. T. Rubingh (1974-08-17)17 August 1974 Rotterdam, Netherlands
Died	8 May 2020(2020-05-08) (aged 45)
Occupation	Chess boxer

Iepe B. T. Rubingh (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈipə ˈrybɪŋ]; 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).

Biography

Works as an artist

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.

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.

Chess boxing

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

Rubingh is recorded in the Guinness World Records as the First Chess Boxing World Champion.

The Queen's Gambit

The popular Netflix miniseries "The Queen's Gambit" is dedicated to Rubingh. He is credited as an "On-Set Chess Consultant" for the series.

Death

Rubingh died in his sleep on 8 May 2020. The cause of death was not determined, although COVID-19 was excluded.

Record

Chess boxing record

3 Fights, 3 wins (1 TOs,　2CMs)
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time
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

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

References

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14. "WCBO - official website www.wcbo.org".
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16. "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.
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19. "GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS. First Chess Boxing World Champion".
20. "Frederic Friedel. (2020). ChessBase general biography article for the President Iepe Rubingh EN language". 11 May 2020.
21. "Kunstenaar en pionier van schaakboksen Iepe Rubingh overleden: 'De Rotterdamse koning is gevallen'". 11 May 2020.
22. "The Queen's Gambit: That ending explained and all your questions answered".
23. "Inventor of chessboxing, Iepe Rubingh Has Passed Away".

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