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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Born | |
Died | 8 May 2020[1] | (aged 45)
Occupation | Chess Boxer |
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.[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]
Rubingh 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 popular Netflix miniseries "The Queen's Gambit" is dedicated to Rubingh. He is credited as an "On-Set Chess Consultant" for the series.
Rubingh 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]
3 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 |
...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)...