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Chessboxing will finally return to its Berlin roots and provide its fans and followers with an unforgettable night of spectacular entertaiment!
Upcoming Saturday, November 6th, the WCBO will host the International German championships in Festsaal Kreuzberg.

What will be a perfect night for YOU has been a bumpy road for us:
The main fight was to be the highly interesting match-up between Iepe Rubingh, inventor of chessboxing and the Berlin Chess Boxing Club CBCB's silverback, fighting against the CBCB's finest and most talented fighter, Sebastian Bauersfeld, who has grown enough to dare to challenge his mentor.
And then...
...Bauersfeld broke his nose in a hefty sparring session and had to cancel the fight.

So, Bauersfeld got a new nose --a rather nice one, actually!- and Iepe got a new opponent:
Tim Yilmaz, founder of the Munich Chess Boxing Club and heir apparent to Iepe's throne.
And then...
...Iepe got attacked by some mysterious flu that has kept him from training for a whole month.

While most fighters would have cancelled their participation under such circumstances, Iepe refused to give in to something that wasn't bigger and stronger than him.
So, thanks to Iepe's willpower and Tim's short-term availability, on Saturday we will witness the biggest chessboxing clash Germany has seen in years:

Iepe "The Joker" Rubingh vs. Tim "Bavarian Beast" Yilmaz !

The winner will claim the title of International German Champion.

Having been unable to properly prepare for the fight, Iepe will need to rely on the crowd to lift him up and carry him through the fight.
If YOU want Iepe to win and have the crown of chessboxing stay in Berlin rather than go to Bavaria, come to Festsaal Kreuzberg on Saturday and support your local hero!


And as if that wasn't enough, two exciting undercard bouts will set the table for the grand finale. Two highly talented brothers from CBCB will face the ultimate challenges of chessboxing: one will step into the ring with a former German Youth Champion of chess, the other will have to compete with CBCB's most ferocious puncher.

Valentin Vonnemann vs Nils Becker

Jonathan Vonnemann vs Anatol Przytulski

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Chessboxing
• Berlin
• 2010