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Eight years after the first-ever chessboxing bout Rubingh returned to the ring to face-off with new chessboxing talent Tim Yilmaz from Munich.
Rubingh, playing the white pieces, started the first chess round with an aggressive opening, playing a queen’s gambit and castling on the queen-side in order to launch a king-side attack. Yilmaz responded hard-bitten, castled king-side and meeting the challenge on the board.
The boxing round that followed explained why: Yilmaz, with the experience of twelve amateur fights on his back put Rubingh under enormous pressure, coming through with left jabs and hard right hooks.
Rubingh sought to win on the chess board, Yilmaz went for a K.O. in boxing. Tables turned for the first time in the third round. Rubingh won a knight and continued his king-side attack. Yilmaz countered in the ring in round four. Both boxing rounds clearly went to Yilmaz. Then came the shock for Rubingh’s fans: in the fifth round he unforcedly lost his queen. But somehow this turn of events seemed to make Yilmaz lose his momentum. He held back in the following boxing round that went to Rubingh, who was now looking to win in boxing. In the seventh round the fight was decided. Rubingh was fighting for survival on the board, when Yilmaz unforcedly lost his queen as well. Two moves later Yilmaz also lost his rook and gave up. |
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Rubingh wins via chess - submission (Round 7) |
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