| With the breaking of dusk, the gong was hit for the last fight of the evening. The two heavyweights David Steppeler and Sebastien Aubriot faced up to their first round of chess. By the second round, they were covered in sweat. "Dare Dave" chased his opponent around the ring at breathtaking speed. Sebastien realized that he had to give it all on the board. And indeed he played a smart and well-planned game of chess, while David continued hassleing him in the boxing rounds, trying to distabilize him mentally and physically. But Sebastien, though badly hit, didn't go down and pulled himself to the chess table one last time, where he was few moves short of victory. David, who could have played it out to have another chance to a KO in the next round of boxing, accepted his hopeless position on the chessboard and gave up. |
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Aubriot wins via chess - submission (Round 5) |
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[Event "Prenzlauer Berg 2007"]
[Site "Platoon Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany"]
[Date "2007.06.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "David 'Dare Dave' Steppeler"]
[Black "Sebastien 'Sergeant Willis' Aubriot"]
[Result "*"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6?! 3.e3 Bg4 4.c4 Bxf3?! 5.Qxf3 e6 6.Nd2 Nf6 7.Bd3 g6 8.0-0 Bg7 9.Re1 0-0 10.e4? dxc4 11.Bxc4 Nxd4 12.Qd1 c5 13.Nf3 Nxf3+ 14.Qxf3 Qa5
{End Round 1}
15.Be3 b6 16.a3 Rad8 17.b4? Qa4 18.e5 Nd5 19.Bg5 Rd7 20.bxc5? Qxc4 {End Round 3}
21.Rac1 Qa4 22.c6 Rc7 23.Ra1 f6 24.exf6 Bxf6 25.Re4 Qc2 26.Rae1? Bxg5 27.Qg3 Bd2 28.R1e2 Nc3 29.Qxc7 Nxe2+ 30.Rxe2 Qc1+ |
