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Photo credit: James Bartosik |
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The clash of the old heavy weight rivals had been awaited eagerly as Costello had lost against Sirci in Berlin 2008 due to a controversial disqualification. So Costello had a bone to pick with Sirci and it seemed promising for Costello with a home field advantage.
During the boxing rounds The Rock could throw more punches.
But Il Dottore's chess game was the difference between the two. He had been training hard to improve his chess skills what paid off in the nineth round. Gianluca Sirci is the first European heavy weight Champion. |
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Sirci wins via chess - timeout (Round 9) |
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[Event "Game of Kings 2009"]
[Site "The Dome, London, England"]
[Date "2009.10.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gianluca 'Il Dottore' Sirci"]
[Black "Andy 'The Rock' Costello"]
[Result "*"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4
Bb4 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Bd3 Re8 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxe4 11. Bb2 f5
12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Rfe1 b6 14. f3 Nd6 15. c4 c5 16. Rxe8+ Nxe8 17. Bxf5 Nf6 18.
Bxf6+ gxf6 19. Bxd7 Ke7 20. Bc6 Rd8 21. Re1+ Kd6 22. Be4 Re8 23. Kf2 h6 24.
Rd1+ Ke7 25. Bc6 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Kxd8 27. g4 Ke7 28. h4 Kf7 29. Ke3 Kg6 30. f4 a6
31. a4 h5 32. f5+ Kg7 33. Kf4 hxg4 34. Kxg4 Kh6 35. Bb7 a5 36. Bc8 Kg7 37. h5
Kh6 38. Bd7 Kg7 39. Kf4 Kh6 40. Kg4 Kg7 41. c3 Kh6 42. Kf4 Kg7 43. Ke4 Kh6 44.
Kd5 Kg7 45. Be8 Kh6 46. Ke6 Kg7 47. Ke7 * |
