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The game that followed was an excellent example of how the quality of the chess moves mirrored events in the preceding boxing round. Leveque drew the white pieces, which in chess bestows an advantage similar to the serve in tennis. He played the dangerous Wing Gambit to try to smash Woolgar’s French Defence. Woolgar, unfamiliar with the gambit, wisely declined the pawn. Both men were satisfied at the end of the opening chess round; Leveque had a positional advantage, whilst the out-rated Woolgar was ahead on the clock and had successfully defended against being quickly wiped out with the black pieces.
The chess set and furniture were then removed from the middle of the ring and the boxing commenced, when the Italian was slow to warm up and the more agile Woolgar had the upper hand. Then back to the chess; Woolgar solidified his position, frustrated his opponent and even ended the round on move 17 with the slightly more pleasant position, after Leveque failed to exploit Black’s dark square queenside weaknesses. But then Leveque got into his flow, and before the bell he caught Woolgar with a nasty right hook. The Englishman stayed on his feet but was still disorientated at the end of the round. His first move back at the board was a grave error which Leveque punished with bloody carnage uglier than anything ever seen in a boxing ring. The Black king denuded of its defences was checkmated on move 28. Game over! |
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| Sergio 'The Phoenix' Leveque |
Name |
Tim 'Hippo' Woolgar | | 0-0-0 |
W-L-D |
1-3-0 | | 31 |
Age |
47 | | 193 cm |
Height |
188 cm | | 90 kg |
Weight |
98 kg | | 200 cm |
Reach |
195 cm | | 2009 |
ELO |
1400 | | Italy |
Country |
England | | Castellammare di Stabia (Na) Italy |
Hometown |
East Ham, London | | Boxe Spoleto |
Gym |
Islington Boxing Gym | | Betting shop manager |
Job |
London Chessboxing founder & director |
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Leveque wins via chess - checkmate (Round 5) |
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[Event "LCB - International Chessboxing 2010 Super Dome"]
[Site "The Dome, London, England"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sergio 'The Phoenix' Leveque"]
[Black "Tim 'Hippo' Woolgar"]
[Result "*"] 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4 Nc6 5.bxc5 Bxc5 6.d4 Bd6 7.c3 Bd7 8.Na3 Nge7
9.Bd3 h6 10.Nb5 Bc7 11.O-O a6 12.Nxc7+ Qxc7 13.Re1 O-O 14.Bf4 Ng6 15.Bg3
Na5 16.Rc1 Nc4 17.Qe2 Bb5 18.h4 h5 19.Ng5 f6 20.exf6 gxf6 21.Bxc7 fxg5 22.
Bxg6 Rf7 23.Qxh5 Rc8 24.Bxf7+ Kf8 25.Qh8+ Ke7 26.Qxc8 gxh4 27.Bh5 Bc6 28.
Qd8# |
