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Photo credit: Christie Goodwin |
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The second bout, dubbed the 'Battle of the Bankers', saw Citibank’s Bryan Woon take on Sean Mooney, a former professional footballer now working at Goldman Sachs. Sean’s brother, Peter is a TV actor (Rookie Blue, Camelot), and it was clear performing must run in the family as Sean chose to dance his way into the ring, “Gangnam styleâ€.
The bout was a hard-fought encounter which could have gone either way. Woon boxed with a classical style while Mooney relied more on power and aggression, and neither man seemed willing to give an inch as the bout progressed, to the delight of the crowd. The chess game swung back and forth with both men getting ahead, only to squander the advantage, making it one of the most thrilling chessboxing bouts ever seen in London.
In the end Sean Mooney won as Bryan Woon’s time expired in a hopeless position at the end of the 11th and final round. There was no doubt that that this was the crowd’s favourite bout of the night and both fighters keen to sign up for a re-match next year. |
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W | L |
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Mooney wins via chess - timeout (Round 11) |
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[Event "LCB - Battle Royale 2012"]
[Site "Royal Albert Hall, London, England"]
[Date "2012.10.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sean 'The Machine' Mooney"]
[Black "Bryan 'Singapore Slinger' Woon"]
[Result "*"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.O-O d6 5.Nc3 Bg4 6.Qe1 Nf6 7.d3 O-O 8.Bg5
Qd7 9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.exd5 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Qf5 12.Bh4 Nd4 13.Qe4 g6 14.Qxf5 gxf5
15.Bg3 Nxb5 16.c3 f4 17.Bh4 Rae8 18.Kg2 Re6 19.dxe6 fxe6 20.Rh1 d5 21.Rag1
Kf7 22.b4 Bd6 23.a4 Nxc3 24.a5 b6 25.axb6 axb6 26.Kh3 Bxb4 27.Bg5 Be7 28.
Rg4 e4 29.Rxf4+ Ke8 30.Bxe7 Rxf4 31.Bg5 Rxf3+ 32.Kg2 Rxd3 33.Re1 c5 34.Re3
Rxe3 35.Bxe3 d4 36.Bd2 e3 37.fxe3 dxe3 38.Bxe3 Ne2 39.Kf3 Nd4+ 40.Ke4 Nc2
41.Bd2 c4 42.Bc3 b5 43.h4 b4 44.Bxb4 Nxb4 45.Kd4 c3 46.Kxc3 Nd5+ 47.Kd4
Ke7 48.h5 Kd6 49.h6 Nf4 50.Ke4 e5 51.Kf5 Kd5 52.Kg4 Ne6 53.Kf5 e4 54.Kf6
e3 55.Kf5 e2 56.Kf6 e1=Q 57.Ke7 Qe3 58.Kd7 Qxh6 59.Kc8 Qf8+ 60.Kb7 Nc5+
61.Kc7 h6 62.Kb6 h5 63.Kb5 h4 64.Kb4 h3 65.Kb5 h2 66.Kb6 h1=Q 67.Kc7 Qh2+
68.Kb6 Qf6+ 69.Kb5 Qc7 70.Kb4 Qa7 71.Kb5 |
