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Photo credit: Christie Goodwin |
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All that remained was to see if Spain could manage a clean sweep as Jose Sanchez, who holds dual Spanish and Costa Rican nationality met Siberia's 68kg Chessboxing champion Ravil Galiakhmetov.
Sanchez, coming off the back of an unfortunate points defeat in London in October, was determined to force a victory this time. His plan was coming together nicely as he constantly managed to exploit his superior reach and movement to build up a points advantage while keeping up solid pressure on the chessboard. Things looked increasingly bleak for Glaiakhmetov the longer the bout went on until, in a stunning turnaround in round 10, he landed a massive left-hook which caught Sanchez flush on the jaw sending him crashing to the canvas. Sanchez gamely demanded the right to continue but a combination of referee and corner stepped in to prevent further punishment to the Spaniard. |
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L | W |
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Galiakhmetov wins via boxing - TKO (Round 10) |
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[Event "LCB - Season Finale 2012: Spain vs. The World"]
[Site "Scala, London, England"]
[Date "2012.12.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jose Sanchez Amen"]
[Black "Ravil Galiakhmetov"]
[Result "*"] 1.c3 e6 2.d3 Ne7 3.Nf3 d6 4.g3 Nd7 5.Bg2 b6 6.Nd4 c6 7.O-O Bb7 8.Nd2 Qb8
9.Qc2 g6 10.b3 Bg7 11.Bb2 O-O 12.c4 Qc7 13.N4f3 Rae8 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Qb2+
f6 16.Ne4 Rf7 17.d4 Ref8 18.b4 a6 19.b5 a5 20.Rab1 Rg8 21.Qc3 c5 22.Rfd1
Rgf8 23.Rd2 Re8 24.Qd3 e5 25.dxe5 dxe5 26.Rbd1 Rd8 27.Qe3 Nf5 28.Qc3 Re7
29.Ne1 g5 30.f3 h6 31.Nf2 Ree8 32.Qc2 Nf8 33.Rxd8 Rxd8 34.Rxd8 Qxd8 35.
Qxf5 Qe8 36.Ne4 Qg6 37.Bh3 Qxf5 38.Bxf5 a4 39.Nd6 Ba8 40.Nc8 h5 41.Nxb6
Bb7 42.Nd7 Nxd7 43.Bxd7 h4 44.gxh4 gxh4 45.Nd3 h3 46.Nxc5 Kg6 47.Nxb7 Kg5 |
