WCBA EUROPEAN MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE CHALLENGE
Shayan “Shah” Zarein Dolab vs Andre “Glenzman” Glenzer
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Matthew “The Minotaur” Coldwell vs Dashiell Shaw
Ruth “Insanitea” Slattery vs Danlei “Pengting” Zhu
Despite getting around 4 million views on YouTube the rest of the Internet appears completely unaware of Ludwig’s Mogul Chessboxing Championship. In a growing rift between influencers and reality, ChatGPT said when asked about the event:
“I apologies but I am not aware of any specific event or organization called “Ludwig’s Mogul Chessboxing Championship.” Is it possible that this is a fictional event or one that hasn’t happened yet?”
Eye witnesses claim that the influencer event took place IRL at the Galen Centre in L.A. in front of over 1,000 people. However, speculation is rife that these people were generated using CGI and are fake accounts masquerading as humans. Nikki Holgate, an individually-rendered NPC from Barking commented, “It’s a great gig, I just turn up with my fake boobs and slim waist, occasionally wave and open my mouth like I’m cheering.” Now that Nikki has over 10 million followers from cleaning her flat whilst wearing a novelty hat she is expecting to get a call up for the next influencer event. “I’ve upgraded my software so that I can produce inane streams of consciousness almost indefinitely, I’ll give any influencer a run for their money. I like chessboxing, it’s great.”
Ludwig, allegedly trialling a brand new business model, has claimed the event as a huge successes reporting that it only lost $200,000. You can watch the full 5 hour stream HERE.
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Francesco Silvestrin‘s ring name “The Brainiac Bruiser” was created by ChatGPT. What does Dan “The Tax Man” Mayfield argue about with his Grandma at Christmas? We learn that Dan also attended the famous Allendale town whiskey tar barrels festival at new year.
Felix “Intense” Li – fears and kind at the same time. Francesco had a kebab diner with Felix after their match – yum. Francesco was boxing backwards and handled Felix well managing the distance between them despite Felix having the upper hand for most of the boxing. We also learn how the spotlight and the nerves effected his performance.
Dan’s intro song was Heaven is a Place on Earth, Max “Jocktalk” Gershfield’s entrance theme. Let’s up that Max isn’t too pissed off and wants a re-match – there can only be one fake 80s man? Arguably Dan vs Richard ‘The Razor’ Frazer was the best fight of the night with a dramatic checkmate but is there honour in chessboxing? Not according the Dan Mayfield. Once again Dan claims that our referee Reinaldo Dominguez gave him a win on boxing points. Cow chat, the pod draws parallels between matriarchal cows and The Tax Man.
Who will win chessboxer’s chessboxer? Francesco voted for Andrew ‘Komodo Dragon’ Haworth and Gavin agrees. They were both extremely impressed with his improvement ahead of his fight in May. Dan voted for Matt ‘Crazy Arms’ Read, he has done so much for chessboxing.
Headline bout between Marie ‘Killer Queen’ Obegi and Juliana ‘Kick Ass Baroness’ Baron was a fantastic fight and brutal in parts. It also included one of the best entrances from Juliana, you can see the whole fight HERE. Also discussed on the podcast is Tommi ‘TNT’ Mantysalo vs Anthony ‘Toto’ Bourached, how that fight developed as Tommi grew into the boxing rounds. Will Francesco do it again? It took a lot out of him physically, emotionally and temporally.
Will Mayfiled fight Gershfiled or would Frazer be a better match for Max in the first instance. Yet again Dan claims he beat Max on the boxing, he is undefeated in boxing apparently.
Francesco’s favourite chocolate bar is a Kinder Bueno. Dan doesn’t eat chocolate any more, just beef organs.
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Trash talking and smackdown chess. We catch up with Dina ahead of her showdown with Andrea Botez this Sunday in LA.
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“Killer Queen” Marie was brought up in Paris and her family is from Lebanon. An artist, she has asked a member of her studio to draw a full sleeve temporary tattoo in order to strike fear into her opponent – Mike Tyson style.
Marie has a soft spot for Beagles and she shows an sensitive but principled side when talking about
the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
What are her tactics – knockout her opponent, simple. Marie and Gavin talk frankly about the aims of the boxing element of the sport and how it can be possible to beat a much stronger chess player if you can impose yourself in the boxing.
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Juliana “Kick Ass Baroness” Baron, the nicest woman in chessboxing, will be fighting “Killer Queen” Marie this December 10th for the women’s WCBA European Welterweight Title. Who will live up to their ring name?
Juliana had just come back from the world championships in Turkey the night before and still hadn’t unpacked her suitcase. She has lived in a huge number of countries and feels home anywhere, a child of the world. She speaks Korean, German, English and sings in Chineses! In Ireland she played in the Armstrong league at around 1700 but she doesn’t believe that she is at that level at the moment. She also practiced Thai Quando and kickboxing at university in Ireland, making it to the national team.
Incredibly in 2004, during a Christmas party, Juliana came up with the idea of chessboxing before hearing of the sport elsewhere. Juliana never met Iepe Rubingh but she feels a close bond with him and performed a tribute to Iepe during her first ever chess boxing bout. She has become very close to the chess boxing family in Berlin.
Juliana has trained with Lawrence Trent and she knows him from the Berlin club but they never sparred together – Lawrence is a few kg heavier than Juliana. As she is based in Munich Juliana has to travel quite far to training with other chessboxers. However, she does have a local gym she uses and also trains chess on line.
Juliana has fought in Berlin in an exhibition bout as well as in Italy and Turkey at the WCBO World Championships. The pod discussed the beautiful setting of the Italian event, warming up in a medieval castle and fighting in a period piazza. The food and wine didn’t disappoint either.
Juliana was supposed to have two fights but she missed out on the first due to a late cancellation. Her only fight was in the final of her weight category. She rarely gets a chance to fight due to the lack of women in the sport so she takes every opportunity to fight she can. The fight itself didn’t go well and she was unable to delver her game plan, Juliana was very disappointed with herself – perhaps she will do better in London. There was a lot of distractions and she wasn’t able to manage her metal state effectively – she didn’t make the planned first move. Gavin reflects on a similar situation with Jon “The Brick” Wood where he went completely off striped in the first move! Mental preparation is important to avoid mistake but also in dealing with mistakes as well. How will Juliana manage her nerves ahead of her headline bout?
Turkey wasn’t just about chess boxing, the weather was great and Juliana enjoyed hanging out with chessboxers on the beach. Nevertheless, it was hard to relax ahead of her bout which was at the end of the trip. It was good to see the chessboxing community competing together at the world championships although the preparation time for the event was very short. The pod congratulate the Turkish chess boxing contingent on their successful tournament and thanks them for all the hard work they have put in.
What has Juliana got planned for her entrance? Find out about where “Kick Ass Baroness” comes from. There is a feudal theme with the Baroness’ opponent being Killer Queen Marie. Juliana doesn’t know much about her opponent but she usually becomes friends with whoever she is matched against. She will give it all in the ring but likes to share love of the sport with her opponent after the final bell. Juliana will be entering like a Baroness but she is keeping her cards close to her chest with regard to her intro music.
What tactics is Juliana looking to deploy in her bout? She needs to find a balance for this event, something she didn’t find in Turkey. Now she is fitter she can focus on the metal elements of the sport this December. She would like to showcase the beauty of the sport as well as her ability.
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Olympic gold medalist Birk Ruud will be taking on TV personality Nicolay Ramm this Christmas as part of the NRK TV production Wonderful Worlds of Sports.
We catch up with Birk on his training camp in Austria on Stubaier Gletscher preparing for the FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup the following week. He is training everyday for the World Cup and for his chess game and his professional training team has also included boxing in his regime. He is able to enjoy the chess on tour because he is playing in person with his best mate.
Birk is a professional freestyle skier and he won an Olympic gold medal in the first ever big air competition in the olympics. For his first trick he arrived at the jump switch (backwards) and performed a triple cork 1440 (5.5 rotations) with mute grab. How does Birk know when to release his hold and land his jump? It’s a combination of muscle memory and air awareness. He started working on his air awareness when he was only 3 years old.
Birk was able to spar with his opponent Nicolay Ramm under the tutelage of Emil “Valhalla” Meek. Meek was able to teach the basics of boxing and they even got a chance to spar with Meek. Birk was surprised at how technical boxing was but he feels that he had an advantage, his father and brother taught him some technique when he was younger.
Birk is about 10 years younger that Nicolay but he thinks it will come down to the chess. He believes that it will be hard for either of them to achieve a knockout given they aren’t experienced boxers but Gavin points out that is can and regularly does happen. When they played chess against each other he felt under a lot of pressure and Nicolay came out on top over a number of games.
Birk has a mental coach that he uses depending on how he is feeling coming into a competition. He is also into mindfulness and he finds the mental challenge of chess difficult but absorbing. Discussion moves onto tactics and how Birk can make boxing advantage impact the chess rounds. Birk will play a safe opening and move slowly to make sure he gets as many boxing rounds as possible. Toby White is known for a late flurry in the boxing round to try to unbalance his opponent ahead of the next chess round – will Birk use the same tactic.
Birk’s ring name is “Busi Boy” because he is a busy guy! It’s a mantra and reflects how Birk lives his life, taking every opportunity possible. NRK TV channel is making a costume for both Birk and Nicolay but he is going to try and be himself. The entrance is a chance to get into the head of your opponent, will Birk try to intimidate Nicolay with his entrance?
Birk knows that Nicolay is nervous for the match, confident in the chess but nervous for the boxing which has given Birk a boost. Nicolay is probably more fit that he is letting on because he is training for all the other episodes of the show.
What is Birk’s favourite chocolate bar is Kvikk Lunsj!
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TV personality Nicolay Ramm is taking on an olympic gold medalist and professional sportsman, find out how he is approaching the bout.
Nicolay is a TV personality, presenter, comedian and journalist. Making a show called the Wonderful Worlds of Sports. Nicolay travels all over the world competing in the strangest sports he can find with a Norwegian celebrity and #chessboxing happens to be one of those sports. The 8 episodes this season includes sports in New Zealand, Indonesian and various places in Europe and of course London. He believes that chessboxing is the strangest sport on the list including a sport in Indonesia call fireball where they play football with a lit drinks can full of flammable liquid.
Jovanka Houska will be commentating on the show bringing another Norwegian connection. Nicolay is also fighting a fellow Norwegian, a professional sports man called Birk Ruud. Nicolay saw Birk without his shirt off whilst sparring the other day and he was intimidatingly ripped! Nicolay has a day job and his fitting his training in and around it whereas Birk has simply asked his professional team of coaches to include 2x boxing sessions every day. Nicolay is also training for all the other episodes and right now he is doing strength training, running and swimming for the world championships in ice swimming. Following the training session they had together Birk’s comment was that “Nicolay is quite slim for such an old guy!”
Nicolay has been training with Matt “Crazy Arms” Read on the chess as well as using chess engines to analyse his game. Chess is the only hope for Nicolay in the bout, or so he believes, he is focussing hard on the chess. The pod discusses other ways Nicolay can get thought he boxing rounds by using tactics like clenching rather than outboxing Birk. Nicolay’s tactics in the boxing is to stay alive! and get as much time on the chess board as much as possible.
Nicolay’s specialism is that he is tough but unskilled which fits in with his ring name. There has been some considerable thought going into the entrance and the stylist department of NRK have been working on something fun but we will have to wait to see how that looks. Both Nicolay and Birk are showmen so there is a lot of excitement about their entrances.
How has chess developed in Norway on the back of Magnus Carlsen’s success? NRK now follow chess regularly and it has become main stream. The Fisher random championship happened recently with Lawrence Trent commentating. Lawrence is fighting in LA and preparing for his fight against GM Aman Hambleton. The pod discussed Mogul Chessboxing and the likelihood of Magnus Carlsen commentating as well as the impact on chessboxing.
Nicolay will be playing chess with the Four Corner Club as well as training at Islington Boxing Gym and taking part in our production workshop with Kate Gilbert Talks.
What is Nicolay’s favourite chocolate bar?
Message for Birk is that Nicolay is a 33 year old dad, please take it easy! Nicolay is looking to get a checkmate in round 4, except that is a boxing round ?!?!! Haha
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GM Aman Hambleton vs. IM Lawrence Trent
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Thank you to Lorin D’Costa and Ruth for drawing the pieces.
This Christmas chessboxing will be taken to another level as Olympic gold medalist Birk Ruud takes to the ring. Ruud will take on TV personality Nicolay Ramm. Killer Queen Marie to take on Kick Ass Baroness for the WCBA European Welterweight Title belt. A full undercard of the best chessboxers around including Toto the Robot and men’s light heavyweight title challenge. Watch this video to find out who will have the white pieces and who will have the black pieces:
WCBA European Welterweight Title Fight
WHITE: “Killer Queen” Marie vs BLACK: Juliana “Kick Ass Baroness” Baron
UNDER CARD
WHITE: Nicolay Ramm vs BLACK: Birk “Busi Boy” Ruud
WHITE: Francesco Silvestrin vs BLACK: Felix “Intense” Li
WHITE: Daniel “The Tax Man” Mayfield vs BLACK: Richard “The Razor” Frazer
WHITE: Tommi “TNT” Mäntysalo vs BLACK: Anthony “Toto the Robot” Bourached
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In part 2 of the Lawrence Trent interview we learn about Mogul Chessboxing, Magnus Carlson commentating on the show and an emotional exchange about Lawrence’s friend Iepe Rubingh.
If feels like Mogul Chessboxing is going to launch the sport to a new level of popularity and Lawrence believe that it is likely wold number one Magnus Carlsen will commentate on the show. Norway seems to have become a centre for chess and Chessboxing Nation have two Norwegian combatants who will be part of a main stream TV show on NRK show in 2023 with Olympic gold medalist Birk Ruud fighting. Lawrence was stopped in the sauna in Oslo and recognised as a chess commentator showing how much the sport has grown in Norway. Lawrence tells us about a night out he had with Magnus Carlsen who is now a super star in the country.
Chessboxing is in its infancy but if Mogul Chessboxing gets millions of views as it is likely to, there is no reason why the sport cannot be launched into popular culture for the first time. Boxing is experiencing incredible growth, YouTubers are brining eyeballs to chessboxing and chess itself has and is exploding. Will Chessboxing become a commercially legitimate sport?
Lawrence gives us an insight into his relationship with Iepe Rubingh and how his sudden passing effected him. He wants to help fulfil Iepe’s legacy and do justice to Iepe’s commitment to the sport. It’s hard to see how Iepe’s space in the sport could be filled and the pod talks about him as a personality and a bon vivant. The pod discussed the film By Rook or Left Hook and the first ever chessboxing fight in Amsterdam. Iepe was the glue that kept the sport together and the pod hopes that it can be brought together once again.
Will Lawrence fight again and become a serial chessboxer? He wouldn’t want to fight Simon Williams because according to Lawrence he is a “hard B*^+stard”. Carl Strugnell is a tough proposition and it may take some time for Lawrence to attain that kind of experience. He would rather fight some of the top chess player with less boxing experience, someone like Hikaru Nakamura. However, he doesn’t want to look too far ahead and focus on the fight in December.
The pod talks about the Chessboxing Paris event that Carl Strugnell fought in. Both Lawrence and Gavin were very concerned about Carl’s safety as he was hanging on for many of the boxing rounds. Will we see Ludwig in the chessboxing ring, he seems to be a young fit guy. Lawrence wonders why Ludwig is doing this event, the pod speculates that it is a way of Ludwig differentiating his event from similar youtube star boxing events.
To what extent are the other chessboxers on the card training and how much experience do they have? Will the general level of the boxing be decent or not and does that matter? There doesn’t appear to be a lot of information about the show, is this a tactic to create suspense in the youtube audience?
What is Lawrence’s favourite chocolate bar – find out. Name check for Kabaddi star Felix “Intense” Li.
How does the fear of a fight motivate one to get fit, improve diet and give up the source? Lawrence is taking everything very seriously but is looking forward to a beer in LA after the show.
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Joshman vs. Spud
@Myth_YT vs @BoyBoyProductions
@DisguisedToast vs. @PointCrow
@AbroadinJapan vs. @papaplatte
@stanz vs. @BoxBoxLoL
@SardocheLol vs. @Tophbbq
GM Aman Hambleton vs. IM Lawrence Trent
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