London Chessboxing in association with Run-Riot.com presents:

International Chessboxing

VIP: £50 – includes generous supply of FREE cocktails from our friends at:

General Admission £20

Students £15

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The International Chessboxing season opens at the Scala King’s Cross with five scheduled bouts featuring Europe’s top chessboxers.

The headline bout features Andy ‘The Rock’ Costello, Britain’s number one heavyweight contender, versus  Nikolay ‘The Siberian Express’ Sazhin.  This is a rematch following Sazhin’s close victory in his hometown of Krasnoyarsk in October last year.  Costello is a former top-10  UK cage-fighter while Sazhin is a veteran of over 100 bouts in the tough Russian amateur federation.  Both men are highly-rated chess players in their own right.

On a packed undercard we have the UK women’s lightweight championship with Carrie Morrow facing Ruthie “The Pink Machine” Wright.  Chris “The General” Levy is out for revenge against “The Bedfordshire Bull”, Mike Botteley after a narrow defeat last September.  We will also see debut performances from Biggles Bristol and Max Brown both from London and making his first appearance in the chessboxing arena, Budapest’s Attila “The Hungarian” Por versus Berliner Tim Bendfeldt.  With five fighters rated above 2000 Elo this is the highest quality chesboxing line-up ever assembled.

Giant digital screens plus live commentary by International Master, “The Incomparable” Malcolm Pein, means you won’t miss a move.

Sensational live cabaret performances, DJs and special guests.

Venue: Scala,  275 Pentonville Road, Kings Cross, London N1 9NL

Doors Open: 7pm

First Bout 7.45pm

Last bout starts: 10.30pm

After partyand DJs til 2AM

Tickets: £20 standard (£15 concessions). VIP £50 including Cocktails!

Previous Events:

September 1oth 2011, the Scala.

Andrew “The Fightin’ Philanthropist” McGregor
Vs
Hubert “The Wardrobe” Van Melick

Quarter of a ton of hybrid fighting action!

Emma Richardson VS Kath Dobson

Ben “The Rumble” Robinson vs Mark Lech, two all ACTION middleweight prospects!

Chris “The General” Levy Vs Mike “The Bedfordshire Bull” Botteley – STRONGEST ever combined Elo in a chessboxing match!

Run-Riot.com London Chessboxing Championship:  The world famous Scala nightclub hosts the world’s best night of chessboxing featuring four scheduled bouts

MAIN EVENT, heavyweight title decider, PLUS full UNDERCARD including the historic first ever female chessboxing bout.

Live commentary provided by International Master Malcolm Pein and giant digital screen means you won’t miss a move.

Superb LIVE CABARET and DJ Doors Open 7pm Chessboxing til 11pm DJs after-party and Special Guest perfomers til 2am.

Tickets:£15 standard
£25 VIP (includes exclusive access to Glass Bar and balcony viewing area)

Clockwise from top: Sophie Hula Girl, “The Wardrobe” v Teehan, Wandkowsky V Rikardson, Seb Bauersfeld,

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Previous Events:

26th March 2011, The Boston Dome

Svein Clouston vs Alan Riley

Svein Clouston (left) vs Alan Riley to decide the inaugural Scottish middleweight title was the bout many people had come to see.  They were not to be disappointed.  Quite simply a sensational chessboxing battle with the advantage swinging both ways time and again.    At first it seemed the result would be a formality after Clouston, with the White pieces, blundered his Queen on move 13.   Riley then sought to close out the fight with a series of hard hooks to the Clouston ribcage.  Absorbing the onslaught bravely “The Viking”, as his army of fans would have it, battled back and his superb left-jab began finding its mark. Incredibly, Riley then blundered his own Queen and suddenly it was game on once again.   After eleven rounds each more incident-filled than the last, we were down to a classic finish, White’s King facing Black’s King and Pawn advance.   Clouston, with just seconds remaining to play stared defeat in the eye but held is nerve and forced the stalemate draw.  Under London Chessboxing rules the result is then decided by the referee Reinaldo Dominguez, based on points scored and overall aggression and his decision favoured ‘The Viking’  by 9 points to 6.  Winner Svein Clouston by points decision after 11 rounds.

Hubert ‘The Wardrobe’ Van Melick vs Patrick Teehan

‘The Wardrobe’ vs Patrick Teehan was a comeback fight for the man from Holland after his recent surprise defeat to Tim Woolgar in October last year.  Meanwhile Teehan was making his first appearance in the chessboxing cauldron of London’s Boston Dome.  This was always going to be a battle of youth and energy over age and guile and on the night it was the punching power and sheer dynamism of the Dutchman that won through.  The match opened up with unorthodox play from both men and Van Melick eventually closing out the round with a strong position.  Moments later Teehan faced the almost fanatical barrage of blows that has become Van Melick’s trademark opening.   Teehan survived the round without inflicting much damage on his opponent although soaking up quite a bit on his own account despite covering up gamely.  Moments later it was all over.  ’The Wardrobe’s’ Queen and Knight combined to devastating effect leaving Teehan shaking his head and other than the sporting handshake, no more strenuous action was required from either man.  Winner: Hubert Van Melick by checkmate round 3.

Carl Williams vs Ben Robinson

Carl Williams (left) vs Ben Robinson was an all action encounter with both men seeming to seek a knockout blow at every opportunity on the  chessboard and with the gloves.  In the opening round Robinson, with the Black pieces, avoided a checkmate threat on move 4 but soon found his King forced into a vulnerable position. Robinson dismissed all thoughts of vulnerability in the next round though showing great energy to put Williams under pressure with a series of body and head combinations.  In round three, back on the chessboard, Williams allowed Robinson back in the match after blundering his Queen.  The battle continued to swing both ways until a hard right from Robinson closed Williams’ left eye and the referee stepped in to stop the bout. Winner: Robinson by TKO round 6.

Rob ‘The Gentleman’ Gillies vs Marc Hickey

‘Gentleman’ Rob Gillies (left) vs Marc Hickey looked like being a close fought contest with both men appearing evenly matched. Then Marc suffered an unfortunate shoulder injury towards the end of the second round bringing the bout to a premature halt.  After receiving medical treatment Marc was able to return to the arena and enjoy the remainder of the show as a spectator.  Winner: Gillies by TKO round 2.

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