Press release
Number One Fighting Sport Meets
Number One Thinking Sport
German Champion Fights American for the World Championship in Chessboxing for
the First Time On Saturday, November 3, 2007, David “DOUBLE D”
Depto and “ANTI TERROR” Frank Stoldt will meet in Berlin. The
fight for the world light heavyweight title will take place in the storage area
of Tape, one of the most popular clubs in the city.
In Chessboxing, two different worlds from the sports universe meet which push
their athletes to the limit, mentally as well as physically. Six rounds of speed
chess and five rounds of boxing will take place alternatingly. In a maximum
of eleven rounds, the decision will come either through K.O. or check mate.
For the first time in the history of this young sport, an American will challenge
Europe’s best chessboxer for the world championship on November 3, 2007:
Coming from San Francisco, David “DOUBLE D” Depto is 30 years old,
weighs 85 kilograms (187.4 pounds) and has fought in 30 boxing matches. His
chess Elo rating is 1850. Professionally, the trained economist with an IQ of
140 is a manager of a large concern in the pharmaceutical industry.
“ANTI TERROR” Frank Stoldt comes from Berlin, is 36 years old and
weighs 84.5 kilograms (186.3 pounds). He has previously fought in 25 boxing
matches and was the kickboxing champion of Berlin. He has been an active chessboxer
since 2005 and has a chess Elo rating of 2000. He is a police officer and is
currently training police forces in Kosovo on behalf of the United Nations.
He completed his boxing training in the truly authentic atmosphere of an Albanian
boxing club.
Zoran Mijatovic vs 'Anti Terror' Frank Stoldt in April 2006
After former boxing heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis outed himself as a huge
fan of Chessboxing, the WCBO, the World Chess Boxing Organization has continued
to grow in international popularity and has attracted a large number of new
athletes. This new sport is finding especially strong interest in the USA and
Russia. The WCBO is preparing for its first international tour in 2008.
Press contact:
WCBO, Martina Lülsdorf
+49 (0)30. 275 82 597
+49 (0)179. 5263049
luelsdorf (at) wcbo.org |
With friendly support from:
Senator Entertainment
AG, BKB
Ben Lee, DGT Projects,
New Thinking, Roomdivision |
The chessboxing evening begins at 8:00 p.m. with two undercard fights. The
first undercard fight will take place at the middle weight division: The reigning
Prenzlauer Berg champion of the Berlin club cbcberlin, Sebastian Bauersfeld,
23 years old, 74 kg (163,1 pounds), with an Elo rating of 1750, will take on
Jan Mielke, the champion of Cologne, 34 years old, 70 kg (154,3 pounds), with
an Elo rating of 1600.
In the second fight at the light heavyweight division, Berliner Sascha Wandkowski,
28 years old and 79 kg (174,2 pounds), with an Elo rating of 1850, will take
on Marc Breuer from Cologne, 35 years old, 81 kg (178,6 pounds), with an Elo
rating of 1972.
The evening will be rounded out with a music and show program which the WCBO
will create with its partner from the Berlin label and radio station Motor.de.
As a special highlight, a sound score especially composed for chessboxing by
top producer JunkieXL will be premiered. JXL is known for his number 1 hit remix
of Elvis Presley’s “A Little Less Conversation” which was
used for an advertising campaign for the 2002 Soccer World Cup. He also produced
for Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake and Sepultura.
Playboy Germany did a many-page article and blurbed the story on its title
Both the Russian and the Bulgarian editions of Maxim carried major stories
