Iepe B. T. Rubingh (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈipə]; born 17 August 1974) is a Dutch performance artist and chess boxing founder.
As a performance artist, Rubingh blocked off intersections in Berlin and Tokyo to create major traffic congestion. He was jailed for 10 days for the Tokyo action.[1]
Rubingh founded chess boxing in 2003, drawing inspiration from Enki Bilal's comic book Froid Équateur.[2] He is the current president of the World Chess Boxing Organisation.