The image of the dumb jock, really doesn't hold up. Not really. Not at the highest levels of sport. Announcing BlitzChamps With NFL Stars Fitzgerald, Thibodeaux, Parsons, And More!
And that dumb jock thing is realatively new. There were times in history, when a warrior was expected to be good at sports, verse, and games like chess.
The event is happening on July 9 and 10 at 1 p.m. PT, with players competing for a piece of the $100,000 prize fund for their favorite charity, not to mention the bragging rights.
One of the greatest wide receivers of all time, Larry Fitzgerald, headlines the field. The second-leading receiver in NFL history and surefire future Hall of Famer is a longtime chess aficionado.
Blitz chess, or Speed Chess, is a time-controlled game of 1-10 minutes. So you don't have to get bogged down in hours long games. (Like The Candidates Tournament which just completed this past weekend.)
Click thru to the article for details on the Chess.com Twitch channel and their YouTube channel where the games will be available for viewing. Might be diverting.
As for The Candidates Tournament, the final round, Round 14, was played on July 4th. Grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi won the tournament with a score of 9.5 out of 14. You get 1 point for a win, and 0.5 points for a draw. Ding Liren, of China, came in second with a score of 8 out of 14. Ian "Nepo" Nepomniachtchi will face the reigning champion, Magnus Carlsen, sometime next year for The World Chess Federation Championship.
Those two met in the last championship, which was COVID-19 delayed. The prize fund was 2 million Euros. Each player got an upfront payment I think it was something on the order of 50,000 Euros to cover travel expenses. (That contest was held in Dubai.) And they're expected to have a certain level of wardrobe, I believe. Then the winner gets a substantial portion of whatever remains of the €2 million, but the loser does get some compensation.
Oh, and FIDE is the Fédération Internationale des Échecs or the World Chess Federation in English. It is the governing body for chess on the world stage.
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