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The first time a chess grandmaster told me they lose around 10-20 pounds during the course of a *single* tournament, my jaw was on the floor. I spent a year embedded in the bizarre world of weight loss in chess. Here is what I found: espn.com/espn/story/_/i… #Chess #FIDEWorldCup
I stumbled upon this story while working on a feature on last year's Sinquefield Cup and it led me to talk to scientists, neurologists, grandmasters, physiotherapists, sleep doctors. It's been one hell of a journey. Do give it a read! espn.com/espn/story/_/i… 
Did you know the 1984 World Chess Championship was called off after five months and 48 games because defending champion Anatoly Karpov had lost 22 pounds? "He looked like death," grandmaster and commentator Maurice Ashley recalls. espn.com/espn/story/_/i…
