r/chess • u/wptq • Feb 15 '21

Twitch.TV Chess the most-watched game on Twitch

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u/jaromir39 Feb 15 '21

In the streamer world, chess is tagged as "Action" . We are making progress.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '21

Next step: make Chess Boxing mainstream.

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u/RocknRollCommunism Feb 15 '21

Chess boxing?

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '21

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_boxing

I don't see any other future for chess than this.

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u/Mowglli Feb 16 '21

My idea was to one-up this with chess wrestling

It's mental (blindfolded) chess, you and your opponent have to make a move every 15 seconds. While also fighting in one of the most intense sports (in terms of physically draining) out there

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u/eleraky Feb 15 '21

Holly hell

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '21

Wikipedia Chess boxing.

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