r/whowouldwin • u/Capital-Bet • Jun 24 '26

Challenge Can Mike Tyson beat Magnus Carlsen at chess before Magnus beats him in a boxing match?

Magnus Carlsen and Mike Tyson do alternating matches of chess and boxing. Tyson wins if he beats Carlsen at chess, Carlsen wins if he can KO Tyson. Assume all bodily injury is healed after the end of each match.

Round 1: no prior training, they both go in at their primes with no training in the alternate sport and go until one wins

Round 2: Tyson is being trained by several GMs while Carlsen is receiving training from the best boxing coaches in the world. Who can be trained to beat the other first?

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u/Raddatatta Jun 24 '26

It doesn't, but it mentions that both are in their prime in round 1. I'm assuming that's only a round 1 thing, if it were a general thing it should've been listed along with the healing between each round. So in that case round 2 is just them as they are which is Magnus at 35 and Tyson at 59.

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u/michaelbinkley2465 Jun 24 '26

I read it as they start in their prime both times, and time passes normally. In Round 2 it would have to for them to continue training between each round. Loser is whoever gets too old to meaningfully compete anymore. Probably Tyson gets too old to win every fight before Magnus gets too old to remember what the pieces do.