Dive chess world championship, a battle for mind and lungs

• For a chess title, the clothing is a piece uncommon.
• Everybody is wearing bathing suit and goggles.

Dive chess resembles ordinary chess however played submerged with attractive pieces. Every player needs to pause their breathing.

While at the same time taking their action. When they surface for oxygen, it’s their adversary’s move.

Furthermore, chess tickers are supplanted by how long you can pause your breathing at the plunge chess big showdowns in London.

North of four hours on Sunday, 10 players plunged and planned at the Leonardo Royal Hotel pool.

“I thought it would be a breeze, but it definitely isn’t,” said player Zarein Dolab. “Trying to see the pieces, keep yourself down there is a lot more difficult, especially if you are playing a long game.”

The champ was 33-year-old Michal Mazurkiewicz from Poland, beating South African Alain Dekker in their last game.

Talking about the abilities required, Mazurkiewicz said: “I feel that 60% is chess and 40% resembles different abilities – swimming, keeping your body controlled, your strain and your breath.”

The surprising title is the brainchild of American Etan Ilfeld, who needed to consolidate an actual component to make the game much seriously testing.

Ilfeld, who presently lives in England, began playing chess when he was 4 years of age and is a chess ace.

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