Anyway he challenged me to find a link that ties track and field and chess together, so I accept the challenge!
Titles :
Now see this section more as of a warm-up. Both chess and track and field are administered by international organizations, and both these organizations hold similar tournaments. Example, they both hold a World Championship were you have to qualify with your regional organization beforehand. They both hold invitational meets, and they both hold series of events (such as the Golden league for athletics). They both give out titles such as World Champion, Grandmaster, World medalist.
6 degrees of separation :
Ok now to make a few links between athletics and chess.
1. Andras Andorjan, a Hungarian author and Chess Grandmaster. He was often reviewed by Botvinnick who compared him to Monty python. And we all remember the Monty Python's famous special olympic skit.
2.Simen Agdestien, a Norwegian Grandmaster, this quy was a football (aka soccer) pro, he managed to keep his chess and pro soccer carriers going at the same time. He played for the FC Lyn Oslo, a club that played in the same stadium where such meets as the IAAF world athletics championships have been held!
History :
Both are recognized sports by the international Olympic Commitee, but of course only track is pressented.
The womans event were presented for the first time in 1928 during the Amsterdamn Olympics. During this same time the Chess Olympiades also added a female categorie.
Anyway this is a quick preview of what ties chess and track together. To be honest there was other stuff, but it was even more far fetch then what I presented. I mean aside from a few exceptionnal ppl that did both chess and track, these two things where never suppose to meet! Anyway this gives a little exemple of what I mean when I want ppl to give me suggest for the next themes, so please comment your next challenge. And I will try to satisfy it.
Titles :
Now see this section more as of a warm-up. Both chess and track and field are administered by international organizations, and both these organizations hold similar tournaments. Example, they both hold a World Championship were you have to qualify with your regional organization beforehand. They both hold invitational meets, and they both hold series of events (such as the Golden league for athletics). They both give out titles such as World Champion, Grandmaster, World medalist.
6 degrees of separation :
Ok now to make a few links between athletics and chess.
1. Andras Andorjan, a Hungarian author and Chess Grandmaster. He was often reviewed by Botvinnick who compared him to Monty python. And we all remember the Monty Python's famous special olympic skit.
2.Simen Agdestien, a Norwegian Grandmaster, this quy was a football (aka soccer) pro, he managed to keep his chess and pro soccer carriers going at the same time. He played for the FC Lyn Oslo, a club that played in the same stadium where such meets as the IAAF world athletics championships have been held!
History :
Both are recognized sports by the international Olympic Commitee, but of course only track is pressented.
The womans event were presented for the first time in 1928 during the Amsterdamn Olympics. During this same time the Chess Olympiades also added a female categorie.
Anyway this is a quick preview of what ties chess and track together. To be honest there was other stuff, but it was even more far fetch then what I presented. I mean aside from a few exceptionnal ppl that did both chess and track, these two things where never suppose to meet! Anyway this gives a little exemple of what I mean when I want ppl to give me suggest for the next themes, so please comment your next challenge. And I will try to satisfy it.
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