Knockout On The Chessboard?
Lennox Lewis had all the right moves in his match against Mike Tyson over the weekend. He also has some pretty good moves over the chessboard. Here are the details from the Telegraph.
Everyone knows that Lennox Lewis is the undisputed heavyweight boxing champion of the world. Not so many people know that Britain's most successful - and wealthiest - sportsman is also an obsessive chessplayer.
Although Lewis is a very big man even by the standards of heavyweight boxers - 6ft 5in, 17st 8lb, and arms that span 83 inches - he moves with astonishing lightness. There is absolutely no sense of physical menace, and his handshake is feather-light. This I found reassuring. When I asked The Telegraph's chess columnist, Nigel Short, for some technical advice before the game, the celebrated Grandmaster replied: "If he offers you a draw in a menacing tone of voice, accept."
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ahahha. thats great!
Posted by: ruzz | June 10, 2002 2:12 PM | Reply to this comment