You’ve never seen chess played quite like this before. The popular game has undergone a significant twist, introducing an entirely new level of difficulty for players. Watch the short but jaw-dropping clip to hear and learn about the totally new and unexpected way some people are playing chess.
Most people love playing games of some kind. Games such as checkers, Uno and solitaire help us relax and take our minds off our concerns and worries for a short period of time. They are beneficial for the blood pressure and the mental health, and most of them require minimal effort.
However, some games do require much more thinking and strategy. Players must be focused on the task at hand and even thinking three or four steps ahead, in some cases. Now, the one game like this that immediately comes to most people’s minds is chess. There are numerous methods and approaches to playing the game, and that doesn’t even take into account trying to keep track of all the different ways the pieces can move across the board.
Well, a video posted on YouTube shows that some people are adding a whole new level of difficulty to the game. They are playing the game underwater. Yes, you read that right. They have to dive down to the bottom of a pool in order to make their moves. What is referred to as “diving chess” was first invented in London, England, and has since spread to other European countries.
An American, Hans Neimann, is one of the people who are playing this strange form of chess and recently did so during an exhibition in South Africa. The clip notes that the American player performed well during the exhibition matchup, ultimately emerging victorious.
I don’t think I’ll be participating in “diving chess” and think I’ll wait for the “diving checkers,” instead. What about you? Is playing chess underwater something that appeals to you?
1 Timothy 4:8 “For the training of the body is of profit for a little, but religion is of profit in every way, giving hope for the life which now is, and for that which is to come.”
