Chess tournament players burn up to 6,000 calories a day

Sitting at a table and occasionally moving chess pieces a few inches at a time turns out to be great exercise, at least if you're competing in a tournament. ESPN…

6,000 calories Robert Sapolsky, who studies stress in primates at Stanford University, says a chess player can burn up to 6,000 calories a day while playing in a tournament, three times what an average person consumes in a day. Apr 27, 2020 ESPN > espn

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