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You may be surprised to learn that chess does get played in prison, not by many people but those that do indulge can end up extremely good at it after a year or

You may be surprised to learn that chess does get played in prison, not by many people but those that do indulge can end up extremely good at it after a year or two (or more!!!) inside. In this other world of chess there can be betting involved too, so the stakes can be high, which is good for improving skill levels. After all, who wants to lose a game if one's mates have bet significant sums on you winning? Chess boxing seems to be in a similar vein of getting people to play the game, reaching out to those that otherwise might not play.

toolslive 8y ago
Some of theses chess addicted inmates become really good. Bloodgood, for example became 2700+. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Bloodgood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Bloodgood
- erfgh 8y ago
  Yeah but it was a fraud.
  - toolslive 8y ago
    how do you get from "possibly via manipulation" to "fraud" ?
wepple 8y ago
“You may be surprised to learn that chess does get played in prison” Growing up, I would have. But after moving to NYC my eyes were open d to how it isn’t “just a nerds game” and popular with a massively diverse group of people.. it’s really great to see actually.