AThe Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Sunday, November 07, 1971 - Page 134
Beats Dieting, Too
It isn't unusual for a football player to shed a few pounds during an afternoon of strenuous play but we're surprised to learn that American chess champion Bobby Fischer loses as much as five pounds in a single game when facing rugged competition such as he encountered in the recent semi-finals of the world title tourney in Buenos Aires.
Most chess players we know have a tendency to put it on rather than take it off--attributable, no doubt, to those frequent trips to the refrigerator for refreshments while waiting for the opponent to make his move.
If that problem could be solved, chess might become a new reducing fad. With winter approaching, vigorous mental exercise over a chess board should be an attractive substitute for jogging.
