A 31-year-old chess grandmaster played chess while skydiving from a thousands of feet above the ground.
Watch the chess grandmaster’s amazing chessdive
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Timur Faridovich Gareyev, who is all set to contest the San Diego Chess Open in California, played the game of chess while skydiving.
He jumped from the aircraft with the chess pieces fixed onto the board.
Jennifer Vallens, who works with Timur, said: “The enjoyment on the irrepressible Gareyev’s face is palpable. Imagine how your hand reacts to the wind when you stick it out a car window at 60 mph.”
“Timur would be falling at 120 mph while ‘flying’ the board. This required the photographer to not just permanently attach the pieces but to also doctor the board with a cone attached underneath to help provide aerodynamic stability.”
Jennifer added: “Gareyev chose to set up a position based on a game from 1760 between Jean-JacquesRousseau and the Prince de Conti, played in Montmorency, France.”
When the video of the chessdiving was posted online, it instantly went viral and left Internet users stunned. The video has been viewed more than 1 million times and has received thousands of likes and comments.
One user wrote: ‘Timur Killed it!! Super great to fly with him, then get owned in three minutes playing chess with him’ while another user said: ‘Fantastic! King Timur owns CHESS! Well done and big thumbs up for this video. OFC Agadmator brought me here.’
The third one commented on the video: ‘This guy is awesome and friendly…. have been in his presence a few times….. high energy and enthusiastic ? sky diving seems perfect for him!!’
One user asked: ‘Is the position on the board random, or is it maybe something like a final position he had in one of his games where he won the US Open?’ while another said: ‘omg Timur Gareyev is my favorite chess player now’.
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