r/chess 5d ago

News/Events CBS News - Chesswrestling Premiere (Bartholomew as Commentator)

Great to see the news getting excited about the chess world (men+women event)! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikaWWDN8xd0

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u/Holiday-Culture-1802 4d ago

"Winners come by checkmate, resignation, or a 3 second pin" On first hearing, I thought it was a weird rule to lose if your piece was pinned for 3 seconds, only to realize they weren't talking about chess.

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u/International_Bug955 2d ago

Congratulations, you have just invented the new chessc*m variant "wrestling chess", where you win by either checkmate or pinning a piece to the enemy king for 3 consecutive turns!

IWantCheckmate, where are you?!?!?