On the day off at the 2014 US Championship, many players followed Magnus Carlsen’s footsteps (Magnus came to Webster University on days off during the Sinquefield Cup last year to play soccer and basketball) by coming to Webster University to play soccer and basketball.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
What about the nerd stigma?
Nakamura can score 20 points in basketball anytime.
Nakamura can beat anyone in sumo wrestling.
Nakamura should do exactly what these athletes been doing. He looks like a panda.
There’s nothing new about it. Kotov writes that most Soviet top grandmasters were experts (equivalent of 2000+ in chess) in some other, physical sport like tennis or swimming.