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Rainbow_Dashing posted...

"Grandmasters in competition are subjected to a constant torrent of mental stress. That stress, in turn, causes their heart rates to increase, which, in turn, forces their bodies to produce more energy to, in turn, produce more oxygen. It is, according to Marcus Raichle, a neurologist at Washington University in St. Louis, and Philip Cryer, a metabolism expert at the school, a vicious, destructive cycle.
Meanwhile, players also eat less during tournaments, simply because they don't have the time or the appetite. "The simple explanation is when they're thinking about chess, they're not thinking about food," says Ewan C. McNay, assistant professor of psychology in the behavioral neuroscience program at the University of Albany."

There we go boys, case closed. Unless they're doing CO2 measurements on these guys playing these calories burned numbers are pure bullshit. It's not hcess doing it to them, it's them not eating and some stress.

Yeah, seems to be the type of losing weight as serious fasting. Not very healthy.
However it does make

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More realistic than I thought.