Why are sportspeople obsessed with chess?

BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team look at why sportspeople like Erling Haaland, Victor Wembanyama and Eberechi Eze are all chess superfans.
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Zebrawood chess set with resin and light

Creative DIY projects combining epoxy resin wood and lighting to build unique functional designs. Learn simple techniques that bring together color texture and glow effects. A practical approach to ...

Explained: Man City star Erling Haaland’s sudden interest in chess and his support for Total Chess World Championship

After establishing himself as one of the top footballers of the modern era, Manchester City and Norway star Erling Haaland has now turned his attention to chess, although his involvement in this sport ...

Medieval chess was more inclusive than the world around it

Chess is widely seen as a great equalizer. Players from every social, racial, and economic class have squared off across the ...

Medieval chess promoted racial harmony and mutual respect, say historians

Medieval manuscripts, paintings and chess sets reveal that the so-called "game of kings" defied social structures and racial attitudes by celebrating the intellectual prowess of winners irrespective ...

Check mates: analysis of medieval chess sets reveals vision of equality and mutual respect

Far from being a metaphor for racial tension, chess reveals world where people could engage as equals ...