Urschel's math paper

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Urschel's math paper

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John Urschel's math paper :)
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Interesting! Not the paper (about which I haven't the foggiest) but the author. Thanks.
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Okay, so he plays chess. What's the big deal?
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DrStraw wrote:What's the big deal?
Ah, Doctor, your comments are always so heartwarming, so enthusiastic, so … motivational … come let me pull you to my hairy chest and hug you :-D
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Bonobo wrote:
DrStraw wrote:What's the big deal?
Ah, Doctor, your comments are always so heartwarming, so enthusiastic, so … motivational … come let me pull you to my hairy chest and hug you :-D
Just like a bonobo. :D

But, sorry, couldn't resist. After all, this is a games forum so what other reason could there be for posting? :)
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DrStraw wrote:
Bonobo wrote:
DrStraw wrote:What's the big deal?
Ah, Doctor, your comments are always so heartwarming, so enthusiastic, so … motivational … come let me pull you to my hairy chest and hug you :-D
Just like a bonobo. :D
;-)
But, sorry, couldn't resist. After all, this is a games forum so what other reason could there be for posting? :)
Well, Urschel was mentioned somewhere else in this forum for being a football player who wrote a math paper. I assume it’s mostly to document the fact that a person with a big and muscular body and who plays a very physical sport is not necessarily a stupid brute; I think it was just to dispel such prejudices.

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Oh, and of course it will probably also be b/c 1) Football is a game, and 2) this Football player apparently not only loves maths but also Chess.

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I was talking the other day to someone who had actually seen Chess Boxing happen.
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A friend of mine is a chess and Go player, and used to be a chess boxing referee. She no longer does it - a friend of hers (a chess player, not a boxer) was punched whilst refereeing at another event.

It may have been this incident:
http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/E ... story.html
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