Chess not covered by BBC Sport??

[Harsh Gupta]

I would agree with the first sentence in this quote but disagree with the first part of the second sentence. To say that F1 has more mental exercise than Chess could be true depending upon the particular situation. If someone is playing Chess with very little concentration and using very little mental energy in their play then an F1 driver who is driving with great alertness, concentration and skill would be going through greater mental exertion in their driving then the said Chess player.

If you were to compare the top grandmasters in the world playing Chess versus the top F1 drivers during their races then I would say the grandmasters would be going through more mental exertion than the F1 drivers but the F1 drivers would be going through greater physical exertion than the grandmasters.


By the way Anand is ahead in his world championship match against Topalov. Score 2.5 to 1.5.

http://www.chessclub.com/

It's interesting, Topalov's FIDE rating is 2805 and Anand's is 2787.

Well, yes, you have a valid point.

The reason I said more is because, while playing chess, you are just concentrating on the game than anything else. While games like F1 requires much more alertness. They have to focus on few more things than just the game itself.