Ravens' Urschel to square off vs. U.S. chess champion
Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports / Reuters
Baltimore Ravens guard John Urschel will test his critical thinking ability off the field in an unusual way Friday.
Urschel - who's also working on his Ph.D in applied mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - will face U.S. chess champion Fabiano Caruana as part of the Liberty Science Center's World Blitz Chess Title Bout.
Look, @FabianoCaruana does not need ALL those seconds. He should donate at least half to me! Prob(victory) = 10^-10 https://t.co/m1GludxT25
— John Urschel (@JohnCUrschel) May 17, 2016
Caruana, who sports the the third-highest rating of all time, will have two minutes to complete his moves, while Urschel will be allowed three minutes.
- With h/t to The Baltimore Sun