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In a match of pugilism, Lennox Lewis would punch you so hard your whole family would die. A talent for 8x8 strategy games and the ability to rattle off a Kasparov defense that applies to any chess permutation isn't going to stop you from being vaporized when he starts smashing those big, meaty guns into your torso.
But Lewis seems to have realized that there are more cerebral ways to pulverize your opponent — he's decided to accept open chess challenges through King.com, aiming to prove that he's more than a beautiful yet still pretty fucking terrifying body. Better yet? Anyone who beats Lewis gets $1000.
I don't mean to impugn the chess talents of a man who is punched upside the head for a living, especially since he could kill me, but does anyone else think this is a bit fishy? $1000 bucks isn't chump change... it adds up. Lennox Lewis would have to be pretty excellent to compete with some of the guys who regularly play chess online. We smell a fix somehow. - Florian Eckhardt
(Edit: Here's a description of a game a journalist played against Lewis. He's described as "not bad" by a former challenger of Kasparov, which the journalist assures us is high praise.)
Knock Out Lennox Lewis - In Video Game Chess? [GameSetWatch]
