George Duke wrote on Tue, Oct 23, 2007 12:55 AM UTC:
Chess is Sport. Just when mentioning the successful hike over two years
from Buenos Aeres to New York in 1920's(relating it to Chess players), when FIDE and Capablanca Chess were new, there is an announcement. In spring 2008 Marshall Ulrich, 56, and Charlie Engle, 44, will attempt to break the record for running across the United States. Starting in Seattle(a Chess connection being Yasser Seirawan's Seattle Chess Foundation), they plan to run at least 68 miles--probably 15 to 17 hours a day--for 47 days, ending in Washington D.C. Hey 46, 48 and then 50 were progressively the number of USA states in 1900, 1912, and 1960, for state-based 46-, 47-, 48-square contests. Mexico City where the World Chess Championship took place, is closer to either city than the USA distance between them, the longest leg of triangle.
