# King of the Nerds (TBS) chess match?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-nerds-tbs-chess-match/647666>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [January 19, 2013, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-nerds-tbs-chess-match/647666 "2013-01-19T00:26:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-nerds-tbs-chess-match/647666/1 "2013-01-19T00:26:53Z")

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I caught just the tail end of this but it didn’t look like very impressive chess. Are the moves recorded online anywhere?

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**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-nerds-tbs-chess-match/647666/2 "2013-01-19T23:42:49Z")

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Does anybody but me think it’s incredibly ironic (or incredibly stupid) to make nerds participate in physical challenges?