> Copa Sudamericana Ro16 keys
Racing (ARG) - Corinthians (BRA)
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Atl. Tucuman (ARG) - Independiente (ARG)
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Chapecoense (BRA) - Flamengo (BRA)
Fluminense (BRA) - Liga de Quito (ECU)
- THIS WEEK
> Copa Libertadores Quarter finals
River Plate (ARG) - Jorge (BOL)
Lanús (ARG) - San Lorenzo (ARG)
Barcelona (ECU) - Santos (BRA)
Botafogo (BRA) - Grêmio (BRA)
- first leg starts in three weeks
Now, I don't know if chess is considered a sport, but some might argue that competitive chess at the level I am referring to is - so mods, please remove if necessary.
Having researched this topic for minutes now, I believe there is only one correct answer: Wilhelm Steinitz was by far the world's weakest champion. Although the standard measures of strength in use today: bench press, clean & jerk, back squat, and deadlift were generally not popular in the last century, factual evidence exists that in 1873 after the Vienna international tournament, Steinitz and Isidor Gunsberk went to a local spa at the invitation of Joseph Blackburne and Henry Bird (both fine British chess players and world-renowned circus strongmen at the time). In fact, unlike today, when chess is associated with quiet intellectuals, skinny pocket-protected nerds with their belts higher than their sternum, chess players in the late 19th century were generally robust athletes, skilled in riding, fencing, strength feats, and goat herding. Gunsberg himself was well known at the time for his ability to explode a hot water bladder by his powerful breath alone, and was featured in several carnival strong-man exhibitions in Europe during the previous summer, and was reputed to have inspired the Great Sandow himself! While Bird, Blackburne, and Gunsberg waited inside the gymnasium for their fellow chess competitor to emerge from the locker room (Bird had to lend Steinitz a one piece gymsuit, Steinitz providing the lack of one as a last-attempt reason why he could not join them for an athletic tonic at the spa), "Boulder Shoulders" Bird, "Black the Mack Truck" Blackburne, and "Dizzy Izzy" Gunsberg took turns at impressing the others by bending steel bars, doing back-flips while holding dumbbells, and flinging 35 pound kettle-bells into the air and catching them. Working up a healthy sweat, they still waited more than an hour before Wilhelm came out. (part 1 of 3, character count)
CHC: Bryant (hand) out of Cubs' lineup Wednesday
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