I have heard that brilliant chess players who spend decades playing chess have a propencity to die early in life. I don't think it's true, but does anyone have evidence of this?
Brilliant chess players (truly, truly brilliant) are likely to have serious problems in their mind and due to these faults are more likely to die young.
At least, I believe thats the case.
Yay! I get to live forever! :P
By that reasoning, I get to live several eternities!
I guess everybody wins!
(Except the super-chess-geniuses...)
I had the honour to meet both Boris Spassky and Mikhail Tal. Of similar ages (about 50 at the time) Spassky looked fit as a fiddle, while Tal wore the face of man 20 years older.
Spassky is still going strong while Tal died relatively young. Nothing to do with chess...just unlucky and an unhealthy lifestyle.
This could very be coincidence. I think this originates possibly from players who are intense thinkers, and just like anything in this world, too much of anything creates stress and aging; therefore, stress isn't singled out to just your profession, but others too.
I have heard that brilliant chess players who spend decades playing chess have a propencity to die early in life. I don't think it's true, but does anyone have evidence of this?