Elite players can reportedly burn up to an absurd 6,000 calories in one day.

据报道，精英棋手一天就能消耗达 6000 卡路里的能量。

I quit being a chess player and started to run.

我放弃了做棋手，开始跑步。

The reasons for the success of female chess players in Kazakhstan are unclear.

哈萨克斯坦女棋手成功的原因尚不清楚。

And indeed, the best programs are great chess players.

事实上 最棒的象棋程序已经是老辣的棋手。

Imagine it-three days of continuous brainwork! And against the top players in the country, too.

试想一下，连续三天的脑力劳动！并且和这个国家最优秀的棋手对。

The player who scores 6.5 points or more will be crowned with the title.

（率先）得分 6.5 分以上的棋手将获得冠军。

In traditional chess, players have as much time as they want for their moves, but in speed chess their time is limited.

在下传统棋时，棋手有足够的时间考虑再出棋，而下快棋时思考时间是有限的。

That's right! That's the queen and that's the king. If the other player captures your king, he will say ”Check Mate” and the game is over! Doesn't this sound fun?

对的！那个是王后，那个是国王。如果另一个棋手抓住了你的王，他就要说“? 国王不能动了”，然后比赛结束！难道不觉得听起来很有趣吗？

In 1976, he too emigrated to France, but eventually returned to Russia and spent his last years popularizing chess, publishing a newspaper about the sport and supporting young players in a chess school he founded.

1976年，他也移民到了法国，但最终又回到了俄罗斯，在他生命的最后几年里，一直普及国际象棋，出版了一份关于这项运动的报纸，并给他创办的一所国际象棋学校的年轻棋手提供支持。

In 1991 she became the first woman player in history to reach the status of grandmaster. The highest title you can reach in chess.

1991年，她成为历史上第一位达到特级大师称号的女棋手。这是国际象棋所能获得的最。

I do love the idea that a robot could beat anyone in the world at chess, but it can't clean a shelf.

“对于机器人可以打败世界上任何棋手，却不会打扫书架这事，我觉得很有意思。”

Elite chess players understand this concept really well.

优秀的棋手非常理解这个概念。

Three or four moves speak to me in about five seconds and that's probably why I'm a good speed chess player.

在大约五秒钟内的三到四步对我来说很重要，这可能就是为什么我是一个好的快棋手。

In 1984, the World Chess Championship was called off abruptly, due to the withered frame of a player who was competing for the title.

1984 年，世界国际象棋锦标赛因一名参赛棋手异常消瘦的身形而被突然取消。

An experiment done in the 1930s found that chess players on caffeine performed significantly better than players who abstained.

20世纪30年代的一项实验发现，服用咖啡因的棋手比不服用咖啡因的棋手表现要好得多。

It played very aggressively and without the usual fear that human player has for playing Garry Kasparov.

它下棋时咄咄逼人，没有人类棋手对加里·卡斯帕罗夫的恐惧。

While they spend a lot of their practice time playing games and studying the openings and endgames of players at higher ranks, they also dedicate a ton of time to analyzing their own past games – especially the ones they lost.

虽然他们花了大量的练习时间来练习下棋，研究更级别棋手的开局和终局，但他们也花了大量的时间来分析自己过去的比赛——尤其是那些他们输掉的比赛。

By itself is probably stronger than almost all the chess players in the world.

它本身可能比世界上几乎所有的棋手都强。

Another study determined that even chess professionals play less well in online matches than face-to-face tilts.

另一项研究发现，即使是国际象棋专业棋手在网络比赛的表现也不如面对面的比赛。

Ok, each player gets 16 pieces. You can be the white ones and I'll play with the black pieces. Now in the front, you set up the pawns.

好了，每个棋手分16个棋子。你可以要白棋子，然后我要黑棋子。现在，你先在前面放棋子。