#GetFact'd: Chess player deliberately throws game for Madonna concert

#GetFact'd: Chess player deliberately throws game for Madonna concert

Dating way back to a time where a town called Neversink was completely submerged underwater.

Imagine throwing away a chess game just to go see Madonna concert.
Imagine throwing away a chess game just to go see Madonna concert. Image: Unsplash

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Polar explorers burn 8,000 calories a day and therefore often supplement their diets with multiple large slabs of frozen butter.

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A chess player in the Dutch Open Championship in the early 90s deliberately threw a game, getting mated in three moves, because he had tickets for a Madonna concert and didn't want to be late. What's funny about this is that Madonna is notorious for starting her concerts late.

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Imagine throwing away a chess game just to go see Madonna concert.
Imagine throwing away a chess game just to go see Madonna concert. Image: Unsplash

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In 1953, the town of Neversink, New York was completely submerged underwater after dams for what would become the Neversink Reservoir were finished.

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