FIDE Online Arena, theofficial gaming platform oftheInternational Chess Federation, advances personal health ine-sport byintroducing anew feature tomeasure calories burned byplaying online.
Starting from today, FIDE Online Arena, theofficial FIDE gaming platform, which is operated byWorld Chess, will track anddisplay thecalories users burn during anonline game ofchess. Whilst calorie tracking is already widely used across offline fitness andsports, including chess, it has notpreviously been used asafeature ine-sports.
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FIDE Online Arena is hoping that calorie tracking ine-sports will spread andthere will be increasing encouragement forhealthier lifestyle decisions. After each online chess game, which can last anywhere from 30 seconds to45 minutes, anestimated number ofcalories burned during thegame will appear alongside thegame results. Players will also be able totrack cumulative calories burned over aweek, month, oreven ayear. During anaverage 5-minute game, anonline player will typically burn only 4 calories, butwith online players often playing many games thecumulative total can build rapidly.
This is thought tobe thefirst time inonline sports that athletes andcasual players alike can access their calorie expenditure insights andtrends using anintegrated calorie calculator. TheFIDE Online Arena has developed aunique andinnovative tracking module that takes into account multiple key indicators including butnotlimited to, theplayer’s weight, height, andage (if known) aswell asthespeed ofplay, time, game intensity andthedifficulty ofeach game.
Whilst this is afirst fore-sport, in2019, ESPN released surprising data relating toin-person chess. Thepublished data concluded that chess players can use up to6,000 calories aday during anin-person tournament, three times more than anaverage person consumes inanentire day. Thestudy took into account research on calorie consumption andcalories burnt byphysical exertion andheightened mental activity.
Ilya Merenzon, CEO ofWorld Chess, commented: “Supporting good health, both physical andmental, is hugely important, especially inmodern societies which face thechallenge ofincreasingly sedentary lifestyles. Therefore we are excited that FIDE Online Arena is using thelatest technology andunderstanding ofphysiology topromote physical health forchess players around theworld.
‘Theresearch findings about thecalories burned during chess reinforce thestatus of chess asaphysical aswell asanintellectual challenge, aglobal sport that is good foryour mind andalso your body.’
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