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For the second consecutive year, Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray lost to safety Justin Reid in the finals of the high-speed Blitzchamps chess tournament June 16. At least this year, Murray won a game after losing 2-0 to Reid in 2024.
Reid was with the Kansas City Chiefs then and is now with the New Orleans Saints after signing as an unrestricted free agent in March.
Eight current or former players participated in a double-elimination format that included a winner’s and loser’s bracket on chess.com. The other six year this were Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert and tackle Rashawn Slater, Patriots wide receiver Mack Hollins, Eagles running back AJ Dillon, Vikings defensive lineman Harrison Phillips and former cornerback Richard Sherman.
The final is best-of-two and in the event of a tie, there is sudden death, which is when Reid emerged the winner. He won $30,000 for his JReid Indeed charity, while Murray’s $20,000 second-place winnings support the Kyler Murray Foundation.
Reid told The Athletic he is “obsessed” with chess and plays almost every day. Notable is that he also said, “Whenever we’re getting ready to play a game (in the NFL) and you start to get excited because you know that moment is coming where you’re about to go into combat with your brothers, I play one or two games to calm myself down and bring myself back to peace because I play my best when I’m calm and thinking clearly, rather than when I’m jacked up on emotion.
“So in those two ways, the games are very similar. You get too emotional and you make mistakes, a blunder here and there. If you stay calm under pressure, it ends up translating pretty well ... Sometimes you can see what your opponent is about to do before they do it. Both on the chess board and football field so you do a move to counter that before they even get to it.”
It was intriguing that Reid mentioned “blunder” for what can happen at key times.
Eduardo Tansley of The Athletic wrote that in the sudden-death game, “Murray resigned after a blunder when he moved h4, trapping his Queen when Reid moved Bg4.”
Perhaps Murray can take some of those tips from Reid so he can be at his best in the crucial moments when NFL games are decided.
Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire's Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts.
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Reid was with the Kansas City Chiefs then and is now with the New Orleans Saints after signing as an unrestricted free agent in March.
Eight current or former players participated in a double-elimination format that included a winner’s and loser’s bracket on chess.com. The other six year this were Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert and tackle Rashawn Slater, Patriots wide receiver Mack Hollins, Eagles running back AJ Dillon, Vikings defensive lineman Harrison Phillips and former cornerback Richard Sherman.
The final is best-of-two and in the event of a tie, there is sudden death, which is when Reid emerged the winner. He won $30,000 for his JReid Indeed charity, while Murray’s $20,000 second-place winnings support the Kyler Murray Foundation.
Reid told The Athletic he is “obsessed” with chess and plays almost every day. Notable is that he also said, “Whenever we’re getting ready to play a game (in the NFL) and you start to get excited because you know that moment is coming where you’re about to go into combat with your brothers, I play one or two games to calm myself down and bring myself back to peace because I play my best when I’m calm and thinking clearly, rather than when I’m jacked up on emotion.
“So in those two ways, the games are very similar. You get too emotional and you make mistakes, a blunder here and there. If you stay calm under pressure, it ends up translating pretty well ... Sometimes you can see what your opponent is about to do before they do it. Both on the chess board and football field so you do a move to counter that before they even get to it.”
It was intriguing that Reid mentioned “blunder” for what can happen at key times.
Eduardo Tansley of The Athletic wrote that in the sudden-death game, “Murray resigned after a blunder when he moved h4, trapping his Queen when Reid moved Bg4.”
Perhaps Murray can take some of those tips from Reid so he can be at his best in the crucial moments when NFL games are decided.
Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire's Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts.
This article originally appeared on Cards Wire: Kyler Murray loses in final of chess tournament
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