CINCINNATI -- Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow looked at the opposition, plotted his next move and prepared to strike.
The execution required only lifting a finger. With Bengals cornerback Chidobe Awuzie seated across from him in the team’s locker room, Burrow fianchettoed -- a chess maneuver when one repositions their respective pieces to free a bishop for a diagonal attack.
Yes, the franchise-changing quarterback who relishes the challenge of dissecting and exploiting football defenses also happens to enjoy chess.
“Chess is fun,” Burrow said in a January 2021 news conference.