WORLD JUNIOR CHESS CHAMPION IPATOV TAKES WORLD’S TALLEST BUNGEE JUMP OFF MACAU TOWER! HONG KONG … A. IPATOV, world junior chess champion, takes a long ride down in the world’s longest bungee jump:

To read more about why he did it, check out Ipatov’s blog:

What was the reason to jump? I feel like I had more than few reasons to make that jump, for example :

• To challenge myself and make my mind stronger  :  «And obviously, from our own personal point of view, the principal challenge is a personal challenge.»          Richard Branson .   I’ve been thinking about that phrase and agree that there is no other way to grow as personality as constantly challenging ourselves and extending our limits!
• To make the world understand that professional chess players are not only the guys who are spending all their time at chess board. Chess lacks of marketing nowadays so maybe this is one of the ways how to attract sponsor’s attention to chess : blitz game, jump, one more blitz game, jump, etc? It has no point for open tournament but could have some logic for top closed events.
• To try completely new experience in my life.