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Keanu Reeves is an avid chess player #TweetOftheDay

Keanu Reeves is a favorite as an actor and as a person to many. But if he has not conquered your heart and mind yet, wait until you hear this. Keanu Reeves is an avid and strong chess player!

“I’ve been playing some chess. It’s a competitive game. I don’t think you walk to the board and go, “I hope I lose.” If you don’t know how to play, I’m great—yeah, I’m a master. And if you’re really good, I’m terrible,” Keanu told the People magazine.

Keanu Reeves has talked about his love for the game in the past as well. He played on the chess team in high school and followed closely the the game between the IBM computer Deep Blue and Garry Kasparov. Keanu shares that during the shooting of the 1997 movie Devil’s advocate, he was playing chess between the scenes.

Keanu Reeves narrates Quantum chess between Stephen Hawking and Paul Rudd

The game is real and the stakes are high as the future of humanity hangs in the balance. Can Paul Rudd beat Stephen Hawking, one of the greatest minds of our generation, in a game of chess that will determine the future of humanity? Quantum chess and Reeves’s narration is pitch perfect.

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