The Texas Tech Knight Raiders chess team members will be playing a rated chess tournament from the center of the earth (not literally) in about 2 weeks. It will take them about an hour just to manually descent about 1,000 feet to the spot where they will have the tournament. Then they will engage in a 6 round SS tournament. The event has been approved by the National Park Service. Stay tuned for more details.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
For the humor impaired, it is not, literally, from the center of the earth.
Very unusual but excellent idea.