This is an old article I found on the baconlog blog (baconlog.blogspot.com). Not unheard of opinion.
HOWARD Stern has revealed why he ditched chess for photography.
“Chess was becoming an obsession. I felt that after three years as a hobby, I have reached pretty much where I was gonna go. In my dreams, I would start to see chess games. I said, ‘This is not good for me,’ so I took up photography,” he told US TV show Extra.