For anyone unaware of who Kasparov is, he’s a very famous chess World Champion from Russia who held the title for 15 years.

  • HexesofVexes
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    845 months ago

    Putin strikes me as the kind of person who’d lose against a bongcloud opening.

      • HexesofVexes
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        175 months ago

        And probably shouts “four of a kind, checkmate” randomly while waving arrest warrants in the hopes of distracting his opponent.

        • @Plopp
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          65 months ago

          I think his opponent would just fall out a window.

    • @[email protected]
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      125 months ago

      Putin strikes me as the kind of person who’d get angry if they couldn’t mate you with the scholar’s mate.

    • @feedum_sneedson
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      95 months ago

      What the fuck is a bongcloud opening, that’s a funny name.

      • @accideath
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        55 months ago

        This. A meme even played by the world’s best players.

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          05 months ago

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    • ChaoticNeutralCzech
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      65 months ago

      I’d guess he would be a mediocre player I would lose to. Chess was actually highly regarded as a mind sport in the USSR and even taught in schools. And even if Putin is stupid, there are ways he can ensure I would never win (placing the chessboard on his side of his long table and getting me shot by security if I attempt to approach it).

    • @Zehzin
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      35 months ago

      The only winning response to the bongcloud opening is a double bongcloud opening

    • @ours
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      35 months ago

      That’s why he wouldn’t risk it and either fix the match or have the opponent player jump out a window and drink some Polonium tea.