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@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

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

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      6 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.

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      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).

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      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.