cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28737484
POV: Your tournament opponent is chess itself.
This guy is one unfair ruling away from becoming a Batman villain.
this post was submitted on 26 Apr 2025
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His name? The Rookie
You would have some good episodic titles with Harley Quinn and the Dark Knight involved
I think he can already qualify as a stand user.
If you wanna play chess, use your head.
He wanted to be called a Chess-head, but they just ended up calling him Checkers. :(
He asked for a thirteen but they drew a thirty-one.
yooo I've got an idea for my next hair dye session :D I haven't thought about doing that yet
Chess is his kink and he's just waiting for the right king/queen/rook to traverse all-over him.
I don't see you guys rating
The kind of mate I'm contemplating
I'd let you watch, I would invite you
But the queens we use would not excite you
Yeah watching pawn doesn't cut it
Those eyes are looking for a mating sequence.
No one is En passant-ing on getting in on this action.
Oh, you think the chess board is your ally, but you merely adopted the game. I was born in it, molded by it.
Is this the 4D chess I keep hearing about?
It's part of the strategy, it's called camouflage.
The covert ops of gameboard warfare
I think he likes chess.
I think he likes ska
Qc7 -> ~~C5~~ C6 and protect that knight.
Edit: id10t error
White could just take the queen with theirs, I'd take Rb8 -> d8
Sigh. Classic “me”. I meant c6, not c5. Thanks.