#Chess

[targetedknowledge]

[bodhrancomedy]

Sometimes having a reputation for being smart beats actually being smart.

I once beat my school’s chess champion in a game because he spent the entire match desperately trying to work out my strategy because I was “smart” and therefore good at chess.

We were playing with a Lord of the Rings chess set. I was moving the characters I liked best.

I’m terrible at chess.

[triviallytrue]

people who don't follow chess I promise this post is really funny

[finalfortuna]

I didn't find the original article, but here's another article about the incident published June 30th, 2025.

Notably, The German Chess Federation rejected any ban, and Federation president Ingrid Lauterbach condemned the discriminatory backlash Heidemann has faced on social media, saying, “We’re an inclusive sport and want to be so.”

It was never about "fairness." They're punishing trans teenagers for existing. Most chess tournaments aren't even gendered.

[divorcedwife]

chess inspired fashion

[motorizedduck]

Just today I got to see a chess book that I remember reading as a little kid. While it didn't give me a lifelong passion for chess, it did give me a lifelong passion for fantasy for its artwork.

The book is "Chess for Young Beginners" from 1975, and here's some of the artwork:

Like, this artwork goes hard. I especially appreciate the colour scheme for the black pieces, with its browns, bronzes, reds and oranges.

This artwork is amazing, evocative, exciting and dramatic. I recommend giving it a look if you have a chance - you can probably scrounge up a PDF of this thing with a bit of searching.

[amashelle]

The Arthurian Knight’s journey:

Every third square visited contains a hermit.

Every second square visited contains a damosel who needs somebody to kill someone for her.

the knight's tour

[dozydawn]

nick gaetano

[tuulikki]

Look, all I know is that misogynistic gamer bros were never gonna welcome a female character who looked like this:

If they’d put big jiggly tits on her then there wouldn’t have been a problem. But they didn’t. Probably because of woke.

[divorcedwife]

more chess fashion

[coldmakertale]

[numblocprince]

HEHSHA AAHH they dancing!! THEY LOOK SO DIVAA 🤑 art for @denicemadson !!!♟️✨🐧 Tap it for a good pic

[gimmethatposttosaveforlater]

(coming from a foil fencing perspective here) a lot of fencing is about tempo, as that’s what gets the distance to shorten or lengthen (difference in two speeds). the experienced fencer might not be necessarily *scared* of the novice, as many high level fencers are indeed aggressive and fleshing (running at the opponent) is sometimes a valid strategy. however, there is no reason, for example, to suddenly start advancing into the attacking blade (without counterattacking, beating the blade, avoiding an attack first, getting the enemy to stop, or otherwise gaining priority), as the opponent will just… hit you… and they will always get the point. The issue is a good fencer probably therefore thinks that the opponent IS trying to counterattack or smth, so they’re waiting for a parry out, or an esquive (dodging the blade), but it just DOESN’T HAPPEN. this can rlly blindside good fencers and novices often get points live that in foil.

[touteytout]

keiner fragt mehr "who's that", berliner schlampe ich bin too bad

[taxus-fraud]

Hey guys, my opponent just fused their entire side of the board into a gestalt entity, which is currently dissecting and calcifying my pieces such that they fit into its twisted vision of an eternal, perfect state of the universe. What's the best counter in this situation?