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whitehartlane · 1 day ago

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told my friends i went to a chess camp when i was a kid and they made fun of me (fondly) for being a nerd and i refuted that claim thoroughly (they don’t need to know i watch professional chess)

#you guys need to get into chess rpf #in my defense erm vishy anand is tamil and the goat? and my dad’s met him and had a chat #he’s a chennaite too like #i remember translating tamil interviews for my mates LOLLL #also pragg and vaishali obv. both also tamil n from chennai #when pragg defeated carlsen it was a huge tamil pride moment #being tamil = playing chess at some point it’s super ingrained in our culture

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