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.
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.
Chess is his kink and he's just waiting for the right king/queen/rook to traverse all-over him.
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.
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
It's part of the strategy, it's called camouflage.
The covert ops of gameboard warfare
Is this the 4D chess I keep hearing about?
Oh, you think the chess board is your ally, but you merely adopted the game. I was born in it, molded by it.
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.
I think he likes chess.
I think he likes ska
If you wanna play chess, use your head.
yooo I've got an idea for my next hair dye session :D I haven't thought about doing that yet