In March Russia added GM Garry Kasparov to its list of "terrorists and extremists". Last week they went one step further to arrest the chess legend in absentia for "terrorist activities".
For anyone unaware of who Kasparov is, he’s a very famous chess World Champion from Russia who held the title for 15 years.
Putin strikes me as the kind of person who’d lose against a bongcloud opening.
I bet he takes back his moves.
And probably shouts “four of a kind, checkmate” randomly while waving arrest warrants in the hopes of distracting his opponent.
I think his opponent would just fall out a window.
Putin strikes me as the kind of person who’d get angry if they couldn’t mate you with the scholar’s mate.
What the fuck is a bongcloud opening, that’s a funny name.
This. A meme even played by the world’s best players.
If someone opened with bongcloud, I would be scared.
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.
The only winning response to the bongcloud opening is a double bongcloud opening