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.

      • HexesofVexes@lemmy.worldEnglish
        17·
        2 months ago

        And probably shouts “four of a kind, checkmate” randomly while waving arrest warrants in the hopes of distracting his opponent.

    • GoodEye8@lemm.eeEnglish
      12·
      2 months ago

      Putin strikes me as the kind of person who’d get angry if they couldn’t mate you with the scholar’s mate.

    • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.deEnglish
      6·
      2 months ago

      I’d guess he would be a mediocre player I would lose to. Chess was actually highly regarded as a mind sport in the USSR and even taught in schools. And even if Putin is stupid, there are ways he can ensure I would never win (placing the chessboard on his side of his long table and getting me shot by security if I attempt to approach it).

    • ours@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      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.