Posted on 06/26/2020 9:09:11 AM PDT by Olog-hai
After an Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Sydney radio station posed the question if chess is racist because it’s customary for the white pieces to move first, Russian chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov and former Australian chess representative John Adams took to Twitter to slam the notion, calling it “bull—” and a waste of taxpayer dollars.
Adams noted that ABC contacted him to make a comment on the segment, which is intended to run Wednesday. “They called me up and asked whether I was the John Adams involved in chess,” Adams told the Daily Telegraph. “Then they said with everything going on, they wanted to have a conversation about white going first (in chess) — and the racial context of whether white should go first. I said I’m no longer involved, but I passed them along to another person.” […]
Kasparov told those unhappy with the rule, that white pieces in chess move first, than they should pick up another game, instead of using taxpayer money to probe into the rule’s origins.
“If you are worried that the game of chess is racist, please take up ‘Go’, where black moves first, instead of looking foolish by wasting taxpayer money at a state broadcaster to ‘investigate,’” Kasparov said. …
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My neighbor has a big white truck and makes him black Lab ride in the bed. He’s a damn racist cause he also has a coil of rope back there too.
Read Kasparov’s Twitter feed and see if you think he’s still a great guy. He’s a Bill Kristol, Max Boot follower. He has a virulent hatred of President Trump and his supporters.
No human is the color white OR black.
My husband, mother and I did visit Kenya one Christmas and those native sub-Saharan African people aren't quite black but one can understand why others called them black. They were pretty dark...but NOT black.
Even albinos aren't white-white...lots of pink in their skin and eyes.
So the entire color thing is a myth.
In Japan the color for death is WHITE.
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White on the other hand is a popular color in cars in Japan but it inherently denotes death and mourning too. This peaceful color also stands for purity and truth. White is the color of snow, starting on a blank page, going back to the roots and to scorn or treat someone coldly.
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But the entire planet knows the color GREEN, as in American GREEN money. And, we are the only country that has all its money mostly the one color.
The $100.00 bill is a good bargaining tool wherever you go, so DON'T believe the LIES about American money not worth a darn.
Lol. When bargaining outside the U.S.A. I would always put a hundred dollar bill on the counter at the get-go. Those tradesmen couldn't TAKE THEIR EYES off the bill. They WANTED that greenback because they KNOW it's worth more than THEIR currency.
And PULEEZE, don't start the "Well, in so-and-so their money was REALLY good." If you believe THAT then you just haven't left the health, wealth, safety and protection of this, the GREATEST country this world has even seen since the times of the Roman Empire.
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The Empire of Rome
Since the Empire was founded in 27 BC, that gives us a lifespan of 507 years. However, the Eastern Roman empire, which split off from the Western Roman Empire in the 300s, lasted much longer than that, finally getting conquered and dissolved in 1453.
I rest my case.
I’ve got the only solution that will please the left: make all the pieces the same color.
Yeah, okay, maybe that will lead to some confusion and general chaos by the middle of the game, but that’s what the left is all about, isn’t it? Seattle, Minneapolis, and all the rest on a little checked piece of cardboard?
I wasn't commenting on whether or not Kasparov is a 'great guy'. I was simply noting his common-sense response in this case regardless of politics.
I have similarly pointed out instances when people with whom I vehemently disagree such as Bill Maher, or JK Rowling have had flashes of enlightenment and made salient points on particular issues such as islam and transgenderism respectively.
Now if that isn't enough reason to burn down a chess tournament venue..
I thought in Persia?
Probably some version came to Persia from there back when Darius, Xerxes et al ruled it as part of the empire.
Arnold Rimmer would be the one to check regarding RISK.
flip a coin to see who gets what color. Then flip the coin again to see who moves first.
But these days the coin can also be considered racist.
This would destroy the essence of the game as white has always moved first and tournaments are studied and evaluated based on which player has which color.
This would destroy the essence of the game as white has always moved first and tournaments are studied and evaluated based on which player has which color.
It is time to replace the theory of evolution with a theory of devolution.
Homo sapiens is getting dumber and dumber.
At this rate in another generation everyone will be walking around drooling and babbling incoherently.
Unmitigated Bullshit. 🐂💩
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