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If chess was invented today you'd have a subreddit full of losers whining about how en passant is unbalanced and the king should have the queen's moveset. (hexbear.net)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Just a small note: it was the world Blitz championship, which is a variant of chess that's played really quickly. The current world champion is from India, Gukesh Dommaraju. I don't want to be nitpicky, but I wanted to recognize Gukesh's achievements.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Youngest ever too, right?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Yeah! He's 18 I think.