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what is it with chess players and being reactionary shitbags
If you have the time and resources to get good at a game like chess and believe the IQ bullshit in chess culture, it's not that hard to end up a reactionary.
Yep, the elitism for sure. NGL, it's embarrassing that it's taken me this long to realize that a lot of reactionaries aren't "dumb sheeple", but complete asswipes that think they're better than everyone else. With the "chess is for smart people" bullshit, no wonder a lot of the top chess players have politics that match their pompous attitudes.
A lot of chess players are stupid as hell, they're just really good at chess. There's a lot of reverence for the game but it's basically a combination of high level trivia and poker.
I had a guy at work once tell me that chess players were the smartest people on the planet. I told him that if that was true, then they would be doing something other than play a board game. It's like thinking that being good at StarCraft 2 makes you good at computer programming. Absolutely wild assumptions.
Always been a boy's club, and not a good one. Just like golf. Patriarchal elite sport.
Woah, let's not go that far. Chess at least requires skill and has a lower carbon impact.
Che loved chess, if memory serves. It's a good game when removed from the established sport. Let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater.
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Botvinnik was the coolest chess grandmaster.