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2024-03-17 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

The West has forgotten: Russia plays better chess

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Posted by badanov 2024-03-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [55 views ] Top

#1 Well done Badanov. Great find. This is Russia. Now number one military power in the world. This has truly been a chess game. Never part of the Western crowd. Never allowed. The western powers only tolerated Russia if they cow towed to the western rulers, more specifically the elites. Never again. They realize with pride their place in the world. The west has lost it's way. No longer are they envious of the west. The future is now.

Posted by Dale 2024-03-17 05:28|| 2024-03-17 05:28|| Front Page Top

#2 Who did you vote for?

Posted by Skidmark 2024-03-17 09:33|| 2024-03-17 09:33|| Front Page Top

#3 There are always plenty of Bobby Fisher's.

Posted by NN2N1 2024-03-17 09:41|| 2024-03-17 09:41|| Front Page Top

#4 Oops!
SHB Bobby Fischer's.

Posted by NN2N1 2024-03-17 09:44|| 2024-03-17 09:44|| Front Page Top

Posted by Skidmark 2024-03-17 10:42|| 2024-03-17 10:42|| Front Page Top

#6 Bobby Fischer notwithstanding, Joe Biden can't even play checkers.

Posted by Glineling Sforza2732 2024-03-17 11:39|| 2024-03-17 11:39|| Front Page Top

#7 Russian's are unified. 80-85% approval for Putin. I notice who is doing things right.

Posted by Dale 2024-03-17 14:00|| 2024-03-17 14:00|| Front Page Top

#8 Chess is a game of threat and maneuver. There is a story about a chess tournament where two guys sit down to play their match, one of them pulls out a pack of cigarettes and a lighter and puts them on the table. The other guy freaks out and calls the referee over and says, "He can't do that. There's no smoking in here." The referee says, "He is not smoking". "No, but he is threatening to!" For Russia, hostile troops in Ukraine are a threat, hence the Special Military Operation.

A common chess tactic is exchanging pieces. Both sides start equal, but if you can somehow get a material advantage, you can exchange pieces one for one until the other side is depleted. At that point, it is game over. This is what we are seeing now. When this mess started, someone snarked it was a big Soviet army fighting a smaller Soviet army. What looks like a stalemate with neither side gaining territory is simply the Russians exchanging pieces until Ukraine is depleted.

The West is trying to make up the difference, but Ukraine is running out of equipment, ammo, and soldiers. The West can supply stuff, but unless it puts boots on the ground, Ukraine will run out of troops before the Russians do. Big army vs little army.

Posted by SteveS 2024-03-17 19:29|| 2024-03-17 19:29|| Front Page Top

#9 Bobby Fischer's what? Doesn't ANYONE here know how to use an apostrophe?

Posted by Canuckistan sniper 2024-03-17 23:25|| 2024-03-17 23:25|| Front Page Top

#10 Ha. Bob the Angry ~~Flower~~ Sniper? That I would read.

Posted by Betty Glereper5720 2024-03-17 23:35|| 2024-03-17 23:35|| Front Page Top

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