"I’m talking about the man who invented the game of chess... A game that for some racist reason cannot start unless the white piece moves first." Nat X
To be fair, the whole 'white goes first' thing doesn't seem to have been implemented until the late 19th century as a way to make tournaments more consistent.
It's still probably a racist decision, I just don't know if you can blame the guy who invented chess for it.
20 Comments
404@lemmy.zip · 54 pts · 33d
Hah not to be that guy but they're ackchyually playing checkers on a chess board
mkwt@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 33d
D'Angelo is not impressed.
OozingPositron@feddit.cl · 5 pts · 32d
Chessers
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · 40 pts · 33d
No Kings!
botbot@feddit.org · 17 pts · 33d
ceenote@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 33d
White has no king. White needs no king.
Lon3star@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 33d
He's also taking his own pieces
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 32d
Revolutionary chess, it's a thing.
highrfrequenc@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 32d
Right? I haven't played chess in some years but I was immediately wondering about this.
bazelgeuse@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 32d
Chess 2; civil war.
zarathustrad@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 32d
"I’m talking about the man who invented the game of chess... A game that for some racist reason cannot start unless the white piece moves first." Nat X
DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 32d
Oh, you want to make the black pieces into the aggressors of the battle?! I see what you are!
zarathustrad@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 32d
Well, I do like to go bowling. There's nothing like taking that big black ball and knocking it into those ten white pins with the red necks!
Sweep this poster off the stage Sandman!
Jax@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 32d
To be fair, the whole 'white goes first' thing doesn't seem to have been implemented until the late 19th century as a way to make tournaments more consistent.
It's still probably a racist decision, I just don't know if you can blame the guy who invented chess for it.
Gork@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 32d
Total Annihilation game mode.
OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 32d
No Russian
candyman337@piefed.ca · 3 pts · 33d
Is that Usain bolt??
Jankatarch@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 32d
When you forget to say checkmate before ending your turn.
dellish@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 32d
You also can't play chess with a white square on the bottom left of the board.
vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 32d
Does it really matter outside of tradition?
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 32d
What a loophole! I will know be undefeatable!