A chess miracle

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The other day something strange, grotesque, happened to me. Something you will not believe. It is a shame I did not take a photograph, because you may think what I saw was a hallucination, when it was not.

I was in a shopping center (Americans: mall) for reasons you do not need to know. Then, suddenly, I saw a poster on the wall. I could not believe it at first. It was Magnus Carlsen's face! What was that doing there? Since when are chess players good at advertising anything? Since when do ordinary people know about them? Who would buy clothes advertised by Carlsen?

All those questions popped up in my mind, at the same time. I started to think I had not looked properly, when I read his name in the poster. It was real!

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(I swear drugs have nothing to do with what I saw)

Avatar of Pulpofeira

Could be because he supports Real Madrid?

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Pulpofeira escribió:

Could be because he supports Real Madrid?

He was advertising a brand called "Raw" so it probably has nothing to do with that infamous football team.

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Magnus is a model... That might have something to do with it...
Avatar of DoctorStrange

Yeah he make around $1,000,000 a year by modeling and chess....!!!!

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Mmm...so you think a chess player can be cool and popular?

^Best joke ever.

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Is he being searched because of the way he looks?

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When was that photo taken? When they sent him to prison in Japan?

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This is gold in our 21st-century culture, having a strong and good-looking WC that is the purest famous example of elite-level chess to date.

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http://www.rcspeck.com/weirdos/the-twenty-greatest-american-weirdos-of-the-20th-century-part-6

Nice read.

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KID_Harish wrote:

Yeah he make around $1,000,000 a year by modeling and chess....!!!!

Wow is that number wrong... It's not even close... The world championship matches alone...

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Pulpofeira wrote:

Could be because he supports Real Madrid?

lol

not 1: 10 americans even know what that is- AND if you tell them its a football team then they are doubly sure you're insane.

 

next hypothetical percentage

surely not 1:20 americans even know Magnus Carlsen,---what he looks like, what he's famous for....

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Ok, but supposedly kingof is around here.

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He was in that mall, looking for Kilo Ren's lightsaber... damn, I said it!

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Carlsen probably supports Real MAdrid.

I support too!

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Pulpofeira escribió:

He was in that mall, looking for Kilo Ren's lightsaber... damn, I said it!

Nah, I have 7 of those.

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KID_Harish escribió:

Carlsen probably supports Real MAdrid.

I support too!

Do you support this?

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I'd support this:

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Get a life, idiot!