urk wrote:
Won the world championship and then a smashing victory on his birthday. Wow, the goddess of chess surely smiles upon Hikaru.
I've heard people making comparisons between President Nakamura and the infamous Intergalactic Spy from the Underhanded Sovietski Star Republic of R U Sirius, Fobby Bischer (cursed be his name). I never understood it when they found similarities between them. But while watching His Majesty's game in London, I noticed they use the same hand when they move the pieces! Of course, President Nakamura uses chess as a means to eradicate the circular thinking from the minds of uneducated citizens, while Fobby (cursed be his name) used it mainly in order to charm beautiful ladies and use them as puppets for his evil plans. So, all in all, I still think there are grater differences than similarities between them.
"hdjur_jcv: I only wonder does wooden chess crack on Mars as badly as on Earth."
Presidential decree number 407:
"Chess sets used on Mars shall not crack, for they shall be made from Martian Redwoods."
I thoroughly recommend following for at least 24 hours a day Le Presidente's youtube channel "Grumpy Cat Speaks The Truth" which is used to inform the waiting masses of each new decree hot off the press (number of subcribers: 17 and rising). I particularly liked number 119- "There shall be no changes made to the climate during this period of enlightened presidential bullet chess." Thanks be to the heavens that in these troubled times of flooding in the Pacific our Presidente can find the time to solve global warming.