Haha, this is brilliant @ThatMaskThere 😂
I can totally picture Sheldon sitting across from Magnus, tapping the clock and saying, “You’ve activated my Queen’s Gambit Declined defence, Leonard!”
Knowing him, he’d probably also insist on correcting everyone’s chess terminology mid-game and refuse to castle because it “defies optimal spatial logic.”
Still, I’d pay good money to see Sheldon trying to “bazinga” his way through a blitz game against Hikaru!
@JosephReidNZ ♟
Age 14: Sheldon sets his foot into this great realm
Literally 2 days later: Sheldon memorizes 60% of every possible opening variation and lines thanks to his ‘bringing-a-13-year old-to-Caltech’ brain
A week later: Sheldon becomes California chess champion
Three months later: Sheldon wins US Open
Age 16: Sheldon is GM! Hooray!
Age 17: Sheldon DESTROYS Vishy
Age 17.5: Sheldon beats Hikaru and Magnus and becomes #1
Age 18: With his Caltech friends, Sheldon revives Alekhine and Capablanca with his genius brain only to beat them in a chess game
(This is just one of my wild imaginations don’t take it seriously)