Lassannn
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If you're unfamiliar with chess, the Bongcloud is an internet joke opening. Nakamura plays it in online blitz games just for the fun and has actually beaten grandmasters with it. It's a bad opening, but Carlsen and Nakamura had already qualified for the next stage of this tournament so this game didn't matter.
reversebacon1
Amazing joke guys ?
TrendyOP
I love that you love chess like me. I’m bad. But I love it! Wish you the best @op
jotchy
I believe they forced a draw by repetition in the following moves too
redditmcredditface
hahahaha, what a card. that guy. I totally understand this.
ladyxreds
Source?
MidnaDS
I love how they are both serious until Hikaru starts laughing upon seeing the second move and then Magnus starts laughing at the response.
TurkeyFarmsBlelluh
What? Why is this funny. I don't get it.
thisiscatman
You can't just add a drug reference to a pre-existing word and make it a thing.
LocalZoophile
Aren't there rules against stalemate, too, if they move back and forth too many times?
hijindc
It's a draw
YouCanCallMeCal
FRENCHMAN'S CUMSOCK
zephyruk
I can't even remember the reference but this made me burst out laughing.
boblives
It's Tumblr post about trying to learn chess but there's all this like history, "Ahh I see you've opened with the Frenchmans cumsock"
boblives
Cumsock autocorrected from a wrong spelling to the correct spelling by itself, that's probably not a good thing
woozle
He should have played the famous Severus Snape Knight humping Queen opening
delecti
In all seriousness, I really love that there are jokes in everything humans do. Even in chess you can mess around and make each other laugh.
delecti
And I totally don't get *why* this in particular is so funny, but I love that they think it is.
aslum
Because by moving the king, you're giving up the ability to castle, and blocking the queen and bishop. It's hard to find a worse move.
Bossvoss
A little more context, this is Hikarus favorite joke opening so it was a shoutout from Magnus.
Jordinatinglybeautiful
Was it so much to ask for me to be born a chess and/or piano prodigy? Fucking hell.
stronomer
Three repetition of moves make a draw.
cptcr
ahahaha, oh did you see that. such tomfoolery. what a display. no clue
ninefingerdeathgrip
Little ball headed guy goes two steps at first move and then it gets tired and goes only one step at the time :)
Cartoones
Just like me in bed
OldSchoolNewRules
But if he tries to pass buy another ball headed guy he can get tripped.
mondeca
If the castle and the king save up their energy, they can both move at the same time. But only once.
DustinDustyDust
They don't have to move two spaces on their first move
TlsGrz
They did get some flak for this, as they basically refused to play with that draw by repetition.
GrimMartin
Fuck you @Lassannn! That felt good, you're awesome bud.
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gwaur
If it can be used to beat grandmasters, how is it a bad opening?
TropicalNuke
chess players be like : ah, i see you've gone for the "fourteen year old discovering the political compass" gambit, yes.
ZeOberon
I take it I get to uphold the tradition; Fuck you @Lassannn
NotShoutingAnymore
Our modern day Ea-Nasir
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wamphyri13r
I told my coworker I beat a former coworker in four moves. He was paying online and I told him what to move. He won in four moves.
Szavor
I make clouds with my bong
obsoleterubixcube
I just got an attachment for mine, I have 17 percolators now
kyro
I would drop it within a day.
CaptainBlacklung
Cleaning that has to be a nightmare.
hammersquirrel
When Naka retreated his king he underpromoted it to a knight and lost
TheVermonster
I don't think you're explaining that very well. A king can not be promoted (thus can't be underpromoted). Retreating doesn't "downgrade" a >
TheVermonster
King either. There is not way to exchange a king for another piece or vice versa.
murderhobbit
Is that a thing?
Lassannn
No.
GirthBrookss
Ya I... don't understand.
hammersquirrel
I can’t find a great explanation that isn’t paywalled, but Naka often underpromotes and it’s cost him. You obviously wouldn’t promote king
Sh4dowWalker96
what
hammersquirrel
You don’t know how much further I can dissect the joke without obliterating it. Imagine of, since Carlson made such a silly selection in >
hamburgerous
Magnus Carlsen is fucking wild man. I just don't understand being that good at something.
BHPaperstacks
You should see me at being terrible. I'm fucking great at it. Lol
Axelxdisepic
Hella practice, hella stufying, and just being born the right way all play a part
trryptonite
He fucking kills it at FPL too - a fantasy online league for the English Premier League Football.
Wellshiet
Well he was a chess prodigy as a child so that's already on another level. Beyond that it's practice, playing, practice, playing, etc.
cdlong
Are we talking chess master wild man, or actual wild man?
thisiscatman
Rita Rudner funny. No wait, wrong reference. John Belushi wild man.
cdlong
Norwegurian
Well he is norwegian so what do you expect, i actually met him once he is a chill dude
bigdinger81
That. That is what I expected
Sneckz
Wait, are Norwegians stereotyped to be great chess players?
drteit
Nah it’s an internal joke that doesn’t translate very well, our PM once stated «it’s typicall of norwegians to be great»
Excludos
As a (presumably fellow) Norwegian, I can confirm that we are not all that good at something :P
Oniloke
Truth, I am terrible to average at all things.
Lassannn
Dude's a fucking beast. Best endgame player since Capablanca.
PotatoPowerPants
Best endgame player ever. He is another level of player. Dude is just a machine at playing best moves. His rating and records are astounding
khtad
His pawns are somehow always worth pieces, it’s crazy. I love Firouzja and Dubov’s chess, but there’s no denying who the king is.
PotatoPowerPants
Its truly insane how he can be so much better than even the other best players in the world.
Lassannn
I don't think he'll lose a world championship match untli well into his 40s.
khtad
I suspect he’ll lose to Firouzja before then barring a catastrophe.
IchNicht1
Firouzja is only 18 and top 16 in the world. Give him a little more time and he will surpass Magnus
PotatoPowerPants
Age has somewhat to do with it but Magnus is a whole other level of player. He wont necessarily break Magnus's 2750+ into the 2800s he rides
PotatoPowerPants
I mean. Its wild people in the top 20 will just admit if Magnus is white. Theyre praying for a draw because hes so good at winning white.
khtad
He had a run before the pandemic shut down over the board classical where his rating WITH BLACK was 2850.
PotatoPowerPants
I think he'll surpass Kasparov's what? 15 years of number 1? Magnus might go for 20. He's just so impressive every year
Lassannn
After Kasparov, the record is Lasker's 27 years.
agoodlifeforabi
Pretending to know what's going on.
Burke616
Okay, so in chess, a really important move you can do is castling, where your king and king's rook sorta switch places (not quite). But if
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you move your king, you can't castle for the rest of the game, even if you put it back. The Bongcloud opening basically has you waste your
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first two turns to have your king get in the way of the queen and king's bishop, and not be able to castle for the rest of the game.
Burke616
Imagine if a Nascar driver took time at the start of the race to do some donuts on the starting line and then still acted like they were
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gonna win the race.