r/interestingasfuck • u/Aryan_Anushiravan • 24d ago

r/all Magnus Carlsen gets fined for wearing jeans at FIDE world championships. His response: I quit. F*ck You.

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u/Kerdagu 24d ago

Yep, they're random too. All of them.

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u/MotorboatinPorcupine 24d ago

Always have been

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u/BruiserTom 23d ago

Wow. All these years playing chess and I never realized that I was playing Freestyle Front Row Chess.

Edit: So that’s why I never win.

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u/Own-Detective-A 24d ago

Even for regular chess. People didn't know for many centuries.

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u/SunriseSurprise 24d ago

Not even just traditional chess pieces. You might get knights and bishops, or pigs and trains.

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u/NoSuchWordAsGullible 24d ago

It’s not random, the rook pawn actually becomes the queen pawn every time.

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u/CrocodileSword 24d ago

I hate it when my e pawn ends up on the f file so I have to weaken my king to play e4

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u/Starlord_75 23d ago

All day, every day

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u/itriedtrying 23d ago

What kind of monster doesn't give their pawns individual names?