I lost two chess matches today to players from Russia

[shockedcanadian]

Hit my rating hard too. Those damn Russians, they probably cheated. I wouldn't put it past them.

 

[DGS49]

Is it a matter of getting into the game from a young age, and it's kind of a national pastime in Russia, isn't it?

 

[Votto]

Hit my rating hard too. Those damn Russians, they probably cheated. I wouldn't put it past them.

Putin done it!

Besides, January 6th.

 

[BackAgain]

Putin done it!

Besides, January 6th.

And the Russian ho’s peed on the chessboard.

 

[shockedcanadian]

Is it a matter of getting into the game from a young age, and it's kind of a national pastime in Russia, isn't it?

Yeah they still love their chess.and have many top.ranked players During the.50s through the 80s, you were basically a rockstar in Russia if you were a top tier chess player. Russia invested tons of cash in chess, they were housed in the finest hotels during tournaments, made great money relatively speaking. It isn't nearly the same today I don't think and they no longer dominate as they once did.

 

[Votto]

Yeah they still love their chess.and have many top.ranked players During the.50s through the 80s, you were basically a rockstar in Russia if you were a top tier chess player. Russia invested tons of cash in chess, they were housed in the finest hotels during tournaments, made great money relatively speaking. It isn't nearly the same today I don't think and they no longer dominate as they once did.

Did he beat you like this?

 

[shockedcanadian]

Did he beat you like this?

Naw, in one game I blundered and he suffocated me. A little too perfect in his moves to be honest. Second game the guy made a comeback when I let a passed pawn take my.attention away from the attack. I am usually making the opposite mistake.