Learn How To Play Chess In 4 Easy Steps (Without Starting Your Own Scandal)

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Learn How To Play Chess In 4 Easy Steps (Without Starting Your Own Scandal)

Chess can be sexy. Anya Taylor-Joy in the hit Netflix show The Queen’s Gambit taught me that. Chess can also be evil and stupid. A viral (and unfounded) claim that a 19-year-old chess champion beat the best chess player in the world, Norwegian pro Magnus Carlsen, by using smart tech anal beads to help him cheat, as well as recent controversies involving a misogynsitc Grandmaster, oh and the chess robot that broke a child’s bones, taught me that. Chess hasn’t had a year this wild since the era when Marilyn Monroe’s legacy was defiled for only the first time.

 

But, instead of being fanned away by all the weirdness, perhaps you’ve been attracted by chess’ swirling vortex of dark intrigue and espresso. Not one to shy away from strangeness, you’ve been thinking it’s time to dive into the game and start writing things down in notepads the way the sexy misogynists do. Yeah, sure. I can understand the appeal of a mysterious Norwegian. And I can teach you how to get started in chess, completely scandal-free.

https://kotaku.com/how-to-play-chess-anal-beads-controversy-magnus-carlsen-1849603288

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