Loose Parts by Dave Blazek for February 06, 2024

Just wait until he sacrifices a more valuable figure.

The pawns always get the short end of the stick.

I’ve been thinking of doing a video, using the Beatles’ song “Piggies” with images of homeless vs images of the creeps at Davos…

He’s sacrificing a pawn … but it looks like the other guy’s king should be in check … and is it in check by a bishop? … and it appears that he has 2 bishops – each on a white square.

… and the guy with black pieces should also have the sacrificing-a-pawn guy (with the white pieces) in check with his queen.

Oh wait … now I see … now it makes sense … they’re playing on a 6×8 chess board (six squares wide). The rules are different for 6×8 chess.

Wait’ll you see how he “takes” your queen.

He’s tough on chess sets.

In baseball, they sacrifice flies.

Suttee?

Val, halla ’v a way to play chess.

He came from a checkered past.

Reminds me of the Korean restaurant where they brought you the raw ingredients and you had to cook it yourself on the built in BBQ

That’s okay, you can get another one at the pawn shop.

The Chess Gods wil be pleased.

“No tomb for Denethor and Faramir. No long, slow sleep of death embalmed. We shall burn, like the heathen pawns of old.”

Shouldn’t he be wearing a hooded robe for that?

The classic Pawn Pire Ploy.

Controlling the center of the board is a big deal. Bonus for intimidation without trash talking.

Obviously not blitz chess.

it just pawn in game of death…