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When was the last time someone stunned you with a statement? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 54 points 7 months ago (4 children)

My boss, her boss, her boss’s boss, the big boss (who reports to the CEO) and I are on a meeting last week.

At the beginning of the meeting there were some pleasantries being shared. The big boss shared her kid was going to be featured in some large chess tournament

My boss replies “that’s great. What kind of chess does he play?”

I was shocked because there is only one type of chess just like there is only one type of checkers. Yes I know there is 4-d chess, Star Trek chess, and chess game variants. But typically there is only one type of chess.

The big boss answers “You know chess. He is a grand master.”

My boss replies “Grand master. Does that mean he is a performing magician?”

I sat there looking at my screen in shock. My boss had not idea what grand masters are.

The big boss had to explain the chess grand masters to her.

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  • [–] 27 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    To be fair there's several 'types' of Chess, like Bullet, Blitz, Rapid, etc..., and it's not uncommon for high-level players to specialize in some of them. But given that they didn't know what a GM is they probably didn't know that either.

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    There's also chess960, where the positions of the pieces are randomized (with constraints). I like it because it removes memorization of positions as a factor.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    That's interesting, one of the reasons why I don't like chess at all is that it's usually a memory game so you either need to memorize lots of plays or you will always lose to someone who has.

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