B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for June 28, 2021

Nothing like “The Queen’s Gambit”.

Imagine that Dinosaurs (small brains) playing chess!! Now I have seen everything!!

Funny, in a “channeling Alley Oop” sorta way … Stone Age cavemen coexisting with dinosaurs … and even better, with Tyrannosaurus Rex, which lived during the Late Cretaceous Period (67-65 million years ago), and Spinosaurus, which lived during the Mid Cretaceous period (95 million years ago).

Dang. I never knews dinosaurs played chess.

So that’s what happened. They died of boredom.

Minutes later, the intelligent reptile races who would have eventually evolved to be the dominate race and create many wonderful inventions to help all life on Earth, was terminated by a giant meteor. Meanwhile, mankind, who would go on to take over the world and consume all it’s resources and land space for it’s own selfish needs at the expense of all other species, survived by hiding in little caves.

What would happen if they got some unsolicited advise on how to play?

The real “mistake” with this strip is that the T Rex has arms long enough to move the chess pieces.

Or that they are not smiling – chess is a cool game.

I bet you are a load of fun at social gatherings.

Got a book from the library to see just how many and what kinds of dinosaurs there were (or that have been discovered). . .SO upset: only illustrations, NO photographs. . .

So which one is Fischer and which one is Spassky?

I suppose chess in a bit more challenging when you are playing with real kings, queens and knights. They keep trying to escape.

It’s a drag, it’s a bore, it’s really such a pity. To be looking at the board, not looking at the city.

The scientific inaccuracy here is just making me crazy. There’s no way a T. Rex had arms long enough to play chess.

B. O. R. I. N. G.

We all need a million or so years of wiggle-room when exploring the ancient past

I’d definitely be interested in watching… to check out their respective strategies.

Looks like Mastroianni and Hart are trying to avoid getting a reputation for a checkered past.

Ahh, the T-Rex opens with the King’s Gambit… And the Spinosaurus defends with a Hedgehog setup…

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And then the T-Rex screams: “King me!” (Oops, wrong game)

They thought it would be more like ancient mma

Agreed…..

Ray Harryhausen needed a day off.

My pterodactyl takes your brontosaurus.

It IS a cartoon, right?

Apparently, comics have become classrooms.

Underwhelming? Not if you happen to be a fan of chess.

Here’s the deal, spacehoppers: The dinosaurs were fooling around, playin’ silly games, and the Ark took off without them. Just like the unicorns, according to the Irish Rovers! There ! That settles it.

Hands up who’s seen “Jurassic Park III”. I’d still bet on Rex.

I wonder if they played “Wizard Chess”.

Think the future and the Earth is in thrall to global warming and humanity is gone. All that’s left are mutants engineered to survive and various animals and plants too.

Too bad Hart didn’t do anything realistic with the Chess game; the pieces and their placement is completely non sensical. Therefore, I am in suspense not able to tell who is winning!

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