That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for February 16, 2021

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    BE THIS GUY  over 3 years ago

    Man waiting for telegram from grandson with the next chess move.

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    rmremail  over 3 years ago

    well, he’s certainly no Anya Taylor-Joy

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    Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Stanislav is thinking how he can cheat while his opponent takes a bathroom break.

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    rmremail  over 3 years ago

    What is it with Russians and chess? They treat it like Americans do basketball. People play ‘pick up’ games in the parks.

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    rmremail  over 3 years ago

    Russian speed chess: In order to speed the game up, the players get to take a shot of vodka after each move.

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    Bilan  over 3 years ago

    The War with the Roses?

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    ronaldspence  over 3 years ago

    Vladamir didn’t want tocomplain, but he didn’t need a shave when the game started!

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    Strob Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Bored game.

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    Papared25  over 3 years ago

    In his younger days his opponents called him Ivan the Invincible. Now they just call him Speedbump.

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    gopher gofer  over 3 years ago

    spoiler alert – the name of his chess board is ‘rosebud’…

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    pauljmsn  over 3 years ago

    There’s room for a musical here…

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    in-dubio-pro-rainbow  over 3 years ago

    Playing with himself? – hmmm… how does that work when both his hands are on the table?

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    Turnhandle  over 3 years ago

    This is what David Letterman is doing now that he’s not taping interviews.

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    Kind&Kinder  over 3 years ago

    “Maybe I could hide an extra rook in my beard to castle with?”

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    Charliegirl Premium Member over 3 years ago

    I wouldn’t touch that with a ten foot pole.

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    Buzzworld  over 3 years ago

    Zzzzz…sorry this painting is actually putting me to sleep.

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    Carolyn Saunders  over 3 years ago

    That’s what happens when you are in lockdown for months

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    Pocosdad  over 3 years ago

    Considering how best to polish the bishop.

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    Ubintold  over 3 years ago

    I bet he wins.

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    jel354  over 3 years ago

    More like he played himself with those awful moves.

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    jdculhane46  over 3 years ago

    Wondering how the hell did he get beat by a flower

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    P51Strega  over 3 years ago

    “he’s dead, Jim”

    “huh, {snort}…wha…?”

    “He dead, your opponent, he died waiting for you to move.”

    “huh? oh. Good, then I can take his pawn.”

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    MS72  over 3 years ago

    The Bachelor episode where he takes his 1-on-1 date on a date to play chess. (The episode never aired because she beat him.)

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    Call me Ishmael  over 3 years ago

    Old Boris sat stupefied/ he could not comprehend (though he tried)/ how his Queen could be gone/ (taken out by a pawn !)/ t’is a law of Nature – defied !

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    Call me Ishmael  over 3 years ago

    The odds are incredibly scant/ (who’d ever believe it ? I can’t !)/ yet a Russian Grand Master/ (oh, what a disaster !)/ has been checkmated by a plant !

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    dexterwhite  over 3 years ago

    Not much else to do during the 9 month winters…

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    lagoulou  over 3 years ago

    Must. Not. Fall. Asleep. Must. Not. Fall………

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    Balaclava  over 3 years ago

    It’s mobile, nearly anyone can play, it takes only two, it is intelligent. There is no comparison to baseball.

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    Bookworm  over 3 years ago

    My Uncle Dan taught me how to play chess back in the 1950s. I must have been seven or eight years old at the time. I lost a lot. He never “let” me win. It took about two years before I played him to a draw. I must have been twelve or thirteen years old before I finally won a game. I remember the feeling of accomplishment and pride when he smiled, and said, “Good game, bud.” When I graduated high school, my graduation present from my uncle was that battered, well-used chess set. I still have it. As Cedric Diggory remarked to Harry Potter, “Some game, eh?”

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    MuddyUSA  Premium Member over 3 years ago

    He is thinking, “Who left that rose here?” Now I can’t concentrate on my move!

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    Linguist  over 3 years ago

    O.K. Fess up! How many of you chess players out there spent time trying to figure out his next moves?

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    Csaw Backnforth  over 3 years ago

    You sunk my battleship! (Oops, wrong game.)

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    Blaidd Drwg Premium Member over 3 years ago

    He has chosen the Sicilian Defense, forgetting “never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line”.

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    Blaidd Drwg Premium Member over 3 years ago

    It was the War of the Roses, and the Rose was winning!

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    Csaw Backnforth  over 3 years ago

    Even a grand master knows / When playing chess with a rose / If it gets too late / To get checkmate / Just pretend to doze.

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    Another Take  over 3 years ago

    ♫ ♪ Petyr shouts g** dammit when faced with the Queen’s Gambit in the moooorrrrrring♫

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    pkdphd  over 3 years ago

    Lemme see . . . I can’t remember if I’m playing white or black.

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    anomaly  over 3 years ago

    “Should I try to buy ‘Boardwalk’?”

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    mabrndt Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Portrait of the chess player A. D. Petrov or Alone with the chess game

    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Myasoedov_Chess_with_himself_1907.jpg 

    has info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting.

     

    https://www.wikiart.org/en/grigoriy-myasoyedov 

    http://www.artcyclopedia.ru/myasoedov_grigorij_grigorevich.htm 

    https://prabook.com/web/grigoriy.myasoyedov/3743020 

    http://www.artsait.ru/art/m/mysoedov/main.htm 

    http://artpoisk.info/artist/myasoedov_grigoriy_grigor_evich_1835/bio/ 

    https://vsdn.ru/museum/catalogue/category70207.htm 

    all have info, or links that point to more info (especially the last), about this artist (again, Google Chrome can automatically translate as necessary), perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL. So far, 2 works by him have been used here. 

    https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2014/04/18?comments=visible 

    has the prior, which while my comment is still there, with the line breaks removed, its 15 hyperlinks remain inactive, ?&@#!#%&!, but the text may be informative.

     

    Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2643 (February 15, 2021) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

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    flashdrive1988  over 3 years ago

    White: “Guard your King, Black.”

    IBM: “Checkmate!”

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    MissScarlet Premium Member over 3 years ago

    After all it was a nice Valentine’s Day. He still has the rose.

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    jmcenanly  over 3 years ago

    He’s got a date with Beth Harmon.

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    d1234dick Premium Member over 3 years ago

    four years after the game, Adolph sat and wondered how on earth a young girl beat him so badly. he was in his 95th year. and thought he was playing checkers

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    rolstadmusic  over 3 years ago

    Or Letterman…..

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    Running Buffalo Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Speed chess – good idea. Speed dating – good idea. Combine the two - not so much.

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    PatsyL.Paul  over 3 years ago

    Despite his best efforts, Yuri was still beaten in chess by the cut rose.

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    FireAnt_Hater  over 3 years ago

    That’s not how I do it…

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    dfrost909  over 3 years ago

    “David Letterman Playing With himself”

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