stackyFACTSChess has been repeatedly banned by paranoid monarchs who feared it promoted strategic rebellious thinking. Turns out, teaching peasants how to corner a king makes actual kings very uncomfortable.
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Chess remains the ultimate test of intellectual superiority, mostly consisting of staring angrily at a board until someone makes a fatal miscalculation.
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