Explain xkcd: It's 'cause you're dumb.
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− | | number = 1112
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− | | date = September 24, 2012
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− | | title = Think Logically
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− | | image = think_logically.png
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− | | titletext = I've developed a more logical set of rules but the people on the chess community have a bunch of stupid emotional biases and won't reply to my posts.
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− | ==Explanation==
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− | Chess is a very well analyzed game. Chess strategy is not trivial.
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− | Cueball's friend wanted to shut him up so he showed him just how bad a player Cueball is.
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− | Cueball then proceeds to blame the game instead of his skills.
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− | ==Transcript==
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− | :[Cueball is watching a friend of his play chess on a laptop computer.]
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− | :[Friend makes a move]
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− | :[Cueball]: Why'd you move your knight away?
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− | :[Cueball]: Just think ''logically''. The goal is checkmate, so you should always move pieces ''toward'' the other player's king.
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− | :[Cueball]: I guess occasionally you need to move backward, but it'd be trivial to make a list of those circumstances and-
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− | :[Friend interrupts]
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− | :[Friend]: Have you ever '''''Played''''' chess?
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− | :[Cueball]: Not much, but-
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− | :[Friend interrupts again]
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− | :[Friend]: Wanna?
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− | :[Cueball]: Uh, ok
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− | :[4 and a half turn into a new chess game]
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− | :[Friend]:Checkmate.
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− | :[Beat panel with Cueball looking at the game board.]
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− | :[Cueball]: This game isn't very well designed. For starters knights are too weak...
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− | {{comic discussion}}
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