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(Ah, crap. I shoulda made this redirect earlier. Anonymous user, whoever you are, I moved your points to the proper article on this comic.)
 
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#REDIRECT [[1112: Think Logically]]
| number    = 1112
 
| date      = September 24, 2012
 
| title    = Think Logically
 
| image    = think_logically.png
 
| imagesize =
 
| 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.
 
}}
 
 
 
==Explanation==
 
 
 
 
 
==Transcript==
 
:[Cueball is watching a friend of his play chess on a laptop computer.]
 
 
 
:[Friend makes a move]
 
:[Cueball]: Why'd you move your knight away?
 
 
 
:[Cueball]: Just think ''logically''. The goal is checkmate, so you should always move pieces ''toward'' the other player's king.
 
 
 
:[Cueball]: I guess occasionally you need to move backward, but it'd be trivial to make a list of those circumstances and-
 
 
 
:[Friend interrupts]
 
:[Friend]: Have you ever '''''Played''''' chess?
 
:[Cueball]: Not much, but-
 
:[Friend interrupts again]
 
:[Friend]: Wanna?
 
:[Cueball]: Uh, ok
 
 
 
:[4 and a half turn into a new chess game]
 
:[Friend]:Checkmate.
 
 
 
:[Beat panel with Cueball looking at the game board.]
 
 
 
:[Cueball]: This game isn't very well designed. For starters knights are too weak...
 
 
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
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