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>>74596327

you may only post in this thread if you play tactical RPGs, which are basically modern chess

>>74596327
Yeah finally a thread where I can post !

Btw Vachier translate to fuckoff

fucking nerds

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>>74596517
His full name is Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, commonly abbreviated to MVL in chess circles.

>>74596626
>Maxime Vachier-Lagrave,

>fuck off to the grave
impressive

Is Caruana a mistake? How an Italian ended up over there?!

>>74596678
Probably he is the best in the world at cheating

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>>74596678
He has a dual American-Italian citizenship. He used to represent Italy until July 2015, if I remember correctly. He plays for USA now, as they have more money and a world-class national team.

>>74596369
They aren't. The closest modern games to chess might as well be CoD.
>find a good spot to camp/go on rampage with a shotgun or smg
>get enough kills to spam scorestreaks
rest of the match
>win
Still better than
>pick up useless shit that only barely make you better in anyway
>do hundreds of side quests that don't impact the story to any degree only for some currency or other loot
>main missions are never as interesting to begin with
>you can pick your characters traits but they don't matter at the start unless they give you more XP like intelligence in Fallout
And more

>>74596868

>CoD
>turn-based
>grid-based
>long-term planning based

What?

Although I'm not allowed to post here, I gotta say I've seen Topalov live. Man is a legend