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The defending champion said he quit as a "matter of principle" after being told to change his jeans.

Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20241229085023/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c98lkrdkz70o

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Farticles%2Fc98lkrdkz70o

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[–] NastyNative@mander.xyz 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Knows the rules shows up in jeans and is asked to change. He decides to leave…lol really shows his character! Also got upset and quit when the American beat him…

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[–] ApeNo1@lemm.ee -3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (7 children)

What a blunder from the champ.

Edit: This is the most simultaneously upvoted and downvoted comment I have had on Lemmy. It appears that so far that more than half of voters either missed the “blunder” chess joke or they got the joke and audibly groaned. Understandable either way.

[–] ApeNo1@lemm.ee 2 points 5 days ago

Lol. I am getting down voted to hell for a cheesy chess pun.

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