We Found the Significance Behind Assange's Cryptic Chess Tweet
Hero, villiain, self-aggrandizer: you can call WikiLeaks’ Jullian Assange many things.
One thing no one will deny about the Australian native holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, however: he sure is weird, or at the very least cryptic.
The latest demonstration of this tendency came on Friday, when the WikiLeaks founder posted a picture of a chess game on his Twitter account.
— Defend Assange Campaign (@DefendAssange) January 13, 2018
The picture was of a chess match. What we didn’t know at the time is that it was apparently a very famous one.
According to Zero Hedge, the board pictured is actually from a 1918 match between two very highly-skilled competitors.
The match pictured is from “(o)ne of the most celebrated games in the history of chess between José Raúl Capablanca of Cuba (White) and Frank Marshall from the United States (Black),” Photo Mark reported.
“Marshall, nicknamed ‘the great swindler’ for his ability to recover seemly lost games was one of the strongest players in the first half of the twentieth century. Capablanca, who reigned as world chess champion from 1920 – 1927 is recognized as one of the greatest players of all time.”
Zero Hedge notes that Capablanca ended up using a pawn to defeat Marshall in what was considered one of the greatest games ever played. The question is, what does it mean?
According to the site, “some (were) suggesting Assange’s tweet is a message to his followers that he, ‘the White King’ is safe. Others took the ‘white king’ to mean President Trump – who is well protected while a pawn is used to win the match.”
Another theory? “Others pointed out that Capablanca’s name translates to ‘White Hat’ — a phrase commonly referring to an ethical computer hacker or government operative.”
https://twitter.com/B75434425/status/952069320003203072
Or, maybe years upon years of de facto house arrest in the Ecuadorian embassy has reduced Assange the study of chess. There’s always that.
Whatever the case may be, the bizarre tweet has people guessing. That being said, you have to admit one thing: Assange is never boring, even when he discusses chess.
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