When I retired from chess to oppose the rising dictatorship of Putin two decades ago, I was told that politics wasn't like chess, that there was no black and white. This is what evil wants you to believe.
Jay Nordlinger
@jaynordlinger
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We have heard, all our lives, "There is no black-and-white. Don't be simplistic. There is only gray." This is not necessarily so. nytimes.com/2026/09/25/world…

Sep 25, 2026 · 7:59 PM UTC

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If only world leaders knew that sacrificing a pawn can actually save a kingdom. 💪
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Black-and-white logic of a man who’s fought Putin for decades and sees this war as his chance to finally finish what he’s opposed his whole life. Kasparov isn’t the first or last Western “intellectual” using Ukraine as a battlefield in someone else’s war.
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You're auditioning for Navalny's job, and you aren't getting it.
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Black and white, good vs evil, is the necessary lie we tell ourselves to justify actions that harm others. It’s how we allied ourselves with the USSR against Germany and then post war turned away and were occasionally complicit while Stalin sent thousands of POWs to the gulags.
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Sir, you are playing black.
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You happen to deal with the closest case of black and white, but by and large it is fair to say it is all shades of grey, though some may well be very light and some very dark.
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Take the fight to them righteous soldier. If... YOU want to be. Never let your consciousness be corrupted again by lies or greed.
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In the very end, it’s just an empty chessboard and no one really wins
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Gary, please stay safe and don't assume anything. As @christogrozev says, the Cold War rule that the Soviets and Americans wouldn't act on each other's soil has been rescinded. You are one of the most important voices today and should be protected.
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You became politically woke to remain relevant nothing more. There are actual Russian oligarchs doing more effort against terror than activism. Esp the ones with Israeli passports. Not even Durov does this.
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To the weak righteousness is unconscionable. Ask yourself who promotes weakness? Is it the traitors, the betrayers, the losers, the cowards, the weak, the trash, the users, the entitled, the greedy, the self consumed, chaos thugs and chaos cultists? Sure is.
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You're attack Putin and liberal democrats in America. You are lost.
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There hasn't be a more black and white moral case since Stalin and Hitler started WW2 with their joint invasion of Poland.
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The phrase is not there is no black and white, it is not everything is black and white.
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"There is no black and white" sounds retarded when russia's illegal war is terrorist and genocidal.
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Sensible people would retire from Chess and start playing golf, you dedicated your time to making bitter unhinged posts on X which get you absolutely nowhere.
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You are ironically a pawn
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Srange how you see the speck of sawdust in Russia's eye and pay no attention to the plank in Ukraine’s eye?
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You retired from chess to post on Twitter? Surely you could do both
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Допустим ты прав и есть только черное и белое, тогда что это? По твоему это белое? Ты вот это защищаешь и поддерживаешь и кто ты сам после этого?
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Xi arrived and raped american slaves of Kremlin. Dumb american slaves of Kremlin still haven't grasped what pedophile-russian spy Trump has done to them. That is why we are talking about end not just of usa as superpower, but even of usa as banana pedophile republic.
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Evil is evil - lesser, greater, middling, makes no difference. The degree is arbitrary. The definition is blurred. If I'm to choose between one evil and another, I'd rather not choose at all." — Geralt of Rivia, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
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A 486 computer could kick your ass in chess with today's math. Get over to the front lines in ukraine you old smelly fart.
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Its also what retards believe.
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So you're a lazy freeloaders like me. As an able-bodied male who doesn't work, how do you pay your bills?
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there is only black and white in this. you are either on the side of right or wrong. given my twitter feed? there are a lot of people on the side of the enemy of humanity, who lives in moscow.
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🎯 While shades of grey do indeed exist then they cannot be applied to everything. There are many subjects where only sharply defined black or white can be honestly applied. Any attempt to apply grey to such subjects only reveals the true nature of those attempting to do so ...
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Two types of error: 1. Overconfidence 2. Insufficient confidence
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There is White and black but time wins both in the end. One day Putin Will be gone, other day you too. And only Christ father time Will remains forever and ever as the eternal force that has the last Word about every single topic in this place his Kingdom.
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Untrue, boring, and lame.
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Слушай дали же дельный совет, че ты не послушал.
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Из шахмат ты ушел, потому что компьютеру проиграл
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When it is said that there are no "black and white" sides—as in chess—what is meant is that, in geopolitics, there are no good guys or bad guys; there are only national and regional interests. Keep playing chess. ♟️
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You retires because you was not able to cheat moron ! 😂🤡
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You need a hobby and therapy Gary.
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And thats why you are Not in politics. Because you have No clue.
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