Raped

There is a running joke at work that i LOVE chess. 


Token of photo of me professing my love for chess

It all came about one day after a colleague asked me what i did on the weekend. I replied with "I played a little sport" ... when instead i perhaps should have said "I played some squash". 


Because i was being vague, they were convinced that i was actually playing chess, and I have since been receiving endless sh1t for it. In my futile attempts to divert the attention away, i thought it would be funny to suggest that a certain individual at work played extreme chess on the weekends.


Example 1 ...

Example 2 ...

Unfortunately, said plan backfired. People at work are now convinced that my weekends are spent playing chess.


Today ... I was raped. In a public place. The worst thing was, I knew it was coming, and there was nothing I could do about it.


Let me explain.


Saturday is our token coffee day where we attempt to find a proper coffee in New York that doesn't taste like horseshit.


Today, we picked a place near Union Square and we bought a few cupcakes as an accompaniment. Unfortunately, as we were noming, a couple of random people started setting up tables with Chess boards.


My colleagues thought it would be extremely amusing for me to challenge one of these "grand masters". Chess is a game i have not played for about 13 years. I was convinced that I was going to suffer a 4 move checkmate. I don't know how many moves it took for him to win, but i can say that i was thoroughly RAPED. 


I have photos, by they are a little bit too graphic ... 


My best effort at intense concentration...

You can see the very few pieces i have captured ... and the invasion of the opponents queen into my territory :p

Look of dejection as I come to the realisation that i'm about to be taken advantage of ....

I think i have thus proven that i do not play chess on the weekend as i totally suck, however, to prove this, i had to play chess on the weekend. 


FML