STAVANGER, NORWAYMoments after a stunning defeat by 19-year-oldIndian prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju, befuddled chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen exclaimed Monday that he had been bested by the dreaded checkmate gambit. My God, youve played the fearful Checkmate Gambit, havent you? An astonishing piece of strategy, said the visibly flustered Carlsen, his eyes scanning the board to determine that it had been arranged precisely in the manner of the much studied, but rarely attempted maneuver in which one wins the game by preventing another players king from moving. In truth, I thought the Checkmate Gambit was merely the stuff of theory and legend, but youve actually pulled it off! And you evolved it fromwhat was the move before? The CheckPloy, was it not?My God, who did you learn it from? Lasker? Botvinnik? You must teach me. At press time, Carlsen was consulting with an official on classical chess rules to determineif the Checkmate Gambit was even technically legal.The post Befuddled Magnus Carlsen Bested By Dreaded Checkmate Gambit appeared first on The Onion.