Nutty chess parody video: Hitler fails to achieve his chess grandmaster title

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Hello everyone,


Here is another of those creative and nutty chess parodies from Der Untergang (The Downfall) - the German movie about Hitler's last days in Berlin. Enjoy the humour. The video is uploaded by JimmyLiew64.

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Hilarious chess video: Hitler discovers Magnus Carlsen won't be in the chess world championships

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011


Hello everyone,


We just received this very creative and funny video. It's been uploaded by LiquidEggProduct on Youtube. You must have heard about the well-known German film, The Downfall (Der Untergang). It is a 2004 German/Italian/Austrian epic war film directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, depicting the final ten days of Adolf Hitler's life in his Berlin bunker and Nazi Germany in 1945.

A scene from the movie has been cleverly and creatively re-subtitled to expess Hitler's angst at Magnus Carlsen not being part of the World Chess Championship cycle. Enjoy.

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Rare photograph: Hitler playing chess with Zippy!

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Hitler playing chess with Zippy

Hello Everyone,

This is about a fantastic photo that has just surfaced! You can read all about it at The Telegraph.

Guy Walters writes:

"Just as soon as I blog about iffy Hitler memorabilia, then along comes an exciting new find, unearthed by my friend Alex Morris. Discovered by his father when clearing out the family’s garage in Chelmsford, this picture is believed to be fantastically rare. Several ‘Historical Documents Experts’ from auction houses all over the world have declared the picture to be a genuine representation of the Führer playing chess in the green room after guest starring on Rainbow in October 1975. Sadly, no recordings of the episode survive... The picture will shortly be auctioned at Swallock’s Auction House, where it is expected to make £2,000,000,000,000 (plus 17% buyer’s premium)."

Even if this a spoof, we're enjoying it.

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