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applegrove

(132,419 posts) Sun Apr 12, 2026, 08:34 PM 5 hrs ago

Toon: Iran Negotiations

One of my cartoons in Monday's Metro
— Guy Venables (@guyvenables.bsky.social) 2026-04-12T13:06:26.778Z

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Toon: Iran Negotiations (Original Post) applegrove 5 hrs ago OP

Great cartoon LetMyPeopleVote 5 hrs ago #1

Shah Mat lapfog_1 5 hrs ago #2

Thanks for the content, very apt. applegrove 5 hrs ago #3

Old chess player here lapfog_1 5 hrs ago #4

I used to play as a kid. I never thought even one move ahead. applegrove 5 hrs ago #5

LetMyPeopleVote

(180,356 posts)

1. Great cartoon

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 08:34 PM

5 hrs ago

lapfog_1

(31,924 posts)

2. Shah Mat

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 09:03 PM

5 hrs ago

Death to the King

aka Checkmate

Wikipedia:
The term checkmate is, according to the Barnhart Etymological Dictionary, an alteration of the Persian phrase "shāh māt" (شاه مات , which means "the King is helpless".[7] Persian "māt" applies to the king but in Sanskrit "māta", also pronounced "māt", applied to his kingdom "traversed, measured across, and meted out" thoroughly by his opponent; "māta" is the past participle of "mā" verbal root.[8] Others maintain that it means "the King is dead", as chess reached Europe via the Arab world, and Arabic māta (مَاتَ means "died" or "is dead"