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What's the story?
Russian chess grandmaster and former World Champion Garry Kasparov sent social media into a frenzy when his sarcastic reply to a fan's query when he was asked for a strategy to win a chess tournament on Twitter.
Ritesh Gupta tweeted to Garry Kasparov, asking him to give Ritesh some strategies in order for him to win a tournament the next day but to his surprise, the Russian legend only replied with 'Stay off Twitter' that received a lot of positive response.
In case you didn't know
Gary Kasparov is a former chess grandmaster who was also the undisputed world champion from 1985-1993 before he moved away from FIDE to become a champion in the Professional Chess Association(PCA), where he was the undisputed champion from 1993-2000.
The heart of the matter
Ritesh Gupta, a chess player from India took to Twitter hoping to get some tips from Kasparov ahead of a tournament by asking him for some strategies to win the game. To this, the Russian replied "Stay off Twitter", evoking a rush of comments as users found the response to be very humorous.
While some people used chess-related memes to celebrate the humour in the reply, some others went into deeper aspects and directed the reply towards the legend intending Ritesh to keep off from Twitter in order to prepare for the tournament rather than spending time on social media.
A teenage prodigy, Kasparov rose to fame when he became the grandmaster in 1980 while playing the second reserve for the Soviet Union at the Chess Olympiad in Malta. Soon enough, his consistency saw him take over the first rank in the FIDE rankings which also made him the youngest player to take the position at just 21 years of age.
What's next?
The Russian, a day later, even tweeted back to his Indian fan, who was actually stunned to see Kasparov reply. Here's how the exchange went:
Author's take
While many sports stars have taken to humour as a tool to communicate on Twitter, the reply from Kasparov certainly had a strong message attached to it.
