John: neither brother will win their Quadragocon 2025 chess game because neither can checkmate (2025)
prediction · status: came true · last event: came true (2025-09-19) · owner: John
In August 2025 John predicted that neither brother would win their Quadragocon 2025 chess game because neither could checkmate the other. It came true: the game ended without checkmate after an illegal bishop move, and they called it a draw.
Part of: Quadragocon 2025 edition: the brothers' fourteen-event competition, ten years after the first
About: Chess
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-05 | predicted | John predicts neither brother will win their chess game because neither can checkmate the other. (playful) | ONE TAKE JOHNNY 00:06:38 |
| 2025-09-19 | came true | The chess game ends without checkmate: one brother is disqualified for an illegal bishop move and they agree to call it a draw. (playful) | Let's Just Be Stupid For a Moment 00:05:37 |
What is said about it
1 statement, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2025-08-05 · ONE TAKE JOHNNY — John, who lacks visual imagination, calls it one of the magics of being human that Magnus Carlsen can play eight blindfold chess games at once. — 00:06:38