Moon Howling. Ivanchuk exaggerates a bit, so doubts arise…
Many chess fans are interested in this question : to what extent was the Ukrainian-American incident that occurred on December 31, 2024 in the 11th round match between GMs Ivanchuk (Ukraine) and Naroditsky (USA) at the World Blitz Championship (but more like a traveling circus) in New York staged ?
In fact, it was a very dramatic match.
The ending was heartbreaking.
Ivanchuk reacted to the defeat of the American in a very emotional way (I highly recommend watching it at x2.0 speed).
I have heard such things: “Vaska does not lie” “I believe Vasily !”
I, for my part, do not believe Ivanchuk at all, who is a true master of the psychosomatic genre of howling at the moon : one only has to remember all his strange behavior throughout his career, since his youth.
In this episode, however, there is a certain theatricality, a naivety, an element of deliberate exaggeration, an excess of “overflowing with emotion“.
Ivanchuk exaggerates a bit, so doubts arise…
Is it a coincidence that his opponent in such an important match is the American Daniel Naroditsky ?
Is it not a semantic reference to the newly elected American leader, Donald Trump ?
Moon Howling. Is it not the new U.S. policy toward Ukraine that Zelensky will have to face ?
Is it not the new U.S. policy toward Ukraine that Zelensky will have to face, and that may not make him laugh, but rather an attack of despair ?
As portrayed by Ivanchuk in the production in question ?
Also, what a coincidence that the incident took place in the 11th round.
Is this not an allusion to the infamous “Chinese peace plan for the political settlement of the Ukrainian crisis” ?
According to some rumors, the Americans are already ready to accept the plan, which includes sending Chinese troops to Ukraine.
Whose plan is it ?
XI.
And who is Xi ?
Eleventh.
XI.
General Secretary Xi Jinping.
His “settlement” plan has long made Ukrainians howl at the moon.
So always think for yourself.
And trust yourself only after you have learned to think for yourself.
