Regarding the chess board... in my opinion there are two logical ways to interpret this position:
This is the Trompowsky attack (the series of moves would be d4, Nf6, Bg5, d5). This is an opening line where "White sidesteps immense bodies of opening theory of various Indian Defences" and plays a more raw, reactive and tactical game of chess that does not require an immense amount of memorization.
This is a pseudo-Trompowsky attack (series of moves would be d4, d5, Bg5, Nf6). This opening is known by several other names, one of which is called the Levitsky. Search Levitsky on the internet and you get a hit for Steven Levitsky, an American political scientist (not the old Russian guy the opening is named after). His latest book from 2018 is entitled "How Democracies Die." From Wikipedia, the book is about "how elected leaders can gradually subvert the democratic process to increase their power."
I'm not sure which one, but I'm convinced one of these two interpretations is correct AND not a coincidence.
Regarding the chess board... in my opinion there are two logical ways to interpret this position:
This is the Trompowsky attack (the series of moves would be d4, Nf6, Bg5, d5). This is an opening line where "White sidesteps immense bodies of opening theory of various Indian Defences" and plays a more raw, reactive and tactical game of chess that does not require an immense amount of memorization.
This is a pseudo-Trompowsky attack (series of moves would be d4, d5, Bg5, Nf6). This opening is known by several other names, one of which is called the Levitsky. Search Levitsky on the internet and you get a hit for Steven Levitsky, an American political scientist (not the old Russian guy the opening is named after). His latest book from 2018 is entitled "How Democracies Die." From Wikipedia, the book is about "how elected leaders can gradually subvert the democratic process to increase their power."
I'm not sure which one, but I'm convinced one of these two interpretations is correct AND not a coincidence.