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The hottest meme in online chess is a ‘chess terrorist’ kitten named Mittens.

I’m not a huge chess player, but I’ll noodle around on Chess.com with the bots every now and again. The latest addition to the platform’s roster is Mittens: a kitten who will destroy your will to live, grinding you into the dust while quoting Nietzsche. The Wall Street Journal has the story.

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