Garry Kasparov checkmates opponent with russet baking potato

In a brilliant move unparalleled in Chess history, Grandmaster Garry Kasparov checkmated his opponent with a russet baking potato.  "Kasparov has shown us that a potato in the right hands can be the most powerful piece on the board," his opponent Garri Weinstein claimed.  "No one could have seen that coming." 

Garry Kasparov has been long heralded for his brilliant play, but even his greatest fan could not have predicted a move like this.  Garry was thought to be in the weaker position, yet he dazzled onlookers with a move that had never even occurred to another player in history.  "I have seen competitors use strategies that other players have abandoned as unplayable, but this certainly is a first."  His opponent agreed.  "There is a reason he is the highest rated player in the world."  Chess enthusiasts worldwide are now working out variations to what they are calling "The Idaho defense."

Comments

[Robin Moshe]

While novel, flashy strategies like this do gain wide attention when they are first employed, counter-strategies are almost always quickly developed and the equilibrium of the game is soon restored. In this particular case, for example, I have already read two chess columns which demonstrate how a prepared opponent may counter with a parsnip.

[NotVodka]

When I receive a reply like yours, I know that I am not the only one in the world with my sense of humor!