strategy
Original: strategy on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (narration box): Chess grandmasters have been shown to be able to rapidly memorize all the positions of pieces on the board.
(Image: a bald, bearded older man with his fingers pressed to his temples, concentrating.)
Panel 2 (narration box): A strange result is that they struggle when presented with situations that do not arise naturally in actual games.
Older man (grandmaster): All I remember is three white bishops all on white squares and an overwhelming sense of vertigo.
Panel 3 (narration box): This isn't just a fun fact. It's a tactic that can be used against all forms of expertise.
Panel 4: A man (later labeled the "Grandmaster pickup artist") speaking to a dark-haired woman in an orange top who looks unsettled.
Man: I like your nose. It's a little off center. Not for everyone, but I—
Panel 5 (label with arrow pointing to the man with a mustache): Grandmaster pickup artist
Panel 6:
Man (interrupting himself): SQUIRREL! SQUIRREL! MOLYBDENUM! SQUIRREL!
(A red-haired woman in a green top recoils in alarm.)
Votey:
Off-panel speaker (the red-haired woman): Is... is this love?
(Image: extreme close-up of the mustached man's face.)
(Image: a bald, bearded older man with his fingers pressed to his temples, concentrating.)
Panel 2 (narration box): A strange result is that they struggle when presented with situations that do not arise naturally in actual games.
Older man (grandmaster): All I remember is three white bishops all on white squares and an overwhelming sense of vertigo.
Panel 3 (narration box): This isn't just a fun fact. It's a tactic that can be used against all forms of expertise.
Panel 4: A man (later labeled the "Grandmaster pickup artist") speaking to a dark-haired woman in an orange top who looks unsettled.
Man: I like your nose. It's a little off center. Not for everyone, but I—
Panel 5 (label with arrow pointing to the man with a mustache): Grandmaster pickup artist
Panel 6:
Man (interrupting himself): SQUIRREL! SQUIRREL! MOLYBDENUM! SQUIRREL!
(A red-haired woman in a green top recoils in alarm.)
Votey:
Off-panel speaker (the red-haired woman): Is... is this love?
(Image: extreme close-up of the mustached man's face.)
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: a bald bearded older man presses his fingers to his temples; narration reads that chess grandmasters can rapidly memorize all the positions of pieces on a board. Panel 2: narration says a strange result is they struggle with situations that don't arise naturally in real games; the grandmaster says, 'All I remember is three white bishops all on white squares and an overwhelming sense of vertigo.' Panel 3: narration says this isn't just a fun fact, it's a tactic that can be used against all forms of expertise. Panel 4: a mustached man tells an uneasy dark-haired woman, 'I like your nose. It's a little off center. Not for everyone, but I—'. Panel 5: an arrow labels him 'Grandmaster pickup artist.' Panel 6: he suddenly shouts 'SQUIRREL! SQUIRREL! MOLYBDENUM! SQUIRREL!' and a red-haired woman recoils in alarm—the absurd nonsense being the unnatural 'position' that breaks the pickup-artist expert. Votey: an extreme close-up of the mustached man's face as the woman, off-panel, says, 'Is... is this love?'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.