{"id":3806,"date":"2025-06-01T12:42:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T11:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kingofslackers.com\/?p=3806"},"modified":"2025-06-02T12:43:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T11:43:05","slug":"queen-sacrifice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kingofslackers.com\/?p=3806","title":{"rendered":"Queen Sacrifice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kingofslackers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"\" src=\"..\/comics\/avatar.jpg\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a> So, I&#8217;ve been playing a lot of chess lately. I used to be pretty into it when I was around 10 to 14 years old, but like a mysterious stranger, it just kind of shows up in my life every now and again. These days, I try to play at least one quick game a day, plus a few chess puzzles\u2014gotta keep the ol\u2019 brain-meat from turning into mush.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes I catch myself wondering, \u201cWhat would Cthulhu do in this position?\u201d I mean, he\u2019d probably invent some ancient, epic lore for each piece and then launch into a Shakespearean monologue halfway through the match. Honestly, that might be a solid distraction tactic. I should give it a try.<\/p>\n<p>Anyways, hope you&#8217;re all enjoying the warmer months and staying awesome! I love your faces, my dudes!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, I&#8217;ve been playing a lot of chess lately. I used to be pretty into it when I was around 10 to 14 years old, but like a mysterious stranger, it just kind of shows up in my life every now and again. These days, I try to play at least one quick game a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kingofslackers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3806"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kingofslackers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kingofslackers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kingofslackers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kingofslackers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3806"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.kingofslackers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3807,"href":"http:\/\/www.kingofslackers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3806\/revisions\/3807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kingofslackers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kingofslackers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kingofslackers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}