{"id":1709109,"date":"2022-10-24T13:33:41","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T17:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1709109"},"modified":"2022-10-24T13:34:10","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T17:34:10","slug":"elon-musk-checks-chess-legend-with-brutal-tweet-over-ukraine-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-checks-chess-legend-with-brutal-tweet-over-ukraine-criticism\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Checks Chess Legend With Brutal Tweet Over Ukraine Criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felon-musk-checks-chess-legend-with-brutal-tweet-over-ukraine-criticism%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1709109&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/the-hell-with-it-elon-musk-reverses-course-on-starlink-decision-in-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a> took aim at chess legend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/putin-got-what-he-wanted-famed-russia-critic-rips-biden-over-geneva-summit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Garry Kasparov<\/a>, calling the Russian grandmaster an \u201cidiot\u201d for his criticism of Musk\u2019s effort to promote peace in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Musk has been under fire from supporters of Ukraine, including many on the American left since he tweeted a proposal for ending the Russian invasion of its western neighbor. Although Musk has spent tens of millions providing Ukraine with his Starlink satellite technology during the eight-month war, critics objected to his suggestion Ukraine make concessions for peace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cost is huge but Ukraine is paying this cost,\u201d Kasparov, a fierce foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said on CNBC\u2019s \u201cSquawk Box\u201d Monday. \u201cSo why are people sitting in the comfort of their mansions in Silicon Valley telling Ukraine how to conduct their own affairs? It\u2019s moral idiocy and geopolitical blindness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">While it\u2019s true that Kasparov is almost as good at playing chess as my iPhone, he is otherwise an idiot<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1584533444444332033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kasparov, 59, who was born in the part of the former Soviet Union now known as Azerbaijan, reigned as world chess champion from 1985-2000. He is now chairman of the Human Rights Foundation and frequently comments on geopolitics.<\/p>\n<p>But Musk didn\u2019t take kindly to Kasparov\u2019s criticism and let his 110 million Twitter followers know it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile it\u2019s true that Kasparov is almost as good at playing chess as my iPhone, he is otherwise an idiot,\u201d Musk tweeted. \u201cAnd I don\u2019t even own a house, let alone a \u2018mansion,\u2019 you douche.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite being the world\u2019s richest man, with a net worth of over $200 billion, Musk lives in a modest, rented home in Texas. His efforts to fund communication in Ukraine amid Russia\u2019s attacks on its infrastructure, has cost him more than $80 million. Earlier this month, Musk asked the Pentagon to pay for the service, but then said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/the-hell-with-it-elon-musk-reverses-course-on-starlink-decision-in-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he would continue to cover it<\/a> through his SpaceX company.<\/p>\n<p>The peace proposal that Kasparov appeared to object to came in the form of a poll Musk tweeted on October 3. In it, he suggested conditions for peace including UN-supervised elections in Eastern Ukraine regions seized by Russia, Crimea being officially returned to Russia with its water supply guaranteed, and Ukraine not joining NATO.<\/p>\n<p>Although Musk has famously focused his prodigious intellect on satellites, rockets, electric cars, and drilling tunnels, he told one Twitter user that he has played the so-called \u201cgame of kings\u201d before.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did as a child, but found it to be too simple to be useful in real life: a mere 8 by 8 grid, no fog of war, no technology tree, no random map or spawn position, only 2 players, both sides exact same pieces, etc.,\u201d he wrote of chess.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk took aim at chess legend Garry Kasparov, calling the Russian grandmaster an \u201cidiot\u201d for his criticism of Musk\u2019s effort to promote peace in Ukraine. 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