The only way to win at chess if we do not take time into consideration is to checkmate your opponent. Well, how about you use 100% of your brain and play without a king? If there’ll be no king, your opponent cannot checkmate you no matter what gambit or tricks they try. You may think, a chess game without a king? Who would even dare to play such a game? Or is it even possible in the first place?

There is something weird about the way the world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt, is playing chess. For instance, all the pieces are arranged randomly on black squares, the board is incorrectly oriented and yes, there is no king on the board.

Now before you reach any unnatural theories, the reason behind this weird-looking image is that the Jamaican sprinter is not playing chess. He is playing a game of checkers and that is the only true and plausible explanation for this image.

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Same board, different games

Even though Checkers is played on the same board of 64 light and dark-colored squares, it’s a completely different game. Instead of chess pieces, it has 24 discs (12 of each color) and you can only keep your pieces on dark squares. Just like in chess, two players compete in checkers as well and the goal is to win as many opponent pieces as possible.

The game ends when a player cannot make a move, which is possible in two ways; all the pieces of a player are captured, or all the pieces of a player are blocked from moving.

Usain Bolt plays everything

Apart from setting world records in racing events, Usain Bolt, or, as the fans call him, ‘Lightning Bolt’ has varied interests in sports. He loves Cricket, Soccer (Manchester United supporter) and according to some reports, he is a Call of Duty fan too. The fastest man retired at the 2017 World championship and has several Guinness world records to his name.

Playing the game of checkers with chess pieces shows his passion for the game. The image looks dubious though, but if you observe carefully he is playing the right game with the right rules, just with different pieces.