Although I’m sure it’s never going to go away entirely, the time of the printed advertisement seems to be drawing to a close. But advertisement by picture is very much alive, although it is mostly inflicted on users of mobile devices or those poor unfortunate souls that have no adblockers. Today, for the first time, we talk about a static online ad, which has been pointed out to me by a chess friend.1
It is meant to showcase designer outdoor furniture sold by the Belgian firm Wünder.2 But there’s a problem: the furniture looks rather impractical — particularly the bars connecting the chairs to the table3 seem an invitation for bumping legs.
And so, to divert attention, a chessboard was put on top of the table. It worked on me, until I noticed the position:4
Clearly, you can only expect very uncomfortable furniture from people that come up with positions as uncomfortable as this. White seems to have played four moves, while black has made at least nine, about half of which are reasonable.
One can only wünder what happened here.
Realism: 2/5 It should be a zero, it should really be a zero. But the pieces are on vaguely logical places and I see a concrete series of moves that could lead to this position. Given the low standards of this blog, that’s enough for a 2.
Probable winner: Impossible to say. Weirdly, the position is still about equal. The first player to find her head back has the best chances.
1. [The bar on the right suggest he was part of the first victim group.] ↩
2. [Based on the umlaut, their furniture is made of metal.] ↩
3. [The so-called wünderbars.] ↩
4. [I only got better when I noticed this diagram editor.] ↩