Genshin Impact Fan Points Out An Impressive Chess Detail in the Recent Fatui Teaser
Genshin Impact has recently released an interesting video revealing the appearance of all the Eleven Fatui Harbingers. They are legendary warriors who possess unnatural powers granted by their leader, the Cryo Archon Tsaritsa.
The video has quickly become a fan-favorite as it finally revealed the faces that are behind the infamous Fatui organization. Genshin Impact's teaser videos are always filled with numerous Easter eggs and symbolism.
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Reddit user GInDice has pointed out an interesting detail about the chess game that was presented in the video. The beginning of the Genshin Impact video shows Pierro playing chess and according to GInDice, the pieces on the board are aligned almost in the same exact way as in the legendary 1996 game between Gary Kasparov and Deep Blue, which was the first chess-playing expert system that managed to beat a chess world champion under regular time controls. The only difference between the two chess games is that the Queen and King pieces are apparently swapped.
Numerous fans claim that the pieces are not swapped and that Pierro is about to lose the game of chess, however, after the last move was played he states that «on this chessboard, checkmate is not where the game ends,» which could mean that they could be playing by different rules. There are a lot of fan-made theories about if and why HoYoverse made the decision to swap the pieces. This could also mean that Black is knowingly letting White think that it's winning, but he knows that Kings are just a diversion and the Queens are the actual goal.
Most Genshin Impact fans claim that they were caught by surprise with the release of this teaser, especially since the arrival of a
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