Related BREAKING: Julian Assange Granted Ecuadorian Citizenship
Source – DeusNexus
by RT, January 13th, 2018
The chessboard tweeted by Assange, unaccompanied by any text, shows a move from the Capablanca vs Marshall chess game of 1918 – considered one of the greatest defensive games of all time.
— Julian Assange ⌛ (@JulianAssange) January 13, 2018
The story goes that then-reigning US champion Frank Marshall spent years planning a surprise attack against Cuban rival José Raúl Capablanca, even avoiding playing the move in earlier matches so that he could spring it suddenly on his opponent at the right moment.
Nevertheless, Capablanca (represented on the board by white pieces) skilfully defeated Marshall’s attack and went on to win the game.
This position is from Capablanca (Cuban, World Champion) vs. Marshall (US Champion) in 1918: https://t.co/D4qzLiZC5K
It’s one of the greatest defensive games of all time, from one of the greatest players, refuting the deadly Marshall Gambit.
More: https://t.co/rrUXYvnOiR
Meaning? pic.twitter.com/LFI0DpuM95— Bruce King (@CrowdvBank) January 13, 2018
Speculation mounted over which color represented Assange and what exactly he was trying to convey with the mysterious tweet.
One Twitter user suggested that Assange’s choice to post this particular position may indicate that he has already left the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. Another interpretation, posted by the same user, mused that the ‘game’ could still be in play, but with Assange in a strong position.
Another interpretation: the game might still be in progress but JA is in a strong position against opposing US interests.
— Bruce King (@CrowdvBank) January 13, 2018
— Michelle C (@mcaffer62) January 13, 2018
Other avid chess fans pointed out that although checkmate is not inevitable, it could mean the game is coming to a close.
According to Twitter users the play tweeted by Assange suggests that three moves are needed to checkmate, generating other theories that the tweet relates to the impending publication of the US Department of Justice report into the FBI handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation.
Or perhaps it’s just anticipating Trump’s upcoming ‘Fake News’ awards, others quipped. In any case the burning question remains: whose move is it?
Assange also changed the icon beside his Twitter profile name from a blue diamond to an egg timer – an image associated with Wikileaks and used on its website.

The Wikileaks founder, known for his profuse tweeting, has in the past two weeks only sent three tweets – all cryptic and igniting much conjecture online. Last week the Ecuadorian Embassy in Londonconfirmed to RT.com that the WikiLeaks founder was still in the building.
The Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry announced this week that it had granted citizenship to Assange. The UK Foreign Office, however, rejected a request from Quito to grant the
whistleblower diplomatic status.
In a motion filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Dec. 29, 2017, in the case Roy Cockrum vs. Donald J. Trump for President, attorneys for President Trump argued that Julian Assange had a right under the First Amendment to publish the DNC and John Podesta emails, even if the emails were stolen.
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