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  • JAVIER SÁNCHEZ

    @Javisanchez

Updated Wednesday, March 17, 2021 - 11:57

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In December 2017, a user named DannyTheDonkey -DannyElBurro- appeared on Lichess, a free online chess website, and wowed the rest of the players in a tournament of exaggeratedly fast, one-minute games.

She won, shined, and generously donated the award to Lichess herself.

Who was the genius behind such a silly nickname?

Nobody knew, nobody discovered it and there was disappointment when a month later the strange chess player did not appear for the next tournament.

The mystery faded

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