Continuing to cling to the false narrative of Kiev’s “inevitable victory” in the face of irrefutable facts proving that such an outcome can’t be taken for granted risks radicalizing that side’s supporters similar in a sense to how QAnon radicalized some of Trump’s. If the counteroffensive fails and a ceasefire follows, then they’ll be inclined to concoct a modern-day “stab-in-the-back” conspiracy theory to explain that scenario, which is exactly what Garry Kasparov is preemptively doing in his latest Twitter rant.
Apparently losing to a computer was too much for the ol' chess champ. He's completely unhinged.
The human condition: It is possible to be a great chess player yet also lack wisdom, empathy and self-awareness.