Dr DisRespect Chess vs. Checkers Post

About

The Dr DisRespect Chess vs. Checkers Post is an X / Twitter post made by streamer Dr DisRespect, aka Guy Beahm, consisting of a POV photo taken opposite of Beahm sitting at one end of a chessboard, tenting his fingers, with chess pieces on the board in front of him while the other side of the board has checkers laid out on it, suggesting Dr DisRespect is playing chess while his opponent is playing checkers. The post was made in late July 2024 following a brief hiatus due to allegations of Dr DisRespect grooming a minor and was seen by many as a teaser for his comeback. The post inspired reactions and memes across social media, with many referencing the grooming controversy.

Origin

On June 21st, 2024, allegations that Dr DisRespect was banned from Twitch for inappropriately talking with a minor over Twitch's now-defunct Whispers DM features came forward. This ultimately resulted in Dr DisRespect making a statement in which he announced a hiatus from streaming at the end of June.

On July 31st, Dr DisRespect then posted a photograph to X^[1] that garnered over 38 million views, 96,000 likes and 12,000 reposts in a day (shown below). The photo depicts Dr DisRespect sitting at one end of a chessboard with his fingers tented. His side of the board has chess pieces on it, while the opponent's side has checker pieces.

The post quickly became the subject of discussions, memes and criticism online. Within half an hour of making the post, Dr DisRespect responded to two critical commenters, X^[2][3] users @WashYourCrack and @dremo.

The former posted, "is this you playing with a minor?" to over 110,000 likes, with Dr DisRespect responding by pointing out their pronouns (shown below, left). The latter posted the "I Heard You Like Little Boys" meme to over 130,000 likes in a day, resulting in Dr DisRespect calling him a "brainwashed woke boy." Each of Dr DisRespect's responses was subsequently ratioed (shown below, left and right).

Notably, the "You Like Little Boys" meme does not feature any lyrics from Kendrick Lamar's diss tracks towards Drake, making Beahm's comment inaccurate.

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On July 31st, 2024, X^[4] user @BlueDiamondVII quote-reposted Dr DisRespect with a photo of EDP445 (who is also an alleged predator) being interviewed, writing, "Same energy lol," garnering over 86,000 likes in a day (shown below, left). Later that day, X^[5] user @beehhive posted a Photoshop edit depicting a child sitting on the other end of the chessboard, garnering over 171,000 likes in a day (shown below, right).

That day, TikToker^[6] @piematt7 posted a video about the post in which he mentions that checkers is a game played more frequently by children as it's easier than chess, also criticizing some of Dr DisRespect's comments, garnering over 96,000 views in a day (shown below).

Also on July 31st, Redditor u/Ok-Tennis330 posted a screenshot of the post to the subreddit /r/Gamingcirclejerk,^[7] writing, "'Uhm guys… you don’t understand… Me texting minors is actually a chess move… you don’t understand it… yeah yeah, now who wants to see me play Elden Ring?'" garnering over 3,200 upvotes in a day.

Later that day, X^[8] user @YungFika posted a photoshop of the original post in which Dr DisRespect is shown with a pile of chocolates on the table in front of him and a sign reading "free candy," garnering over 1,700 likes in a day (shown below, left).

On August 1st, 2024, Ricky Berwick posted a photo of himself to X^[9] in front of a chessboard in response to the post, garnering over 4,700 likes in under a day (shown below, right).

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