

This reporter can say the young man is as formidable with the vertical board as he was with the horizontal. His quick fingers dropped each Tetrimino down the grid, claiming territory and locking down the highest points for each completed line. After three moves, this reporter was appreciative for his kindness. He played quickly, but allowed me time to think as a sort of handicap. Ivar first met me on the larger field of battle, the free-standing Tetris Board Game. A game that could easily change everything we know about the world. Unable to resist the clear hard plastic pieces, this reporter sat down beside the young genius and was rewarded with a game.

This reporter recently had the good fortune to be getting a skinny mocha goat’s milk whipped creme pineapple brownie coffee in the board game district when young Ivar appeared in the doorway, looking wild-eyed and carrying the Tetris Board Game Combo. (DATELINE: SOHO) Was it just last year that Ivar Springsteen turned his back on the high-pressure world of chess with the shocking announcement that the game was “finished for good”? Chess devotees still recall the ripple that went through the sport as the young man called the Heir to the Throne threw down the pawns and picked up the Tetriminos. We’re throwing down the L-Shaped Tetris Block Gambit.
