I just won a chess game against someone in Batman, Turkey. I thought that was a joke but there really is a Batman Turkey. Google is my friend.

Why is it called Batman Turkey?

Batman in Turkish means “Sunken” and the village (now a city) is famous for floods, hence the name. From Wikipedia: There are almost no forests in and around the city. The Iluh River, a tributary of the Batman River, flows through the city.

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The chess game was interesting. I had the Black pieces.

https://lichess.org/TNpTwRP2/black#0