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The '''Grandmaster''' is a [[Promotional Items|promotional]] [[Hats|headwear]] item for [[Classes|all classes]]. It is a team-colored [[w:Hard hat|hard hat]], with a small [[w:chess board|chess board]] attached by a rubber spring and two strips of rubber, which [[Jiggle bones|bounce around]] as the player moves. On top of the chess board, a small device projects a small red bomb hologram on the RED team, and a blue {{botignore|wrench}} hologram on the BLU team, both of which rotate. As the player's killstreak rises, the hologram projection changes to various chess pieces.
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The '''Grandmaster''' is a [[Promotional Items|promotional]] [[Hats|headwear]] item for [[Classes|all classes]]. It is a team-colored [[w:Hard hat|hard hat]], with a small [[w:chess board|chess board]] attached by a rubber spring and two strips of rubber, which [[Jiggle bones|bounce around]] as the player moves. On top of the chess board, a small device projects a small red bomb hologram on the RED team, and a blue {{botignore|wrench}} hologram on the BLU team, both of which rotate. Aditionally, if  the player has a [[killstreak kit|killstreak]] weapon equipped, the hologram projection changes to various chess pieces as the killstreak increases.
  
 
This item is awarded in [[Genuine]] quality to players who purchase the [http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/1286/ Exclusive Team Fortress 2 Chess Set] from ThinkGeek or the [http://store.valvesoftware.com/product.php?i=BGTF001 Valve Store.]
 
This item is awarded in [[Genuine]] quality to players who purchase the [http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/1286/ Exclusive Team Fortress 2 Chess Set] from ThinkGeek or the [http://store.valvesoftware.com/product.php?i=BGTF001 Valve Store.]

Revision as of 22:46, 28 January 2014

Go play your pinko chess game with the Devil, Commie.
The Soldier turning down a game

The Grandmaster is a promotional headwear item for all classes. It is a team-colored hard hat, with a small chess board attached by a rubber spring and two strips of rubber, which bounce around as the player moves. On top of the chess board, a small device projects a small red bomb hologram on the RED team, and a blue wrench hologram on the BLU team, both of which rotate. Aditionally, if the player has a killstreak weapon equipped, the hologram projection changes to various chess pieces as the killstreak increases.

This item is awarded in Genuine quality to players who purchase the Exclusive Team Fortress 2 Chess Set from ThinkGeek or the Valve Store.

Update history

October 2, 2013 Patch

  • The Grandmaster was added to the game.

November 11, 2013 Patch

  • The Grandmaster will now update its model based on the owner's current kill streak.

Trivia

  • The item's description refers to a pair of chess matches in 1996 and 1997 between Garry Kasparov, a former World Chess Champion and considered by some as the best of all time, and Deep Blue, a chess-playing computer developed by IBM with the intent of beating a human world champion.
  • The title Grandmaster is awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can earn.

Bugs

  • The Grandmaster is invisible on the Demoman.
  • If a Spy Disguises as an enemy with this item, they will have their own team-colored Grandmaster, instead of the enemies team color.

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