Carlsen and Nakamura chime on Messi and Ronaldo posing for Louis Vuitton before FIFA World Cup 2022 - ChessBase India

A little less than 24 hours before the start of the first match of FIFA World Cup 2022, world-famous fashion brand Louis Vuitton shared an image of football icons Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo posing with a chess board. The first thing that chess enthusiasts do when seeing someone set up a position is to find whether the position ever occurred in a tournament game. It turns out that it actually does. Have you figured it out yet? Let us take a look at the position and what the world's best had to say about it. Don't forget to share your thoughts about the photo and who do you think will win a chess game between Messi and Ronaldo.

Promotional StealLionel Messi Goes Solo in New Louis Vuitton Campaign – WWD, louis vuitton ronaldo and messi chess

Eagle_The_Emperor's Blog • How Chess Predicted the World Cup? •

Cost less all the wayMessi and Ronaldo's Louis Vuitton chess match becomes Instagram's most liked image ever – HERO, messi ronaldo chess

Cost less all the wayMessi and Ronaldo's Louis Vuitton chess match becomes Instagram's most liked image ever – HERO, messi ronaldo chess

The incredible hidden details you missed in Ronaldo and Messi's viral chess photo

24/7 Customer ServiceRonaldo knows World Cup win would not end Messi debate: 'Some like blondes, others brunettes, ronaldo louis vuitton chess board

CompetitiveWho is Lionel Messi's gorgeous fashionista wife, Antonela Roccuzzo? The 2022 World Cup champ and his love were childhood friends before their OTT 'wedding of the century' in Argentina, lv world cup

Ronaldo-Messi photo: The chess position in the picture is from a Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura game-Sports News , Firstpost

AffordableGothamChess on X: So the Louis Vuitton photoshoot with Messi/ Ronaldo features a game between Magnus and Hikaru from 2017. But… why specifically that one? / X, ronaldo louis vuitton chess board