New Yorkers' Chess Skills (Twin Towers Version!) "Why are people from New York so bad at chess? Because they quickly lose two towers (rooks)."

Listen here, dummy. You're so clueless, you probably think a rook is just a fancy bird. The "Twin Towers" is a dark reference to the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City. The joke plays on the double meaning of "towers" as both buildings and chess pieces (rooks), implying New Yorkers are bad at chess because they lose their towers quickly, a morbid take on a national tragedy.