Djinn

The response to that question came far too soon to Ludwig as he finally realized something important. The person who taught them the game, had been given a seat at the former emperor's table. So that means, that at most that would be about what, like fifty maybe years ago?

If that's so, then this world, though they know this game, are extremely novice at it, and have yet to develop their own playstyles and methods.

He grinned inwardly, then that just means that he can bully them all. Because no one here would ever know how to deal with a Sicilian defense, or an Evans Gambit. There is no Bobby Fischer, or Kasparov here, they're all just newbies and from what he could see, the highest rating of any of these guys would be at the six hundred, while he already touched the three thousand once before earning him the title of Grandmaster. Though it was only a brief period.