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yourmindillusions
it hapens to be that all of you are bad players or was and so what if we are
-i'm not- with time they will gain experience at least most of them-i'm not a good player either- and will learn from their mistakes
peace and love
peace be upon you all
BobLorna
You think the four move checkmate is sneaky.
You have to remember "white on right" and "queen on her color" to set up a board correctly.
I've never heard of "white on right" before. And I never even realized that checkmate could be achieved in four moves until I joined this website.
In fact, most of what you said I don't even know about.
Technically, the fastest checkmate is 1.f3 e5 2.g4 Qh4#.
So, to add someting to the list, "You know you're a bad chess player if you can loose a game in 2 moves". (Which I've already done in Live chess).
I am now in shock and awe at how quickly checkmate can be achieved.
But that still leaves one question: what does 'white on right' mean.
- Your opponent laughs tentatively after you double jump their knight and bishop with your pawn and declare "king me!"
Well this settles it:
Next time I promote a pawn, I'm declaring 'Queen Me'!
theunderground702
I just laughed so hard at this.
Frankdawg
Everyone is a bad chess player. Not one game of chess in the history of man or computer was without errors.
AfafBouardi
Does one really need signs?
I thought a game without errors would lead to a draw, and definitely not a win for black?
Nope, wrong. Chess is actually solved as a win for black, as another famous game between world champions with no errors proves:
Chess is solved as a win for black?
karikal
When the going gets tough, you think your opponent is a spoil-sport !!
Rob625
No, it isn't. I think he was joking. But it isn't solved as a draw, either; that's what it would mean if you could prove that perfect play leads to a draw.
As far as I know, chess is a very long way from being solved.
BorgQueen
I'm sure RD was joking.
GeordiLaForge
You still think two dimensional chess is hard.
whirlwind2011
Now, wait a minute! Those Fischer-Spassky and Kramnik-Topalov games are not error-less games! In each game, White forfeited. I'd call that an error!
Elona
Nice saying.
madhacker
1) You 'analyse' games by simply playing through the moves, and refuse to try any variations in case you forget what the position was.
2) You insist on showing your games to stronger players, but refuse to listen to their advice.
3) You think the easiest way to draw with a stronger player is to swap as many pieces off as you can.
4) You try to cling on in strategically lost positions rather than playing for counterplay.
Optimum225
Shouldn't games that have less errors be mostly draws?
Mazkor
You lose a game without a single piece or pawn being taken.
AnthonyCG
You resign because they took your favorite pawn.
MyCowsCanFly
87654321
To assess the position you count the taken pieces at the side of the board
>:)
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