10 Things Only Chess Players Understand

Blundering a queen and still saying “I had a good position.”

That moment when you premove... and they don’t take.

Rage-analyzing a bullet game like it was the Candidates.

Typing “gg” while screaming inside.

Losing to the Bongcloud and questioning your life.

Sacrificing a piece and praying it’s “theory.”

Getting stuck at 1398. For weeks.

Winning on time with 0.1s and feeling immortal.

Staring at a puzzle saying “that’s not human.”

Saying “last game”... five times in a row.