What does it mean to "adopt" someone?

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People put they "adopted" certain players in their description. What does it mean?

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Winning 10 games in a row.

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yeah

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and double adopted means 20

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Nylonsock wrote:
It means they are supporting the player financially 🤷‍♂️

With free diamond membership and snacks

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tofudriftingboi wrote:
Nylonsock wrote:
It means they are supporting the player financially 🤷‍♂️

With free diamond membership and snacks

anddddd... tofu! happy.png

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It’s mafia speak for kidnapping
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Adoption is the act of winning 10 games in a row, thereby completely humiliating your opponent and bringing them under your parental control.

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Oh, I see

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Win 10-0...

Haha, pretty funny!

Got my @ss beaten by a NM once. Pretty funny, had a few laughs over discord... ;P

Not all adoptions are that way though, sadly. 

Beat a CM same day, he was playing a simul and underestimated me (I was USCF ~450 at the time...)

He proceeded to blunder mate in one in front of all his friends, pretty funny happy.png 

Here is a bit of what I can remember from the position:

 

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goldenwriter wrote:
Lc0_1 wrote:

Win 10-0...

Haha, pretty funny!

Got my @ss beaten by a NM once. Pretty funny, had a few laughs over discord... ;P

Not all adoptions are that way though, sadly. 

Beat a CM same day, he was playing a simul and underestimated me (I was USCF ~450 at the time...)

He proceeded to blunder mate in one in front of all his friends, pretty funny  

Here is a bit of what I can remember from the position:

 

philsopihcal

Hehe...

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VladmirTal wrote:

Adoption ? Silly question. Adoption means like taking a dog out of a pound and adopting it like one of your own puppies.

You beat up someone so bad in chess that they are legally your child

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If you got adopted, it means that the person is now your daddy/mommy

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Yo
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necroposters these days

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Pretty disgusting.

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boohoo

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Remember Beth Harmon was adopted and she became the best chess player in the world.

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Just like adopting a kid that needs taken into your arms right? Like Me!

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When u give some one share of your chess knowledge like Kasparov and Karpov were adopted chess sons of botvinnik