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white is an idiot.

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This never gets old.

Oh, wait, yes it does.

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This is like posting the ABCs on a literature afficionado site.

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Wow!  This is amazing!

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It would be nice to see the annotations. I guess the point is the importance of a proper pawn structure. I can see White was trying to form the letter W with pawns. I'm pretty much against trying to spelling stuff with your pawns in the opening. 

If he was trying to spell "Wow" as suggested by batgirl, he'd probably run out of space.

I read this is dyslexia awareness month. At least that wouldn't be a problem.

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You know what's funny, I play this sometimes and my opponent declines it.  Therefore, I name the opening 1. f3 e5 2. g4 and here black plays anything other than Qh4 the Fool's Mate Declined.

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But "W" is for Win!

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corpsporc wrote:

You know what's funny, I play this sometimes and my opponent declines it.  Therefore, I name the opening 1. f3 e5 2. g4 and here black plays anything other than Qh4 the Fool's Mate Declined.


I'm not finding a lot of theory out there on this.

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TheGrobe wrote:
corpsporc wrote:

You know what's funny, I play this sometimes and my opponent declines it.  Therefore, I name the opening 1. f3 e5 2. g4 and here black plays anything other than Qh4 the Fool's Mate Declined.


I'm not finding a lot of theory out there on this.


The idea is to keep Qh4# an option the entire game.  You may move your h-pawn to h3, but all other play must be with the pieces on the queen side, excluding the queen.

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I had it right the first time.

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andrewf2002 wrote:

white is an idiot.


 you obviously were white Tongue out

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goldendog wrote:

This is like posting the ABCs on a literature afficionado site.


Best post on this thread, there. Hands down.

That said, threads like these (bad ones, in general) are the reason I signed up for Second Life. Back then, my life was so great (minus the dumb threads) that I literally wanted a second one. Absolutely everything was the same... except I could fly.

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corpsporc wrote:

You know what's funny, I play this sometimes and my opponent declines it.  Therefore, I name the opening 1. f3 e5 2. g4 and here black plays anything other than Qh4 the Fool's Mate Declined.


Most chess websites nullify the results of a game that ends too quickly. This usually includes the fools mate. I think that's why you see the Fool's Mate Declined in online chess.

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A real OTB game that features the Fool's Mate Declined. Although, the decliner's name was Patzer...
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talybont wrote:
A real OTB game that features the Fool's Mate Declined. Although, the decliner's name was Patzer...

Is this a game between two sub 1000 players or was it fixed?

P.S. That's not a draw. Black still has checkmate on h4.That's why I say it might have been fixed if this is a higher level tournament.

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Drawn by agreement, and between two players I think are somewhere around 2000. So yeah, it's pretty obviously an arranged draw.

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Fools mate declined , lol. Right up there with the bongcloud.

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LOL FUNNY. fools mate declined

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rooperi wrote:

Fools mate declined , lol. Right up there with the bongcloud.


Oh yeah!

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TheGrobe wrote:
corpsporc wrote:

You know what's funny, I play this sometimes and my opponent declines it.  Therefore, I name the opening 1. f3 e5 2. g4 and here black plays anything other than Qh4 the Fool's Mate Declined.


I'm not finding a lot of theory out there on this.


The concept is a riot. I'm eagerly awaiting "Winning with the Fool's Mate Declined."