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What is the most stupid thing you ever done in chess?

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Leftehnuhnt-Lmao

wonderful question!!

after a long thought, it was letting my brother teach me the game so that he could use me to practice against for his games against the former Irish champion Philip Short.

here is Philip with Nigel Short at Bunratty.

Nigel is the one with the joke beard.

HisGregcellence
Not pressing the clock
HisGregcellence
I lost on time in a winning position because of that
Zarseem

Realising was mate in 1 after move

kynathan
A3
Bro12Bob
In what
thuaforever

got mated in 1..

Bkbest99
thuaforever wrote:

got mated in 1..

huh

crystal0192

stalemated my dad when i had 5 pawns and two rooks vs a king and a pawn.

AshsongOfSkyClan
I moved my queen bc my bishop was able to ‘catch it’ to where my other bishop could also ‘catch it’ and freaked out thinking I was going to lose my queen. There’s probably been worse but this is the only one I can remember right now.
Bro12Bob
You guys have done so many stupid things, but when 1000 players have
post what the most stupid thing they
have done in chess is should I say
what the ultimate enormous stupid
thing I have done is (you gonna laugh when you hear it)!

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
DGoopy
HisGregcellence wrote:
Not pressing the clock

Your opponent didn’t have the respect to remind you to press your clock? That’s a cheap win for your opponent.

Aiden-hiferd

Making three queens without knowing it's checkmate after one move

chessenjoyer833
mikewier wrote:

Travelled halfway across the country to play in a tournament, stayed up all night playing cards, overslept, and missed the morning round.

I actually feel bad for you😢