1000 Signs that you play chess too much

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finalunpurez
jrzmath99 wrote:

1.When someone asks you "What is 5x9?" You say that it is 5 queens.

2.You have played over 1000 games on chess.com.

3. You are constanly watching your online games in case somebody moved on them

4. You see a castle and you call it a rook

5. You call horses knights

6. When you are playing a strategy game, you think that you can only move 1 unit at a time

7. You find it easy to come up with signs that you play chess too much

8. You know from experience that knights and bishops are worth exactly the same

i have 5 of the signs.

cferrel

When you can read both descriptive and algebraic notation fluently. 

nameno1had
cferrel wrote:

When you can read both descriptive and algebraic notation fluently. 

They want them numbered in order so they can count them easier...you made me think of one you can add...you can play only using notation with someone else...you like to play yourself would be another good one

msjenned

46. You have checkquered table mat, coaster, table cloth, door mats, curtain, carpet, bedsheet, blanket.

chessmaster102

47. Everytime you see a 4 digit number you feel like playing someone with that rating.

48.You can rember a bunch of countries you've never seen or been to cause there labeled as a opening/variation you play.

49. Your more heart broken over losing a game to a lower rated player in a tournament than breaking up with the girl youve been dating for months.

LeggomyEigo

50. You refer to your wife as, "The Queen."

51. The idea of sacking the queen doesn't bring the same pleasure it brought in high school.

epoqueepique

52. In the city, you ride your motorcycle like you are a piece on the chessboard.

gregkurrell

53. You tell people "chess is exciting" because you enjoy it

54. You tell people you are tired from playing too much chess "too much excitement"

Ben_Dubuque

55. you know Algebraic and Descriptive notation

chessblood
jetfighter13 wrote:

COD (call of duty right [too bad they killed Soap])

Spoiler Alert!!!!!!!

azziralc

56. Always in house (playing chess online games)

azziralc

57. You know even the Forsthye Notation.

1RedKnight99
finalunpurez wrote:
jrzmath99 wrote:

1.When someone asks you "What is 5x9?" You say that it is 5 queens.

2.You have played over 1000 games on chess.com.

3. You are constanly watching your online games in case somebody moved on them

4. You see a castle and you call it a rook

5. You call horses knights

6. When you are playing a strategy game, you think that you can only move 1 unit at a time

7. You find it easy to come up with signs that you play chess too much

8. You know from experience that knights and bishops are worth exactly the same

i have 5 of the signs.

Of all of them, or just the ones I posted?

58. You buy a giant book of chess puzzles and spend your free time solving them. 

59. You think of what opening you are going to play in your next game.

60. You have seen most opening "novelties" before and know how to respond to them.

61. You hang both your rooks in a tournament and afterwards you are really angry.

62. You wonder how this got to 62 clues, since most of your games have less than 62 moves.

littlehotpot

63: You wake up and the first thing you do is  login in on here

Castlemore

64.  You're constantly listening for the "tock" sound on your computer, iPhone and iPad, signifying that someone has moved in one of your online matches.

bcoburn2

My kids are named KP , QP and QB4.

atarw

65. Your friends tell you to marry chess.

66. Wherever u look, you think of people of queens, bishops, knights, etc.

atarw

Is anyone here talking from experience?

LOL

Ben_Dubuque

yes

mitharris

67. You think things through way too much; conversations now have various lines and only one is winning. 

68. You know what a winning line is.