1000 signs you're not a very good chess player

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9317: You manage to break the ELO system dropping below 0 into the negatives so far that you reach back up and end up with a higher ELO than Stockfish 16

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how are there more reasons that comments cry

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no idea

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some people post multiple reasons in one comment

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9318. You used quadratic formula to calculate advantage (you were wrong)

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9319: You don't move your knight properly because of parabola

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9321 you become low elo master

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9322 your knight moves in a lower case l

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9323. You say "if i capture a piece you must resign"-and your opponent agrees

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9324. You played a game and wrote down all moves. Show it to your coach who then says “90% of these are illegal moves made by opponent no wonder you got mated in 2”

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9325: ur opponent took all of ur pieces without u knowing

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9326. Somehow you got checkmated in just one move! Even faster than Fool's Mate!!

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Sophych wrote:

9324. You played a game and wrote down all moves. Show it to your coach who then says “90% of these are illegal moves made by opponent no wonder you got mated in 2”

Just a wondering: how can 90% of the moves be illegal if there were only two moves??

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Just "a" wondering

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That's funny

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9327. You lost your queen on move 1

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9238. Your opponent moves and you hear the capture sound, but you can't remember what piece you had on that square. You start desperately scanning the board looking for your queen.

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You think 'control the center' means decorating the board by arranging your pieces artistically

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Your game strategy includes double and triple jumps.

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you draw a drawing of a GM to tell people you drew a GM