5,000 Signs You Don't Know Enough About Chess
451. you think the queen's gambit means that you have to sacrifice your queen
795. After much debate, you decide not to take this queen, for the reason that you know theres an opening out there called the Queens Gambit Declined that the grandmasters all play.
451. you think the queen's gambit means that you have to sacrifice your queen
795. After much debate, you decide not to take this queen, for the reason that you know theres an opening out there called the Queens Gambit Declined that the grandmasters all play.
796. Your opponents plays a "queen's gambit" and you lose.
797. You hear about countergambits and are delighted when you play another opponent who decides to sac his queen. Instead of taking this queen, you sac your own and let the opponents' escape.
798. After losing, you adopt the queen sac as your favourite opening, because it saves you from Fool's mate sometimes.
800. You play 3. Qc6!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -exclamation marks are your personal annotations
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805. You ALWAYS set the challenge settings to white so you never have to play black.
806. You prefer to play black because you think moving second gives you a big advantage.
807. You say that black can only get a draw--never a win
808. You say that white can never lose or draw
809. You say that your opponent is cheating by castling queenside
810. You say you need to study the K + N vs. K endgame
811. You say you need to study the K + B vs. K endgame
812. You say you need to study the K + N + N vs. K endgame
813. You resign when you have 2 rooks and a queen because your opponent has a pawn that you don't think you can stop
814. You say this is one of your games you are proud of:
815. You think a fianchetto is a type of pizza
When you do en passant and your opponent says,"You can't do that!"
My opponent, my cousins friend, a 17 year old, said that.