5,000 Signs You Don't Know Enough About Chess

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651.your just too dumb

ClavierCavalier
coneheadzombie wrote:

This is your favorite opening

If I were black, that would be my favorite opening.

bishop987

652.you accept a draw when a queen and 2 rooks up

653.you think you can move your own peices off the board

654. you think you can move you opponent's peices for him.

chessgm8

655. You know how to mate with a queen--but have not won with 6 queens
656. You have an 11x11 board, and say, "Where are the other pieces?"
657. If you were to combine all these signs into one, it would equal: your play
658. You offer constant draws, hoping your opponent will run out of time
659. You offer constant draws, hoping your opponent will not see the mate
660. You need to download an app that shows all the legal moves in order to play a game

Aleister666

661: Scholar's Mate

Chessman265

662: As black, you play

1.e4 e5

2.Qh5 Ke7

3.Qxe4#

Chessman265
Chessman265

663. Your white and you play this sequence often, and get it kicked around.

Chessman265

664. You think that bughouse is when you play with bug pieces.

(For those who really don't know, its a chess game with 2 people on a team. Search it up!)

ClavierCavalier
chessgm8 wrote:

655. You know how to mate with a queen--but have not won with 6 queens
656. You have an 11x11 board, and say, "Where are the other pieces?"
657. If you were to combine all these signs into one, it would equal: your play
658. You offer constant draws, hoping your opponent will run out of time
659. You offer constant draws, hoping your opponent will not see the mate
660. You need to download an app that shows all the legal moves in order to play a game

655 seems a little ambigous.  I've mated several times with a K+Q, but I've never promoted enough pawns to mate with 6 queens, therefore I've never won with 6 queens.

ClavierCavalier

665.  You always try for the scholar's mate, thinking that your opponent can't stop it.

Seriously, eveytime I see 1. e3, the opponent goes for the scholar's mate.  It's like they think they'll win in a few turns so a real move like 1. e4 is useless.

RSzgvYzxpizmp
greg135 wrote:

633. You forget that knights can give check

 



I didn't forget that knights can give check; I put the king on the wrong square. My mistake.

I have corrected it now.

RSzgvYzxpizmp
chessgm8 wrote:
RSzgvYzxpizmp wrote:

623. Immediately after you castle, you realise that it makes your king harder to defend and "un-castle" on your next move to return the king and rook to their original positions.

624. You think double-check is when you are in check but before responding you put your opponent in check so that he must respond first (can continue to triple-check, quadruple-check, etc.).

625. You don't know what Los Alamos is.

626. You think the king is unable to capture pieces.

I already said 626!

You did? I thought I had read them all and I didn't see it. What number or what page?

ilike1d4

667.You think shaking hands in OTB signifies an exchange of kings

ilike1d4

668. You think the above diagram shows a Chess Opening and are annoyed that the ECO has not been written on.

ilike1d4

669. You've never heard of castling.

670. When some-one explains how to castle: "Castling is ... blah blah... then you move your rook ... blah ...", you say, (very politely) "I'm sorry, I haven't got a pet rook. Will a blackbird do?"

671. You have never EVER won a game of chess. In fact, you can't even remember the last time you drew.

*scratches head* "Was it on the day I first learnt the moves, and a guy offered me queen, 2 rooks, 2 bishops, 2 knights and 8 pawns odds, so that he just had a bare king?" *slaps forehead* "Of course it must have been! I remember he took all my pieces with his king. I tried resigning but he said it king vs king's a draw, even though he was going to capture my king next move! That was my best game ever.



UltraLaser

672. When you think that M4 is a chess square (I know someone that did)

ilike1d4

673. You looked at White's play above and you fall to the ground in pure amazement and wonder, saying, "I wish I could play like that!"Surprised

beardogjones
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ilike1d4

674. You were White and you played this game: