Best excuse for losing

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When you lose at chess, what excuses, if any, do you use to either comfort yourself, or trivialize the achievement of your opponent?

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"Hope chess"...wait, that's not an excuse.

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...I was tired/sleepy/can't focus. Cool

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My cat stepped on the keyboard and disabled my engine.

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I can't wait for your 10.000th thread. Something tells me I won't have to wait for very long.

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When I lose, it's usually because I had no idea what to do in one or more positions, and ended up making a poor move. I guess that means my favorite excuse is "I just plain suck at chess." Which isn't really comforting to me, but definitely trivializes my opponents victory!Tongue Out

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kleelof wrote:

My cat stepped on the keyboard and disabled my engine.

Laughing

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Blinded by the Sun! Or I trip on the carpet!

Avatar of SilentKnighte5

My opponent had a stronger engine than me.

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His winning move wasn't covered in my study of the 20th chess book I bought this week!

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I just wanted to write a reminder to myself on a sheet of paper to play harder. ;-)

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I wasn't feeling to well.

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I watch some newbies and i hear i let you sometimes from them. Also i hear i do not want him/her to know all my moves. Or i hear was bored or i was just tired of winning. Then you have it was just a game.

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My opponent cheated!!!

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I justlost because i accidentally  premoved and lost my queen & or someone was yeing at me and  i lost my concentration

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Chess is a flawed game.

Had it been designed correctly, my opponent would have been punished for his inaccurate play!

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she was blowing me a kiss

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Nigel Short was right we are not built for chess

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clarapca wrote:

Nigel Short was right we are not built for chess

Good one.

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clarapca wrote:

Nigel Short was right we are not built for chess

Ouch!  Well played.