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Milo543
May 12, 2023
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#2041

When you move your pawns backward and off the board.

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divitrocks2012
Aug 12, 2024
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#2042

Interesting... signs that you're a bad chess player... alright, here we go! happy.png Here are 3 signs that you're a bad chess player

1. YOU DON'T PRACTICE (Practicing with the bots are a great way to get better at chess play this bot to get better (play without the hints!): https://www.chess.com/play/computer/Komodo23

2. You rush to win on time (Rushing to win on time is bad, you make lots of blunders, someone even got fools mated)

3. Overconfidence (You're very high rated let's say 2000 and you're playing against an 800, you can blunder due to your overconfidence)

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nathan1934
Aug 20, 2024
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#2043
Ladya79 wrote:

All of these are true for me:

1. You were 1200 2 years ago on another site, and it's taken you 2 years to work your way back up to 1000.

2. Your 7-year-old cousin is playing you and he says, "You are VERY EASY!"

3. Your colleagues at the chess club are debating the merits of the Najdorf vs. the Scheveningen, and you have no idea what they're actually discussing.

4. You drop your queen in a tournament, and your 10-year-old opponent laughs.

5. Your opponent gets both of your rooks in another tournament. For free.

6. Your opponent glares at you with utter contempt during a practice game.

7. Above opponent would rather do his math homework than play you.

8. "Good game" is the nicest thing you'll ever hear after you finish a game.

9. More than one chess coach has written you off as a lost cause.

10. You wonder why you're down a pawn or more after a so-called "exchange..."

I can relate to number 10.

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Queen_Bird
Jan 19, 2026
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#2044

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You consult a chess engine for help with your game, and it tells you that you should have resigned 5 moves ago, and would probably be best if you forget chess and take up stamp collecting.

 

 

Karpov reference? (He does stamp collecting)

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Queen_Bird
Jan 19, 2026
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#2045
frrixz wrote:
ReasonableDoubt wrote:

Your repertoire consists mostly of gambits.

You compare your style to Morphy.

Your idea of a tactic is taking a pinned piece.

You think pawn endings are simple.

You slap !! on half of your moves in the post-mortem, despite losing the game.

You bought Rybka instead of getting a stronger engine for free.

You think the four move checkmate is sneaky.

You think of your "style" as positional when in reality you're just scared of tactics.

You are either terrified of openings or you claim to be an expert in them.

You play long strings of theory despite not having a clue what is going on in the game.

You get Kasparov and Karpov mixed up.

You have to remember "white on right" and "queen on her color" to set up a board correctly.

You look at the letters and numbers when you notate.

Your idea of a strong move is one that "they won't expect".

You think that your chess.com rating is an accurate indication of your playing strength.

You think that GMs today are "wimpy" for having too many drawn games.

Your idea of psychology in chess is desperately trying to trade pieces whenever you play a stronger opponent.

You play Najdorf/Catalan and claim to fully understand it.

And last, but not least:

You are rated over 2700 turn-based at chess.com.

thanx, now I know for sure.

I thought lots of people look at letters and numbers when they notate