Signs you're a bad chess player

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Ben_Dubuque

You purchase the book "New developments in the Classical Bongcloud Out Flank Variation with 9. ... a5?!" by Lenny Bongcloud

Javan64
Past_Pawn wrote:

You actually purchased the book "Chess for Dummies".


No...but I did check it out of my local library!

frrixz

You think "opposite-color" bishops means a white bishop and a black bishop.

Ben_Dubuque

You resign/loose on time after this move

Conflagration_Planet

You offer to pay Lenny Bongcloud to be your chess coach.

PrawnEatsPrawn

You get your pawn to the other side then declare "King me!".

PrawnEatsPrawn
ChristianSoldier007 wrote:
Past_Pawn wrote:

You actually purchased the book "Chess for Dummies".


 I did buy the idiot's guide to chess :D


 

Did you manage to keep up? SurprisedLaughingInnocent

motherinlaw

your chess.com name is "motherinlaw"   Wink


Ben_Dubuque

Lenny Bongcloud (RIP), rest his soul, declines your payment as chess coach and says your hopeless

and BTW this is the Outflank Variation of the Classical Bongcloud with 9. ... a5!? which is considered to complex for beginers to understand thouroghly.

 

MyCowsCanFly

Sign you are a bad chess player:

  • You have spent the requisite 10,000 hours to become an expert, bad chess player.
vowles_23

You catch your bishop looking at pawn.

MoonlessNight

If Bobo the monkey resents being called your equal

stocke

You think that Fool's mate is a good thing.

MyCowsCanFly
  • Walmart won't acccept the return of your chess set because of the smiley faces on the pawns.
  • You weighted your set by placing each piece on top of a stack of pennies.
fissionfowl

You offer to pay Woodshover to be your coach.

WhiteFang13
Kolob68

Your opponent checkmates you and you tell him he missed capturing your queen and explain to him a queen is worth 9 points.

jtt96

Good one!

Ben_Dubuque

You purchase Lenny Bongclouds first book, " The Classical Bongcloud, Zigzag Attack, Pope's Gambit Variation"

Krone

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