Signs you're a bad chess player

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e4nf3

If you are losing (ONLY then), you revert to the classic book move named the Capablanca Fly Gambit.

"What is that, a fly on your forehead?", you exclaim while leaning forward to swat it.

froghollow

When you only play blind people , and move their pieces for them .

e4nf3

You are down to only your king and either a knight or a bishop; your opponent (who has a Class J USCF rating) has naught but his king.

You assert that the 50-move rule does not apply to you because you are winning and closing in on the kill.

To this you add: "Thank God we are not using clocks."

AnastasiaStyles
sanan22 wrote:

you make 8 pawn moves out of the first 10 moves


Current top rated player at Blitz on this site did it primarily using a Hippopotamus Attack based system, if I recall correctly.

Edit: By this I mean "rated on this site". Obviously the top rated OTB player, probably highest OTB rated at Blitz too, who also has an account on this site is Magnus Carlsen, not that he uses it as far as I'm aware.

chessdude46

DId they win?

AnastasiaStyles
chessdude46 wrote:

DId they win?


Often enough:

http://www.chess.com/livechess/profile/Eilyisum 

"In time and after more than a hundred hours of work, I nearly perfected my “hippopotamus” anti-engine opening system.  I continued to play my “normal” openings against human players.  If you go through my games history and see me play a “normal” opening against an opponent, it means that I at least believed he was human."

Ben_Dubuque

That NN guy is always loosing, Even In Bongcloud Chess

In the Oldest Recorded Bongcloud Game

e4nf3

You know you are a bad chess player when instead of making your opponent crap his pants, the shoe is on the other foot.

Javan64
e4nf3 wrote:

You know you are a bad chess player when instead of making your opponent crap his pants, the shoe is on the other foot.


He crapped in your shoe, or what?

e4nf3

No, no... I was talking about you. Just trying to be polite.

Javan64

Oh...I crapped in your shoe, eh? Laughing

e4nf3

If I want any crap from you, I'll squeeze your lips. Kiss

Ben_Dubuque

refer to post 1056

e4nf3

You are a bad chess player when you don't know the difference between a fork and a spoon.

chessdude46

Refer to post 1066.

chessdude46

Refer to post 1065.

DrSarnie

What he said.

e4nf3

As a bad chessplayer, you think a pin is something to be found in a haystack.

17maimona
10acious wrote: You play a4 or h4 as your first move, to bring the rook out early, cause a rook raid (OK I did that when I was a kid, thought it was fun but it loses you the game!) Not if ur opponent also plays a4 h4 then it's a draw
speepman123
Haha I found e4nf3 comment amusing