Awkward Chess statements made by Parents to me - Chess Forums - Page 4

AunTheKnight

Dec 19, 2021

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#61

B1ZMARK wrote:

AunTheKnight wrote:

B1ZMARK wrote:

llama47 wrote:

After one tournament game where I beat a girl who was probably around 10 years old, her mom came up and asked me "who trained you how to beat my daughter?"

Her daughter was 1200 by the way.

Reminds me of when I was in elementary school. Kid named Geon was 1200 rated in first grade. We all thought he was a god and we worshipped the ground he walked on. He lost a game and we’d be like “geon how did you LOSE!?!?” He would say, “guys I’m not that good” but none of us believed him.

Now I feel sorry that he had to deal with us

That’s my situation.

… elaborate????

People think I’m a god at chess, but as you can see, I’m average or even below average.

nTzT

Dec 19, 2021

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#62

AunTheKnight wrote:

B1ZMARK wrote:

AunTheKnight wrote:

B1ZMARK wrote:

llama47 wrote:

After one tournament game where I beat a girl who was probably around 10 years old, her mom came up and asked me "who trained you how to beat my daughter?"

Her daughter was 1200 by the way.

Reminds me of when I was in elementary school. Kid named Geon was 1200 rated in first grade. We all thought he was a god and we worshipped the ground he walked on. He lost a game and we’d be like “geon how did you LOSE!?!?” He would say, “guys I’m not that good” but none of us believed him.

Now I feel sorry that he had to deal with us

That’s my situation.

… elaborate????

People think I’m a god at chess, but as you can see, I’m average or even below average.

This is not what average looks like

Anonymous_Dragon

Dec 19, 2021

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#63

ricorat wrote:

Oh here’s another one that my parents will say. When they’re talking to other adults, they will brag and say “our son is really good at chess, like he doesn’t just play he studies the moves”. Meanwhile the average club play would kick my @$$ xD

Sounds like a typical average asian parent .

Like our parents like to boast so much , sometimes they say stuff that's embarassing.

Lobster62

Dec 19, 2021

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#64

Or this gem from my wife's sister:

"You can't REALLY call yourself a chess player. You aren't in a club and have never played in any tournaments."

PlayByDay

Dec 20, 2021

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#65

Lobster62 skrev:

Or this gem from my wife's sister:

"You can't REALLY call yourself a chess player. You aren't in a club and have never played in any tournaments."

She has a point tho. Technically, anybody who played at least one game of chess can call themselves "chess player", not sure if that applies to people who played zero game, zero lessons and only one puzzle on an account from 2014.

But most people use this type of term for people who play on a pro or semi-pro level of seriousness. Someone who just plays some ball with friends in the backyard is not a fotball/soccer player, someone who sing in the shower and plays a couple accord on guitar is not a musician and someone who cooks a mean pasta is not a chef. Chef is the most obvious since it's a job title.

PuzzleTraining_20onTwitch

Dec 20, 2021

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#66

These are so funny, I wish I could have seen the look on your face when you got these questions.

Jenium

Dec 20, 2021

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#67

I encountered a variation of #8: "Okay, you beat me in 20 moves, so you are not bad. But yesterday I played this other guy and he beat me in just 10 moves. So he is REALLY strong."

Anonymous_Dragon

Dec 20, 2021

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#68

I told my mom about mine and Carlsen's online rating. I told her I was 1600 and he was 3200 .

"You played just a year and you are 1600 . I am sure you will get to 3000 by the next year "

CannedAsparagus

Dec 20, 2021

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#69

Anonymous_Dragon wrote:

I told my mom about mine and Carlsen's online rating. I told her I was 1600 and he was 3200 .

"You played just a year and you are 1600 . I am sure you will get to 3000 by the next year "

1600 within one year is pretty impressive, though.

sndeww

Dec 20, 2021

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#70

Anonymous_Dragon wrote:

ricorat wrote:

Oh here’s another one that my parents will say. When they’re talking to other adults, they will brag and say “our son is really good at chess, like he doesn’t just play he studies the moves”. Meanwhile the average club play would kick my @$$ xD

Sounds like a typical average asian parent .

Like our parents like to boast so much , sometimes they say stuff that's embarassing.

People keep asking me if I am a master in chess in my city. I have to tell them, no, but I’m trying, and it’s hard to study my chess if little kids keep walking up to me to ask me stupid questions. It doesn’t help that my 1969 uscf friend keeps saying that I’m a master and I’d kick his butt. Like dude chill, my rating is like four points higher than you jeez

Woollensock2

Dec 20, 2021

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#71

I see that Anonymous_Dragon still likes dressing up as a woman, really quite kinky ! 🤣

AunTheKnight

Dec 20, 2021

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#72

nTzT wrote:

AunTheKnight wrote:

B1ZMARK wrote:

AunTheKnight wrote:

B1ZMARK wrote:

llama47 wrote:

After one tournament game where I beat a girl who was probably around 10 years old, her mom came up and asked me "who trained you how to beat my daughter?"

Her daughter was 1200 by the way.

Reminds me of when I was in elementary school. Kid named Geon was 1200 rated in first grade. We all thought he was a god and we worshipped the ground he walked on. He lost a game and we’d be like “geon how did you LOSE!?!?” He would say, “guys I’m not that good” but none of us believed him.

Now I feel sorry that he had to deal with us

That’s my situation.

… elaborate????

People think I’m a god at chess, but as you can see, I’m average or even below average.

This is not what average looks like

I meant in over-the-board, not online.

ricorat

Dec 20, 2021

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#73

Anonymous_Dragon wrote:

ricorat wrote:

Oh here’s another one that my parents will say. When they’re talking to other adults, they will brag and say “our son is really good at chess, like he doesn’t just play he studies the moves”. Meanwhile the average club play would kick my @$$ xD

Sounds like a typical average asian parent .

Like our parents like to boast so much , sometimes they say stuff that's embarassing.

Yes, but in my case, they’re not asian. They’re white xD

A-Primitive-Idiot

Dec 24, 2021

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#74

ricorat, are you telling me the average club play is 2000+?

nTzT

Dec 25, 2021

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#75

A-Primitive-Idiot wrote:

ricorat, are you talking me the average club play is 2000+?

Talking you?

A-Primitive-Idiot

Dec 25, 2021

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#76

nTzT wrote:

A-Primitive-Idiot wrote:

ricorat, are you talking me the average club play is 2000+?

Talking you?

I don't know what you mean by that. What does "talking you" mean?

PlayByDay

Dec 25, 2021

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#77

A-Primitive-Idiot skrev:

nTzT wrote:

A-Primitive-Idiot wrote:

ricorat, are you talking me the average club play is 2000+?

Talking you?

I don't know what you mean by that. What does "talking you" mean?

You wrote "talking me" instead of "telling me". Mystery solved!

ricorat

Dec 25, 2021

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#78

A-Primitive-Idiot wrote:

ricorat, are you talking me the average club play is 2000+?

No usually 1600 uscf in the USA

nTzT

Dec 25, 2021

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#79

ricorat wrote:

A-Primitive-Idiot wrote:

ricorat, are you talking me the average club play is 2000+?

No usually 1600 uscf in the USA

I think the average USCF is around 1400, not so? Or are you specifically talking about "club players" or whatever that means o.O

ricorat

Dec 25, 2021

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#80

nTzT wrote:

ricorat wrote:

A-Primitive-Idiot wrote:

ricorat, are you talking me the average club play is 2000+?

No usually 1600 uscf in the USA

I think the average USCF is around 1400, not so? Or are you specifically talking about "club players" or whatever that means o.O

Maybe it is then