same. a4/h4 getting the rooks out! horrible. i sometimes play beginners who do that and i squash them, of course i would squash them anyhow if they knew theory till move 20, but still!
Crappy thing you did as a total beginner
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Lent my book My 60 Memorable Games by Fischer to a friend at School who never gave it back :(
Should have never have done that.
As a total beginner, I played the scholars mate. But i always took with the bishop instead of the queen. 
kassary wrote:
As a total beginner, I played the scholars mate. But i always took with the bishop instead of the queen.
haha. That's excellent.
I often remember attacking a queen with my rook when the rook was unprotected, moving the knights twice within the first 4 moves for no reason and most importantly, I gave away pieces for free 10x more often than I do now 
yeah i remeber hoping people would miss that they could take my queen!
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I remember playing pure K+R versus K+R for a while, trying to figure out a cunning way to capture his rook. Someone walked by and pointed out that whenever I threatened his rook with my own, my opponent could just capture it, but I wasn't convinced.
ErictheRed78 wrote:
I remember playing pure K+R versus K+R for a while, trying to figure out a cunning way to capture his took.
Nothing annoyed me more than when someone was playing on in a K+Q vs K+Q endgame. I offered him a draw constantly. The joke was on him as I ended up skewering them and he resigned.
Cheddarman1 wrote:
ErictheRed78 wrote:
I remember playing pure K+R versus K+R for a while, trying to figure out a cunning way to capture his took.
Nothing annoyed me more than when someone was playing on in a K+Q vs K+Q endgame. I offered him a draw constantly. The joke was on him as I ended up skewering them and he resigned.
+10 for you, anyone that refuses a draw in a clearly drawn position deserves to have their queen captured in a skewer 
Is Q+K vs Q+K always a draw?
Dec 20, 2013
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ErictheRed78 wrote:
I remember playing pure K+R versus K+R for a while, trying to figure out a cunning way to capture his rook. Someone walked by and pointed out that whenever I threatened his rook with my own, my opponent could just capture it, but I wasn't convinced.
As well you should not have been... a skewer might have been possible.
Worst thing I ever did was never learn about tactics or strategy. That, and thinking 2. Qh5 was a good move.
Trying to remember every opening I play several moves deep, because who wants to risk white bleeding his slight opening advantage into a win (though with best play can whittle down to equality anyway) and as white who wouldn't want to do that?
Dec 20, 2013
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I used to fianchetto both bishops. I didn't even know what a fianchetto was, so basically, I'm a chess genius. Actually, I played on such a low level that the reason I fianchettoed my bishops was so that if black/white made a mistake by playing b2/b6 or g2/g6 I could take a rook. Mind you, I had just learnt how the pieces move.
Dec 20, 2013
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Most people starting out don't know the relative piece values, other than "the queen is the most powerful". I can't really remember what I did, but I'm pretty sure I would trade rooks for opponents minor pieces all the time, and make really bad pawn moves that left my king exposed.
I rejected 1.e4 as a complete beginner because it exposes the pawn to attack. Then I found out about castling then it seemed better.
Dec 20, 2013
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I wouldn't castle. Ever. Luckily in comparision to my opponents I was pretty good.
When i was a beginner, I didnt know what castling was... So when some guy played it against me in my first tournament, I said to him, "Hey! You can't do that!" Then everyone nearby looked at me. Yeah, it was bad.
control alt delete, open task manager, click end task on Adobe Flash or plug in, rinse, and repeat ^_^
When I started to play chess, I always did horrible moves (well, I still do, but less horrible). Like, I always opened with a4 or h4 because I wanted to develop rook through a and h files. Then I understood that that strategy didn't work. I only knew the moves, no opening strategy, no middlegames, no endgame, no nothing. I made almost always random moves, without thinking, because I didn't know what to do. Then I read about opening strategy and piece development, and I started to understand a bit more. What about you?