I going to surrender to the power that is Elubas!
I clearly see that it is no other way. His POV is way too strong and complex.
Don't be THAT guy at the chess tournament
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Speaking of arbiter's, wouldn't uncle Phil be the best? - sure he'd miss a lot but who could hold onto strife with all the firm embracing going on.
Bring your Non stop Nagging Mother In Law and introduce her to your opponent. Warning to avoid it backfiring have your ear plugs ready.
Hey just cut to the chase and Jack the Trophy and leave.
This is only funny if you leave a tiny one in its place.
Note : This is yours, Congratulations!
It's rather old-fashioned (and I heard it exactly one time) but is it against the rules to call out "mate in 5" ?
Hey when it is mate in 4.
"Hey you don't want to do that then i will do this" and
"Don't want to do that either that will be mate" and
"You really don't want to do that either" and
"Running out of options"
who show's up at my club at the YMCA to claim a 10 dollar prize when the tournament is clearly for fun and lesser players. Darmn it, I want to be first! This guy is USCF rated 2100 and shows up in room chock full of patzers... no sense at all. Oh and won't talk to anyone....
You mean he comes to a tournament he's perfectly within his rights of attending, plays games, and then wants the prize? Yeah, that guy's a real bozo.
Seraphimity wrote:
who show's up at my club at the YMCA to claim a 10 dollar prize when the tournament is clearly for fun and lesser players. Darmn it, I want to be first! This guy is USCF rated 2100 and shows up in room chock full of patzers... no sense at all. Oh and won't talk to anyone....
This reminds me of an amusing story but I think I will create another thread as it is quite long ....
Show him the money...... Monopoly Money and he gets $200.
Hey Blitz chess where the pieces are made out of ice.
New rule if your king melts you lose the game.
ozzie_c_cobblepot wrote:
You mean he comes to a tournament he's perfectly within his rights of attending, plays games, and then wants the prize? Yeah, that guy's a real bozo.
"TD! I wish to complain about another player's audible eye-rolling!" ;)
No "tebowing" after a win.
Following a win, don't jump up and start screaming, "Who's your daddy? Whooooooo's your daddy?"
Don't spike the piece you made your winning move with.
Do not set a stuffed toy cat/hedgehog/bear next to the board, stating, "Mr. Fluffykins brings me luck." and then proceed to whisper to it throughout the game--"Where shall we move now, Mr. Fluffykins?" "Is that a trap, Mr. Fluffykins?"
If you lose your queen, no yelling, "My precioussss! We wants it back!" or "Pawnses are tricksy, Preciousssss!"
don't be that guy that after you win against me immediately as soon as you announce checkmate starts pointing at a square numerous times and saying this caused you to lose.
that really sends me up in the red field - give me 10 minutes to let the defeat sink in afterwards I can happily analyze. but give me 10 minutes piece to think about it.
"Following a win, don't jump up and start screaming, "Who's your daddy? Whooooooo's your daddy?"
I did that just last nite but only after in the following position he sent a disertation on how he just locked in my white bishop;
Don't be the guy that gets flustered when I recognize your intentions and defend it.
Well, Seraph, you were provoked and not playing OTB, so I think you get a pass on that one. 
Don't chew gum. If you *must*, please don't snap it, blow bubbles, or chew with your mouth open like a cow ruminating over its cud.
If your nose is running due to a cold, allergies or who-knows-what, please blow it. I'd rather put up with a few seconds of nose-blowing than a constant sniff-sniff-sniff-sniff-snerk!-sniff-sniff...
Don't meet every move with a sigh, rolled eyes, a smirk or a snort, trying to play, "I know something you don't know". It won't psych me out, but it will annoy the crap out of me.
don't be the guy that goes around and eat while watching other games e.g one player walked around and eat a banana and you cannot eat a banana without making noise.
Don't be the guy who says "excuse" like a nerd when fixing a pieces' position. Not all chess players are nerds and acting like one in front of your opponent will definitely make him think he is a nerd also.
"Elubas, it is patronising to help an opponent."
Doesn't resigning help the opponent? . You could put it a different way, like by saying, "it admits the other side's superiority," but unfortunately, it probably ends up helping them also
"you can't understand your opponent's POV"
I don't know what my opponent's POV is because it depends on the particular person, although if I was on the side who was having "check" said to, I wouldn't get annoyed as I have said. So although this quote may be true, I'm not sure if it's relevant.
Anyway, I understand that I am making these strange philosophical arguments (they just seem to spew out of me), but they don't necessarily reflect what I would do. For example, if you were playing me, I would probably resign at some non-ridiculous point, and I wouldn't say "check." The fact that I am saying that people might have decent intentions as they do those things -- well, again, it's simply an annoying philosophical question that I have developed an annoying answer for . But that's all it is. Yes, I did say "check" once -- once ;) And for the sake of everyone else, I won't do it again
How does this relate to philosophy?