GiorgiVanDerway wrote:
I hate when people say check out loud also i like to move and hit the clock agressive
might be rude thoif its your opponents clock. what if it starts having tech problems.
Don't be THAT guy at the chess tournament
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AdamRinkleff wrote:
Don't be that guy who offers a draw twenty times in a row.
omg yesssss I hate that.
Dec 29, 2012
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#24
Don't be that guy that always has "advice" even though he wasn't playing in the game immediately after the game
Don't be the guy who ask his 10 year old friend after he
beats you "when did he make his first mistake?".
rofl
naturalproduct wrote:
. Social awkwardness is pretty much a rule of thumb for playing chess (or, at the very least many people I've met).
I was at a smallish tournement once, as it happens it was my first (of 3) and I was understandably excited. In fact my friend hosts this particular club and the tourney was somewhat orginized on my behalf having made contact with my old friend after some years. well, I get thier and notice no one is really talking. Now, its 10 minutes to start and myself, the orginizer and 9 others are sitting waiting to start,, no one saying a single word. My job at the time was a PM for a Toll Bros. development, i've been in county, been to rehab, and went to college plenty so suffice to say I'm pretty comfortable in social situations. Finally I had enough and just pulled out the closest book I could find which happened to the USCF Rule book. Flipped to a page and just started asking a question. Just to break the ice. The room lightened and next thing we are all laughing and telling stories and funny thing we wound up starting a good 20 minutes late. All it took was a little nudge to get the group going.
Dec 29, 2012
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#28
@Burke Saying "I adjust" is one of the only things that is okay to say. There's also "I offer a draw", "I resign", and well what else is there?
ozzie_c_cobblepot wrote:
@Burke Saying "I adjust" is one of the only things that is okay to say. There's also "I offer a draw", "I resign", and well what else is there?
That's pretty much it I'd say. Although when declining a draw you can say one of a few different sentences if you want.
Dec 29, 2012
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#30
Don't be that guy who brings his lucky marble to the tournament hall and drops it on the wooden floor in the middle of a game!
Yes, that really happened. More than once!
Dec 29, 2012
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#31
@waffle yes, but best is to say "I'll think". Keeps your options open while being polite and respectful.
Dec 29, 2012
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#32
Yeah, Agreed, Ozzie. I usually thank my opponent for the offer and say "I'll think about it."
If I know my opponent, I will often say something like, "let's play on for a bit" if I decline the offer.
I know some people who laugh when they are offered a draw. Don't be that guy.
Dec 29, 2012
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#33
ozzie_c_cobblepot wrote:
The guy who says check out loud.
Interestingly it seems to be OK to say check out loud in allegro and blitz games but not in longer games such as 90 30.
Dec 29, 2012
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#34
I have never experienced this. But this is THE most irritating chess habit that I can think of.
At Melbourne Chess Club there is a guy who swaps the same opponent's piece for exactly the same piece on the same square WHEN IT IS THE OPPONENT TO MOVE.
And yes, I am outing this guy because, if you do this to me I will go MAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dec 29, 2012
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#35
Strong players don't say check against other strong players, regardless of the time control.
In fact, in Walter Browne's now defunct World Blitz Chess Association, taking the king was allowed.
Dec 29, 2012
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#36
Years ago I played in a team for a chess competition. Not very high level, but really nice to do. Before that we started playing chess in our own competition. We made an appointment at somebody's home and played the game for that round. Being a host you offered your guest drinks etc. .We took this habit to our official competitions. Off course will you offer your opponent a drink. That is polite and friendly, don't you think so?
Well, if my opponent was nice and friendly, I was offering it at the end of my move. Only a few times my opponent was not nice, like for instance not shaking hands at the start of the game. Then I offered the drink at the start of his move. One time I repeated the question with a kind voice until he reacted. He said something like no. So I apoligized and asked again.
By the way, I was always directly walking away after I had made my move. First of all, I had the position in my head, so I could think away from the board just as good. I got sometimes new ideas from it. Furthermore had I quite often too much energy after the decision I had made and was too restless to stay seated. Finally I wanted to give my opponent a comfortable situation in which he had all the time to think quietly.
Dont be that guy who goes to the bathroom multiple times during the game, and hides in the stall with a handheld computer, and then refuses to show the computer to the tournament director, and then acts surprised and morally outraged when accussed of possibly cheating.
Dec 30, 2012
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#38
SmyslovFan wrote:
Strong players don't say check against other strong players, regardless of the time control.
In fact, in Walter Browne's now defunct World Blitz Chess Association, taking the king was allowed.
That depends upon the kind of blitz rules that are being used. When I used to play blitz at chess clubs in the 1980's a missed check meant a loss. As did an illegal move.
Dec 30, 2012
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#39
Don't be that guy with the fake tash who is really a girl.
Sorry, couldn't resist that one!!!!!!!! :)
I hate when people say check out loud also i like to move and hit the clock agressive