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Its amusing how many people still fall for Sholar's Mate

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Iain_Lim_Eu_An
Nov 28, 2016
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I'm 800 - 900 rated player here, so I suppose thats understandable, however I'm just truly amused how people here still fall to Scholar's Mate or some similar variant that targets Black's g7 square.
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Iain_Lim_Eu_An
Nov 28, 2016
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Damn the phone app makes 'enter' send the message instead of skipping to the next paragraph. Anyway I usually thought Scholar's Mate would only work on those chess newbies who don't know weaknesses in the opening setup and all that, but lo and behold I've won some of my past few games by putting a Queen on g7.

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Iain_Lim_Eu_An
Nov 28, 2016
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Eek sorry last reply - correction: f7. I guess thats why I'm still so lowly rated rofl

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Iain_Lim_Eu_An
Nov 28, 2016
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Eek sorry last reply - correction: f7. I guess thats why I'm still so lowly rated rofl

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Iain_Lim_Eu_An
Nov 28, 2016
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Eek sorry last reply - correction: f7. I guess thats why I'm still so lowly rated rofl

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u0110001101101000
Nov 28, 2016
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Yeah, awareness of the opponent's threats is pretty low at that level.