It's a poker term meaning a weak player. I haven't really heard it in relation to chess though.
"goddamn fish"
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Jun 19, 2014
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Scottrf wrote:
It's a poker term meaning a weak player. I haven't really heard it in relation to chess though.
"Rabbit" is more usual.
Jun 19, 2014
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Fischer used the term quite a bit.
"After the games were adjourned, all the Soviets would go back to Spassky's hotel room to plan for the next position," recalls Don Schultz, one of the seconds. "Lombardy said to Fischer, 'That's a difficult position. Let's go back to the hotel and analyze it.' Fischer said, 'What do you mean, analyze? That guy's a fish. Let's go bowling.'"
Whatever it means, nice job with the game. You obviously stymied him.
Doggy_Style wrote:
Scottrf wrote:
It's a poker term meaning a weak player. I haven't really heard it in relation to chess though.
"Rabbit" is more usual.
That's because you are from the UK. In the US players use the term "fish" like you use the term "rabbit." Generally helpless animals in either case.
enjaytee wrote:
Fischer used the term quite a bit.
"After the games were adjourned, all the Soviets would go back to Spassky's hotel room to plan for the next position," recalls Don Schultz, one of the seconds. "Lombardy said to Fischer, 'That's a difficult position. Let's go back to the hotel and analyze it.' Fischer said, 'What do you mean, analyze? That guy's a fish. Let's go bowling.'"
He probably used the term Fisch
Jan 2, 2019
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In my early chess playing days, around 1970, it was common to refer to a weak player as a fish.
there is even a smiley with the sign 
in the game chat so must be it.
Can someone help me with slang? What does it mean when someone calls me a "goddamn fish"?
He ran out of time. Perhaps he was angry that I wasn't more aggressive?