Too many squares.
Too many pieces.
Why are there no square shaped pieces?
Too many pawns.
Not enough queens.
Why can't queens become pawns?
Too many rules.
Too complex for my context.
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Yeah, that win on Oct. 7 was a game I should have lost. I got lucky and my opponent timed out. The game before that was a win I'm happy about.
Brilliant move that 1. Nf3.
You've now shown the chess world that you can win a game with one move.
Seriously, I think you are playing better than your current rating suggests.
Oct 22, 2017
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akafett wrote:
Seriously, I think you are playing better than your current rating suggests.
Thank you <3 but I lost on time to that 1500 player. I won't make excuses or anything or "explain." A loss is a loss. But, I was confident during that game! At least I was feeling good about it. ha ha
Oct 24, 2017
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He couldn't find checkmate with a king and queen vs king. That would've been a huge rating jump. 155 move drawn game. 
Dec 15, 2017
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I suck at chess, but you know what? I could crush you in checkers! (A friend actually said this.)
Dec 21, 2017
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#6150
hitthepin wrote:
I suck at chess, but you know what? I could crush you in checkers! (A friend actually said this.)
lol did you take on their challenge
Dec 28, 2017
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#6154
hitthepin wrote:
Yes, dragonair, I did. And then I beat him. 🤣
Heck yeah >:]]
Dec 28, 2017
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Mom: "So, the queen can do whatever she wants, right?"
Mom: "How can you move across the whole board at once?"
Sister: "Which one is the king again?"
Other sister: "What did you just do? (after en passant, castling, moving a pawn up two ranks, promoting...)"
Dad: "Who asked you to come in here?" (when my pieces get a lil too far for his taste).
Friend: "So, in how many moves can you checkmate?"
Brother: "You are thinking forever. Move!" (@TheLeppe)
Other sister: "So, the king is the strongest, right?"
Dad: "The horses are the worst. You have to kill them before they hatch".
Oh my GEMMA!! I remember this thread, from I don't know how long ago? Still HERE!! Wow this is so awesome, and that chess.com still exists, and I'm still a member here!!!
But back to the topic at hand -
I played a guy, whenever I would survey the board, he would say "GO! GO! GO!" Can you imagine if that guy ever played in a tournament, if he was "chess savvy" enough to enter one. He's probably smart enough to understand that he'd be thrown out!!!
I am a non-chess player and I don't say any of these things because I refrain from communicating with chess-playing peasants