Stupidest, Most Humiliating, or Just Downright Infuriating Ways to Lose a Game

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Chinese_Person

1. Being forced away from the computer by your parents before you can finish the game

2. When you disconnect and can't reconnect in time

GMmaky

2. is very relatable.

3. I was on a pc once, then I accidentaly pulled the cord out with my foot and got disconnected..

G30rg3C05tanza

4. That wasn't checkmate?...What?  Was that rook on a7 there before?

G30rg3C05tanza

5. Playing bullet on this site for me always loses because my computer can't keep up.  It always crashes unless I use lichess or chesstempo

Chinese_Person

6. When you fall asleep in the middle of a game because you chose to play it when you woke up in the middle of the night

7. When your battery dies just as you're about to checkmate your opponent

Eragon04

8. You take their queen, and then realize that you've been back ranked.

Chinese_Person
YaBoyTurkey wrote:

9. You lose on time because you HAD to go to the bathroom

That's why I set the timer for 10 minutes instead of 1

Chinese_Person

10. You get caught by the teacher just as you're about to checkmate your opponent

varunshankar97

not taking a hung piece to "better your position" and then blundering two pieces.

varunshankar97

forgetting about queen pins in bullet

 

Chinese_Person

13. Your opponent checkmates you just as you're about to checkmate them

monkey_gone_wrong

14. Realising you need glasses when you play on your phone and take a bishop instead of a queen. That hurt on so many counts.

 

monkey_gone_wrong

15. Playing bullet, then returning to 'normal' games but forgetting you're not playing bullet anymore.

Chinese_Person
monkey_gone_wrong wrote:

14. Realising you need glasses when you play on your phone and take a bishop instead of a queen. That hurt on so many counts.

 

I'd feel sorry for anyone whom this applies to 

G30rg3C05tanza

16. phone goes off

Chinese_Person

17. Someone calls you just as you're about to checkmate someone

ChessSensasian
Chinese_Person wrote:

1. Being forced away from the computer by your parents before you can finish the game

2. When you disconnect and can't reconnect in time

Same. 
18. When the bars are full but the game lags and so every move takes 5 seconds. So you lose on time.
19. And/or then the whole thing disconnects. 

edawg99

Have you heard of the Chessbrah twitch YouTube channel? Features two GMs named Eric Hansen and Aman Hambledon.  I am a subscriber to them, and on Sundays, they play all the subscribers who challenge them.  I was completely winning against Aman up a queen for a knight at the end of a bullet game and made the one losing move that blundered a fork and lost the game... in front of over 1 thousand viewers.  That game months ago was one reason I felt I needed a break and I'm just getting back into the game now with a better attitude

ChessSensasian

Wow...so now I’m looking forward to your comeback @edawg-99!!!

Magnetta123

20. When the opponent enjoys taking all you pieces and then checkmates you