TAKE THE VOW: No 8 year-old will ever crush me!
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urk
Mar 26, 2017
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#1
Do you solemnly swear?
I swear!
I swear!
I swear!
Mar 26, 2017
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#5
It's going to take some planning.....
We must not hang pieces...
Just hang in there and try to make it to an endgame.
We must not hang pieces...
Just hang in there and try to make it to an endgame.
Mar 26, 2017
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#8
Your best shot is to baffle him with subtle positional concepts.
Like don't make any direct threats for the first 15 moves.
Like don't make any direct threats for the first 15 moves.
Mar 26, 2017
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#9
Even if the brat strongly reminds you of your younger brother, or your son or grandson, you must keep in mind....
It's a trick, only a ploy for sympathy.
You must put it out of your mind and have no mercy.
It's a trick, only a ploy for sympathy.
You must put it out of your mind and have no mercy.
Mar 26, 2017
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#11
How do you know if you are playing an 8 year old on chess.com???
Mar 26, 2017
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#13
A ten year old kid beat me with a back rank mate just last week . . .
Now he wants to play me every time he shows up to the chess class I teach at the local library . . .
I don't have to swear cause
I don't allow eight year olds to participate . . .
DENVER
Mar 27, 2017
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#15
8 year olds cannot multiply yet 😎 OTB play, I will crush them tactically.
Mar 27, 2017
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#16
nicking their sweeties can help , lol but its impossible to make this vow , the kids these days are so hard to beat
Paul Morphy was not any good until he was nine. Capablanca did not play well until he was thirteen. Carlsen was pretty solid at eight. Only Reshevsky was any good at eight.
As such I would say "Come back when you are good kid", and pray they forgot.
The best 8 year old in the US is close to 2000. So the likelihood is that if you play him, or any of the other top 8 year olds, yes, you will lose if you are not an expert.
I once played the third-best 7 year old in the country. He was about 1700. I won. Today he's the second-best 9 year old in the country, and rated a tiny bit (only around 20 points at the moment, since he's had a few negative tournaments lately) higher than I am.
