1. Lose in 2 moves. :(
2. When yourself have 2 Queens while your opponent only 1.
What is the worst way to lose at chess?
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Dec 16, 2013
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#63
For me it was when my opponent had 5 sec, i had 21 sec, full green conneection, and then i was also up an exchange, also he was 1800, and I had premoved, and the #$%^ system just flagged me for no reason. I mean, I premoved, and still did not make my move.
OldChessDog wrote:
The worst way to lose at chess is lose and learn nothing from it.
Well... at least that's better than losing a game and becoming completely dishearted and never playing chess again.
Dec 16, 2013
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#65
Fighting for and obtaining a clear advantage, but miscalculating at the end beause you reject lines that involve your opponent eating the queen you've been fighting so hard to make. Should have let him eat the queen, and I could have won handily, but I balked, and I just blew it. I fought until I had absolutely no chances left, but he didn't blunder, and it was done.
Accidentally knocking over your king...
the worst way is to have a heart attack, like a real life disconnect
manspider29 wrote:
the worst way is to have a heart attack, like a real life disconnect
Ooohh... Points for that one!
Dec 17, 2013
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#69
Playing to the level of world champion, slowly going nuts and becoming a begger before dying broke and alone?
Dec 17, 2013
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#70
I think a U.S. president was like that once. He was a poor man, became president, served his years, and became poor again.
Russ_Houghton wrote:
Playing to the level of world champion, slowly going nuts and becoming a begger before dying broke and alone?
don't steal ideas from bobby fischer biographys ;P
Had to forfeit because u have diarhea?
This might not be worst way to lose, but it definitely is the funniest one! Lol
Eugenicist wrote:
Had to forfeit because u have diarhea?
better would be spilling water on youself, and the ipad hidden inside your coat catches on fire, burning yourself to death.
Dec 18, 2013
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#76
skakmadurinn wrote:
One thing that happened to me (Not in a tournament, just a chess practice)
I was going to checkmate my opponent (I had about minute on the clock but he one second) so I did. But then he said ''ILLEGAL MOVE'' (It was check)
= lost game!
You do not have to declare mate, just play the move.
Dec 18, 2013
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#77
once, over the table in a bitter match, my opponent couldn't believe he lost and stood up, took his hand and swiped the pieces off the board with a flourish. That's a pretty bad way to lose. Have to say though, it made kicking his sorry a*** a whole load more pleasureable.!
Dec 18, 2013
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#78
brantnuttall wrote:
once, over the table in a bitter match, my opponent couldn't believe he lost and stood up, took his hand and swiped the pieces off the board with a flourish. That's a pretty bad way to lose. Have to say though, it made kicking his sorry a*** a whole load more pleasureable.!
I had a student like that...hated to lose.
Back rank mate when you're up a queen 
Ive had many bad losses. I dont count the ones here on chess.com though. Only OTB where they really count.
Among the worst was my loss to an 8 year old (looked like a 5 year old) at the St Pete G/30 Adult Open. He was rated about 1000 and I was around 1500. Everybody knew he wasnt a true 1000... but much better (he had ripped through the scholastic sections months earlier). No one wanted to be paired with him... if you beat him... poor kid... if he beats you...poor you. And ... naturally I was paired with him..first round. The kid would not sit still...literally. He was out with his friends kicking a ball around...would peak through the window to see if his green clock light was on signaling his move.... he would walk in rapidlly...scan the board... move..hit the clock... write down his move... and go. Several times he would stay because I moved right after him... but he would wait for 10 seconds or so to see if i would move ... then go. You would have thought That he was down on time... nope. Well, everyones game had finished...except ours... our game was even except that he had 12+ minutes and I had less than a minute... and everyone was watching our game...
of course I lost on time :(