I've often heard complaints that internet chess has allowed people to exhibit bad manners that are not present in OTB games. But, from the looks of it, this has been going on since long before internet chess.
What psychological trick do you use when playing OTB?
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One day, thinks Morphy, there will be an internet where I won't have to be so mannerly against such a borish oaf!"
Jun 3, 2014
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#84
I played against an opponent who started by writing our names before the game on his scoresheet as you usually do. however he wrote 1 in front of his name and 0 in front of my name as if I already lost the game
it was the only time that day he could write 1 in front of his name.
I think he thought he had the upperhand by doing that.
I won a tournament that day and my opponent could have won the tournament with a draw.
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Love your stories bobbyDK. If you have some more of them, please share, they are brilliant! :)
What! Hitting the comment 100 again?
cosmicharmonic wrote:
(ref#15) -- chess fantasies are a different thread.
This reminds me of a lady I used to know. I won't give her age or name but we were both adults. As a joke she did something while we were playing (chess in case anyone's wondering). She wore very short shorts & sat with her feet up on her chair with her knees pointed upward so she could rest her chin on them. Every so often she would part her knees pretty far apart & I know it was deliberate because she would look over at me when she would do it with a smirk like she was joking. For real. It was all in fun, she was just playing around. It's been a long time, I wonder if she ever joined this site & is reading this. If she did she didn't use her name.
Yes, it would be a problem if this girl was very cute.
Woow, 100 again! :)
Another trick I remembered and sometimes works against me. Kingside pawns' attack. I may post a YouTube link (video) tomorrow to show this. You only need to tell me how to post a video here. I forgot. :)
Jun 3, 2014
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#92
I have been to tournaments and some play the blackburne shilling gambit trap or other trap.
after that they act like it was a blunder and shake their head as if they just realized that they lost a pawn because it is undefended. I think this "psychology play" is unethical.
if you set a trap you make your move and wait to see what happens.
TitanCG wrote:
Nate5700 wrote:
cosmicharmonic - Um, it sounds like playing in the park isn't worth it.
I played somebody once who did the thing where they put me in check, didn't say anything, then captured the king on the next move and claimed it was a win. This was back when I was 15 at most and I don't think he knew that much about chess, then again neither did I, but I understood the concepts of check and checkmate so I was a little upset.
Actually saying check isn't a requirement. That's an old rule that isn't used anymore. Also in casual blitz if you are in check and ignore it you forfeit. It's really important that you notice checks.
I instinctively say check when I put my opponent in check and have had to train myself to stop doing that. During my first tournament after a hiatus of over 30 years, I said "check" and my opponent snarled, "I can see that I am in check!" I then checked him again and said "check" a second time, and he told me that I was being rude and threatened to call the Director over. I told him that I thought the rules required me to say "check." He replied, "No such rule. Don't be an idiot." I went on to win the game and notably did not say checkmate when I won.
pt22064 wrote:
He replied, "No such rule. Don't be an idiot." I went on to win the game and notably did not say checkmate when I won.
I don't think he saw the check
Jun 3, 2014
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#95
I won my first chessgame by not saying chess. I was at my first chess tournament must have been 6 years ago.
and everybody told me not to say chess because it would be bad sportsmanship and everybody in the room would be disturbed by saying check
so I checked my opponent and did not say anything. on the next move he was very happy and made a move and said checkmate.
I told him he was in check and I wasn't checkmate and he had to use the piece he touched meaning his queen was undefended and he had to resign.
he started to discuss with the tournament leader and startet to go through the fide rule book because he was convinced that I broke the rule by not saying chess.
Jun 3, 2014
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#96
cosmicharmonic skrev:
In the park, hustlers castle into the open file (Re1, Kf1), they put you in check and don't say, grab the king on the next move and claim win.
grabbing the king is used in some local clubs, thee club I was member of used this rule in under 10 minutes games. If your king is in check and you forget to move it the king is captured and you lose.
Jimmykay wrote:
I am not sure if there is a rulebook for "casual blitz" but both the FIDE and USCF rulebook say otherwise. If you make in illegal move while you are in check, you do not forfeit. You must make a legal move.
It depends on the tournament rules. Most of the time, it's forfeit in blitz games, and forfeit only at the third offense in long time controls, with some time penalty at the first two.
Closest thing to a psychology trick I've ever used is to make my knights stare at the opponent's king, regardless of where they are.
cosmicharmonic wrote
MrDamonSmith wrote:
Ivanchuk does that whether its his move or not.
More precisely it's twisting his nose hairs, yes it's true; tie 'em in a braid Chuckster.
Perhaps picking one's nose has cognitve benifits.
Jun 4, 2014
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#100
Some tricks I "invented", but haven't employed them:
- chew garlic before the game
- gulp air and burp
- cough and sniffle loudly, gulping the mucous
- blow the nose, waving the very wet and dirty handkerchief
- eat noisily, esp when opponent feels sick to his/her stomach due to nervous tension or hangover
- crackle with knuckles
- invert eyelids during opponent's move
- show deformities, scars, hangnails, scabs etc on a hand performing the moves
- smile with incomplete teeth, keep removing and placing a denture
- in the scoresheet before the game: write own name in capital letters with big size, opponent's name small size
- in endgame: prepare and keep the queen nearby or in left hand for "expected" promotion
- if a draw is offered, reject by ignoring it and making a move (unless in 100% flat, blocked and drawish position, or in unfavorable situation)
Not sure if intentionally psychological "trick", but if I decide to play book moves, it's really hard for me to cope with non-main line positions. If I start with sub-optimal opening, then I don't care.