what’s the best feeling in chess?
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For me it’s prolly my opponent blundering just a few moves after they decline my draw
Jan 27, 2023
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To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.
An evergreen game. Can see first option as I liked a strategy that ends with a CM via a pawn.
But ultimately win or lose - you learned something is my understanding or opinion.
(a reply to a post about cheating in general and my opinion) I am not the player I was so normally play rapid, classical,or over some time in days. I am not a blitz bullet player anymore. If I detect cheating which can be the same amount of time for a move I have played safe and consolidated so there bot runs the clock down. Now I resign and they can have my points as I cannot possibly give them my time of day wasted opportunity that doesn't do them any good. Side issue about cheats. Playing a bent game is an insult to the lifes work putting in the knowledge.
Win after 4 moves
Checkmating them and the new rating/league trophies increase.
When your opponent plays an inaccuracy and you completely dominate afterwards
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Instinctively believing a sacrifice might work in a complicated position, but not exactly sure how or why... go for it anyway and everything works out.
Doesn't happen often, but when it does I'm in Zen.
Sometimes you play a bad sacrifice but your opponent still messes up. Makes me feel like a trickster
Finally beating an opponent who has till that point won every single game against you.
Also checkmating by accident. Like, you thought it was a good move, but not that good.
Jan 27, 2023
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Clawing back from a lost position, one pawn and/or positional advantage at a time, and winning in the end game after a long and testing game.
Jan 28, 2023
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I'll tell you what doesn't feel good. I'm about to win on my opponent's blunder. This is the highest rated player I've played and I wanted to win on my own merit not his mistakes. Otherwise, the 2nd or 3rd person made the right comment- …to hear the lamentations of the women.
Jan 28, 2023
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I reckon the best feeling is when you remove all of your opponents pieces. Then they are left with their king and winning is basically impossible for them
When you get to say " in this position I sacrificed THE ROOOK!" and checkmate in a few moves
