When winning doesn’t feel good

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Just beat someone in a 30 minute match out of sheer luck. I made some really stupid moves and my opponent didn’t take advantage of them causing them to lose. the moves were so obvious. check out my latest game if you want to see.
I really need to check my moves more.
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Yosharu wrote:
Just beat someone in a 30 minute match out of sheer luck. I made some really stupid moves and my opponent didn’t take advantage of them causing them to lose. the moves were so obvious. check out my latest game if you want to see.
I really need to check my moves more.

Just consider it a gift. happy.png (Yeah, missing a hanging queen and allowing mate in 1, all in the same move. And not even in time trouble. Ouch.)

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did you see the bar go from all black to all white lol
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Once during a tournament game, I was losing... or at least I was worse. I was worse because of minor mistakes I'd been making over the course of the game, about 3 hours.

Then he inexplicably blunders a rook. Like... just moves it to a square where I can take it for free... and as soon as he made the move I was the one who grimaced. I couldn't help it. In fact I was embarrassed because I didn't want to insult my opponent, but for about 60 seconds I couldn't hide my disgust. I was going to win this ridiculous game for no good reason.

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that’s exactly how i felt. i felt like i was cheating him out of a win.
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Yeah, that sucks.

 

Although, in a somewhat perverse way, it's also the beauty of chess or at least of chess competition. The games are exciting to play partly because there's no guarantee of victory. There's nothing stopping either player from playing a really horrible (or really brilliant) move at any moment, and the game isn't over until the very last move.

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That's almost worse than losing. Pretty close. I just roll my eyes, sigh, and wish I was playing a game that was challenging. I like having to struggle even if it means a loss. It's better than being served up a win on a platter.

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But some day could be the other way...