Which of these positions/situations have you experienced in a game of chess?

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Which of these positions/situations have you experienced in a game of chess?

Common

  • 1 Knight vs 1 Bishop
  • Doubled Pawns vs 1 Pawn
  • Back-rank mate
  • checkmate with a queen
  • ladder mate
  • fool's mate
  • scholar's mate
  • losing
  • draw by stalemate

Uncommon

  • Opposite Side Castling
  • 2 Queens vs 2 Queens
  • 2 Pawns vs 1 Minor
  • 1 Rook, 1 Pawn vs 2 Minors
  • 1 Queen vs 1 Rook, 1 Minor
  • 1 Queen vs 2 Rooks
  • 1 Rook vs 2+ Connected Passed Pawns
  • 2x2 square of the same colored pawns
  • Royal Fork
  • tripled pawns
  • rook mate
  • Timeout vs Insufficient material
  • Opponent abandoned the game
  • Winning a game on 3 AM

Rare

  • 1 Queen vs 3 Minors
  • 2 Rooks vs 3 Minors
  • 2 Rooks vs 2 Minors, 2-3 Pawns
  • 3 Passed Pawns vs 3 Passed Pawns
  • Brilliant sacrifice of THE ROOK
  • Smothered Mate
  • Bishop Mate
  • Boden's Mate
  • Dovetail Mate
  • 2 bishops Checkmate
  • Pawn checkmate
  • Promotion Checkmate
  • Playing Na1, Na8, Nh1, or Nh8
  • Winning down 6+ points of material

Epic

  • 1 Rook vs 4+ Pawns
  • Castling on move 40+
  • Draw by 50-move Rule
  • Brilliant Queen Sacrifice leading to Checkmate in 3+ moves
  • 4 Pawns on 4 different files vs 4 Enemy pawns on 4 different files (1 pawn per file)
  • 5+ Allied Pawns on the same diagonal
  • Checkmate with 2 knights
  • 3 sets of doubled pawns
  • Bishop and Knight Mate
  • Legal's Mate
  • Pawnless Middlegame (Many (>8) Pieces, Few (<6) Pawns)
  • Finding a Mate-in-5 or more
  • Losing by Touch-Move rule

Legendary

  • Long Castle Fork  
  • 3+ Brilliant moves in an attack
  • 2 Queens vs 1 Queen, 1 Rook, 1 Minor
  • 2 Queens vs 1 Queen, 2 Rooks
  • 2 Queens vs 2 Rooks, 2+ Minors
  • Extra queen but trapped rook and knight in the corner
  • Knight Underpromotion + Fork
  • Quadrupled Pawns
  • Performing a Novotny

Super Legendary

  • Castle Checkmate
  • En Passant Checkmate
  • 2 Queens vs 4 Minors, 1 Rook
  • 1 Queen vs 6+ Pawns
  • 1 Queen vs 1 Minor, 4+ Pawns
  • Bishop Underpromotion in an equal or almost equal position
  • 9 Queens
  • Quintupled Pawns
  • Drawing/Winning against Magnus
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