1. You try to hop pieces with a knight.
1000000000 ways to tell that you're a horrible chess player

4. You play white, and you have a pawn on the first rank.
5. You don't know the definition of chess.

8. You are given the choice to promote your pawn and you promote it into a king.
9. You learned from your past mistake, and promote it into a pawn this time.

sorry 11. you get frustrated at the computer for "not letting you play a move"
It's ok. You thought we were on 8.

2. You add to this forum based on past experience.
are you talking about me?
That depends. Are you adding to this forum based on past experience?

31. you castle to protect your queen
32. And by doing so, you allow checkmate in one on the next move.
Yes, I put 1 million. Please number the reasons, and try to stay ON TRACK. Will2009 would like me to put this in the opening post: guys, challenge: get to 10,000 ways by 12-31-2021. I hope we complete the challenge. If we complete the challenge, I will post a TON of reasons.