what is sandbagging in chess?

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I don't know the full meaning in chess, do you know it?

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Throwing sand into a bag
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Yeah it’s something to do with filling sacks with sand ! 🤷‍♂️
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Useful for hurricanes

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And for flooding situation’s ! ✌️😾
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no, I mean in chess

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Oh.

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Basically you take the sandbag, and throw it on the board, wiping out all the pieces and maybe breaking the board. You can see why this is cheating.

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Yeah that’s what sandbagging means ! ✌️😾
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You calling me a clown?
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Talk about a hypocrite. In chitty chitty bang bang you were literally a lovesick clown doll

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I’m not even talking to you

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Purposely losing elo to play worse players
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Potts stirring the pot again as usual ! 😤
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His post # 10 is a reflection of his own behaviour. There have been many occasions in the past , when he’s given a numbskull answer to someone’s post ! 🤷‍♂️
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Lol 😹
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I don’t know what was wrong with my answer.
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Perfectly sensible
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Boy, I thought I was bad. People sandbag sometimes so they can then go to tournaments as an underrated player and wipe the board with sand bags. Hence, the term. It also helps keep the board dry in case of flooding. How can anyone let a little flood stop them from playing Chess? Any good chess shop will sell you a palletful and there are always plenty on hand during tournaments. You'll see huge piles of sand laying all over.

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The podcast the chess angle has a good ep on sandbagging

https://open.spotify.com/episode/28bFQSs7HObDLWT5PcwBAt?si=YHmdIwcYSMqpWUT6law-Zg