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I found this at www.bobbyfischer.net and thought it was pretty good. Take a look.

Moments when you should
sense DANGER in chess:

1. There has been a change in the pawn structure. Your opponent has 8 and you don't have any.

2. Your opponent begins to throw pawns at your eyes.

3. You have a postion won but your opponent has a gun.

4. The Director tells you not to bother turning in your scoresheet after the game.

5. Before game begins you notice your opponents 1st initials are 'GM'.

6. After completing your development you sense your opponent playing the endgame.

7. Just as you make your opening move your opponent announces mate in 11.

8. You don't control any squares at all.

9. Your draw offer sends all the people watching your game into uncontrollable laughter.

10. Your opponent has 3 bishops.

😀

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Moments when you should
sense DANGER in chess:

9. Your draw offer sends all the people watching your game into uncontrollable laughter.
I'm still unsure wether this young lads draw offer after he made move 29 (game id 271848) was a joke or not - he seemed a bit uncertain when I asked if he was having a laff 😀

We're still in play BTW

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Originally posted by derek9037
I'm still unsure wether this young lads draw offer after he made move 29 (game id 271848) was a joke or not - he seemed a bit uncertain when I asked if he was having a laff 😀

We're still in play BTW
Zach had high hopes... He was grabbing the Bull by the horns... "He went for it."

Here is a similar site to the top 10 list with easy to understand chess terms.

http://www.edcollins.com/chess/glossary.htm

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Originally posted by derek9037
I'm still unsure wether this young lads draw offer after he made move 29 (game id 271848) was a joke or not - he seemed a bit uncertain when I asked if he was having a laff 😀

We're still in play BTW
You can't fault someone for trying...😀

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Originally posted by derek9037
I'm still unsure wether this young lads draw offer after he made move 29 (game id 271848) was a joke or not - he seemed a bit uncertain when I asked if he was having a laff 😀

We're still in play BTW
....I'll do anything not to lose a tourney game 🙂

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Originally posted by zach918
....I'll do anything not to lose a tourney game 🙂
Me too Zach.
Exception is I don't like timing people out if they are making a good effort and it seems a lot of players in our tourney are just too eager to hit that button. I prefer to play my games and it's nice to see you are the same (eg we both could have timed out Cheshire Cat on numerous occasions).
😏

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