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Do people sign up to purposely play bad?

Do people sign up to purposely play bad?

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I am a beginner, and i am prone to blunder. Likewise, even veterans/ students of the game can make a few blunders or just play when their heads are not in it. But every once in a while I see a player who just make moves that make no sense at all. Opens with 1. h4, 2. a3, 3. Nc6, 4. Nb4 etc. is this common here, where someone will just sign up to goof off like that? I mean a blindfolded chimp picking random moves could do better.

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I prefer 1.f3 myself

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Originally posted by pawntorook4
I am a beginner, and i am prone to blunder. Likewise, even veterans/ students of the game can make a few blunders or just play when their heads are not in it. But every once in a while I see a player who just make moves that make no sense at all. Opens with 1. h4, 2. a3, 3. Nc6, 4. Nb4 etc. is this common here, where someone will just sign up to goof off like that? I mean a blindfolded chimp picking random moves could do better.
We save all the complete novice players for you 🙂

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hey i take all the practice i can get, so its not so much that im complaining, but i was just wondering, if other players come across something like this everyonce in a while.. after a few moves i did not understand i saw his game history and it was more of the same..

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Frankly, I don't mind odd first moves, but when people repeatedly leave pieces (or move them into spots where they are) en prix is when I wonder what they're paying for. Those are the types of errors that a little bit of time can fix.


Edit: Note that I say repeatedly as everyone does this once in a great while.

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I don't play bad on purpose, it just works out that way.

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Originally posted by pawntorook4
hey i take all the practice i can get, so its not so much that im complaining, but i was just wondering, if other players come across something like this everyonce in a while.. after a few moves i did not understand i saw his game history and it was more of the same..
maybe they are trying to mislead you...I've seen master games where the first player will be following his plan then for whatever reason make some random move...then the 2nd player gets confused about how to react to the plan and blunder...its rare but it happens

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Yeah, a few players lose on purpose. I suspect you might have found one. Either that, or you're playing a blindfolded AND retarded chimp. 😀

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Originally posted by zebano
Frankly, I don't mind odd first moves, but when people repeatedly leave pieces (or move them into spots where they are) en prix is when I wonder what they're paying for. Those are the types of errors that a little bit of time can fix.


Edit: Note that I say repeatedly as everyone does this once in a great while.
it's "en prise"...pronounced "ahwn preez"

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Some people like to test the boundaries of chess, they are just trying to create new positions they have not seen before, or their opponents have not seen before to try and take advantage of that "unfamiliar forest"... and others, they are just foolish.

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Originally posted by pawntorook4
I am a beginner, and i am prone to blunder. Likewise, even veterans/ students of the game can make a few blunders or just play when their heads are not in it. But every once in a while I see a player who just make moves that make no sense at all. Opens with 1. h4, 2. a3, 3. Nc6, 4. Nb4 etc. is this common here, where someone will just sign up to goof off like that? I mean a blindfolded chimp picking random moves could do better.
Yeah!

Look at my 1st 2 moves in Game 3514797.

Don't worry about the rest and don't comment as still in progress although comments on my 1st 2 moves won't do any harm. Good aren't they?

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Originally posted by Sam The Sham
I don't play bad on purpose, it just works out that way.
yah thats what happens with me..

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Originally posted by Dragon Fire
Yeah!

Look at my 1st 2 moves in Game 3514797.

Don't worry about the rest and don't comment as still in progress although comments on my 1st 2 moves won't do any harm. [b]Good aren't they?
[/b]
I salute you Sir!! You got a set of brass ones and the rating to back it up!!

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Originally posted by Dragon Fire
Yeah!

Look at my 1st 2 moves in Game 3514797.

Don't worry about the rest and don't comment as still in progress although comments on my 1st 2 moves won't do any harm. [b]Good aren't they?
[/b]
I was just about to suggest that maybe he's playing againt you. 🙂

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Originally posted by pawntorook4
I am a beginner, and i am prone to blunder. Likewise, even veterans/ students of the game can make a few blunders or just play when their heads are not in it. But every once in a while I see a player who just make moves that make no sense at all. Opens with 1. h4, 2. a3, 3. Nc6, 4. Nb4 etc. is this common here, where someone will just sign up to goof off like that? I mean a blindfolded chimp picking random moves could do better.
Could be a young kid who signed up to play chess. I used to play like that in my first year of learning chess. "Move first, think later" was my opening theory then.

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