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Things you rarely see in chess

Things you rarely see in chess

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Originally posted by buffalobill
11. King marches and multiple checks. This was posted a while backGame 978393.
Game 1071644

Mate is forced from 27. Qe8. At the time I didn't have a complete knowledge of how I would mate but I thought there must be one somewhere. There was. The game follows it until 32. ... Kf4?. If the longer line had been played 32. ... Kd2 33. Qd3+ 34. Ke1 Rc1#.

Mating the black king on e1 can't be something that happens often.

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Game 1167241

Move 26 I made a four way fork (N on K, Q, R, R)
granted my opponent made some poor moves I think it was neat

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i saw a nice en passant mate.

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High Sticking

Except maybe in Canada...

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Dice.

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Originally posted by Bowmann
Dice.
I dunno. For me, the moves I try to make fall into one of three categories:

I. The move most likely to irritate my opponent.

If I can't find a good, irritating move, then I fall back to:

II. The move that most improves my pieces' mobility. Without mobilities, there are no possibilities (I think some chess maven said that).

And if I can't find I or II, I fall back to III:

III. I make the move least likely to damage my own position.

And when I get down to III, I _have_ been tempted to break out the dice, on occasion! III occurs in the _really hard_ games where finding a good move is like pounding your head against the pavement.

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Originally posted by Bowmann
Dice.
Heh heh, good one!

A cut-man in your corner.

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Originally posted by Frank Burns
A cut-man in your corner.
Huh?

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Sick-bags.

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Originally posted by Bowmann
Huh?
Boxing. He sticks glue and the like on cuts opened up during the fight.

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Thanks X,

The "High Hard One"

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Originally posted by XanthosNZ
Boxing. He sticks glue and the like on cuts opened up during the fight.
I have no need of him.

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Originally posted by Frank Burns
The "High Hard One"
You're doing it on purpose.

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Cuckoo clocks.

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Originally posted by Bowmann
You're doing it on purpose.
Sorry Bowmann,

It's a baseball term for a pitch thrown very fast and up and towards the batters head. It's so the pitcher can back the batter off the plate.

trash talking

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