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Using in-game chat as a distraction

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Never believe a compliment from your opponent during a running game. It's likely to be a trap.

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let the mind games begin !

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It has become so common, the trick doesn't work anymore. I like to confuse them now with a new strategy: remaining silent when they're expecting a message.


Originally posted by Metacomedian
It has become so common, the trick doesn't work anymore. I like to confuse them now with a new strategy: remaining silent when they're expecting a message.
I send the messages for the next game during the current one. That always puts my opponents off-balance.

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Originally posted by NoEarthlyReason
I send the messages for the next game during the current one. That always puts my opponents off-balance.
That's devious.


Originally posted by Metacomedian
It has become so common, the trick doesn't work anymore. I like to confuse them now with a new strategy: remaining silent when they're expecting a message.

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If a player put in their profile that they "love to chat during the game" and "feel free to chat" or something like that, I feel guilty if I "only" make moves, so I sometimes force myself to write something (but not just referring to the weather).

If you really think that chat was evil-minded, you might try Monty Python´s style with answers as such:
1 - Yep, me too thinks this record is scratched.
2 - Yep, that giant styrofoam-made penguin just passed by in my street.


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I usually just ask "have you ever played chess before?" halfway into the game and let them ponder that.


Originally posted by FishHead111
I usually just ask "have you ever played chess before?" halfway into the game and let them ponder that.
To which I would reply: "Nah! But hey! It's just shifting pieces of wood around on a wooden board -- I mean, how hard can it be?"

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I saw this work in an OTB game in a tournament, in the middle of a complex position opponent said "good game I'll probably resign in a few moves" and the other guy sweated bullets and took more time than usual looking for a winning line that wasn't there, got him all rattled.

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Originally posted by FishHead111
I saw this work in an OTB game in a tournament, in the middle of a complex position opponent said "good game I'll probably resign in a few moves" and the other guy sweated bullets and took more time than usual looking for a winning line that wasn't there, got him all rattled.
That's evil.

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Ive sent a messaga like this "missed the check mate" after their latest move when they get bhind my lines. And there was non there.

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