Top five answers you don't see in chess puzzle books
White to move....
5. Offer a draw.
4. If you need us to tell you the answer, you should probably not be playing chess.
3. It's all good. Pretty much any move in this position works.
2. Resign. White has no winning chances.
1. Does it really matter? Why don't you put down this book and get some exercise?
5. Offer a draw.
4. If you need us to tell you the answer, you should probably not be playing chess.
3. It's all good. Pretty much any move in this position works.
2. Resign. White has no winning chances.
1. Does it really matter? Why don't you put down this book and get some exercise?
posted by Blue Devil Knight at 4/20/2009 11:38:00 AM
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Or "If that is really what you think, then I have got a piece of land for you to buy"
#3 is sometimes trotted out in post-mortems. Once one side has a clearly winning advantage, every patzer in earshot chimes in with a winning line. Sometimes the only way to quiet the masses is to point out that in an some overwhelming positions, everything wins.
#6 "This is not another queen sac..Oh! I see! sorry, you hung your queen again."
#6. Claim a draw by 3-fold repetition.
Katar: LOL
Black wins on time. You took too long.
Game drawn by the 50 move rule
"Put up the board and pieces up like in the diagram. Put the board in front of you so you are playing the black pieces. Extend your hand over the board and yell well played as sign you resign."
"Make sure your cellphone rings when it's black's move, that way white will win by forfeit."
"Which move doesn't matter. In the end, we're all food for worms."
Grandpatzer that's deep.
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