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[–] 6 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Playing chess against people who have read chess books is the worst... you make one move and they go "ah.. the Toledo-Salamanca opening, I can checkmate in 34 moves."

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    I have yet to experience that even when playing against a fide master, but talking at the board is bad form. They do however know their way in the opening and it usually ends in disaster sooner or later

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago* (1 child)

    That opening is worth about a million bucks.

    I find it's best to play ridiculous moves then that don't show up in any books, you may end up in a strategically worse position but they have to work for their win now instead of just doing memorised plays. It's better to burn out, than to fade away!

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