TOP TEN Moments when you should sense danger in chess |
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TOP TEN Moments when you should sense danger in chess
#1. Your opponent has three bishops.
#2. Your draw offer sends all the people watching your game into uncontrollable laughter.
#3. You don’t control any squares at all.
#4. Just as you make your opening move your opponent announces mate in 11.
#5. After completing your development you sense your opponent is playing the endgame.
#6. Before the game begins you notice your opponent’s first initials are ‘GM’.
#7. The Director tells you not to bother turning in your score sheet after the game.
#8. You have a position won, but your opponent has a gun.
#9. Your opponent begins to throw pawns at your eyes.
#10. There has been a change in the pawn structure. Your opponent has eight and you don’t have any.
__________________ "Lord, save us from the people that think they have all the answers, for they know not the questions."
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