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[–] 177 points 2 months ago (1 child)

No no, this makes sense, you literally need to cheat.

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  • [–] 31 points 2 months ago

    It works for the crooks in charge.

    But the people paying for these kind of alpha boot camps aren't ever going to be in that position. They'll just put on blinders and "hustle" like a good little worker.

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  • [–] 62 points 2 months ago* (7 children)

    The FIDE regulations dictate that a player who declines en passant must drop a brick on their pipi. A brick is kept nearby for such eventualities

    Spoilerhttps://www.reddit.com/r/AnarchyChess/comments/mzrx2o/my_workout_punishments_for_chess_blunders/

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  • [–] 52 points 2 months ago

    But that is how CEO assholes work (or try to until they can't get away with it)

    Source: worked with nearly a dozen CEOs of various size companies

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  • [–] 44 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    To be fair, though, if you were in a game of chess where you could make 10 moves for every one move your opponent makes, it would be really easy to win that game of chess.

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  • [–] 31 points 2 months ago

    But he's correct. If you're rich enough you can bribe all the seconds, then you can make extra moves and irregular moves. Heck, you can just have all the seconds declare you victor.

    For extra points, hire guys with guns to make sure everyone at the tournament agrees with your rules.

    This is the state of modern neoliberal capitalism from the view of billionaire oligarchs and multi-national conglomerate corporations.

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  • [–] 28 points 2 months ago (7 children)

    I don't want to ruin this meme, but he's saying a real thing in a confusing way. You have to think 10 moves ahead of your opponent and also the repercussions of each move at every step.

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  • [–] 47 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Zero points for saying it wrong, though.

    “You miss every shot you take”

    “The only thing we do not fear is fear itself”

    “Interrupt your opponent when he is making a mistake”

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    There is a wonderful cartoon book by Tom Weller called "Minims". A minim is the opposite of a maxim. So the book is full of illustrations of wisdom like "The early worm gets eaten by the bird." and "You'll catch more flies with honey than you'd care to." The book's subtitle is "Man is the only animal that wears bow ties."

    (Although, I have to admit, my husky sometimes wears bow ties and he looks a lot better in them than I do.)

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    [–] 26 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Alpha in the software sense: pre-release, lots of bugs, definitely not ready for production, sale, or wide public viewing.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I gave up on playing chess. The game has become such a metaphor, such a fetish symbol for intellect, so every dude "knows how to play", but won't risk the humiliation of loss, and therefore won't play. I don't enjoy online chess, so I just don't get to play.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago

    Give shot chess a try. Each piece is a small shot glass.

    I had loads of fun destroying my friends since I was in the chess club in grade school. And they had fun because alcohol.

    Or find a park that has chess boards.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    I hear you can cheat at chess by sticking a vibrator in your ass.

    Maybe that's what the rich CEOs are doing to win

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  • [–] 15 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    It's called tempo, you sub-1800ers /s

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    [–] 13 points 2 months ago

    Well instead of "make" it should be "think" and it would be fine, you fool

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago*

    Read between the lines: they're saying that they have to cheat to win.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    I "know" how to play chess but when I try to play against a computer I constantly get reminded I can't move my piece there because I would be putting myself in check.

    Pretty sure I've only won 2 chess games in my life. ..... Against someone at my level.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago

    Chess isn't actually a logic game or a smarts game, it's a memory game. If you're a computer or one of those 15-people-per-generation chess brains, then yeah, you probably can logic your way into thinking enough moves ahead. If not, your only option is to remember a bunch of different plays and learn how to recognise and execute the preditermined strategies. If you try to do it your way, you will be stuck losing to a bad computer or chess club kids online

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago

    Business is like Start Craft 2, you gotta raise your APM if you want to beat the Korean pros

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago

    If you told me this before, I would be winning every game of chess I played

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    If he said "do them in your head" it would have made more sense lol

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago*

    This explains SO much about their thinking.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    is this from Trump's book?

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    [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    After the first check you just eat their king

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