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It obviously wasn't in this game, but if a stronger player played this against me I'd interpret it as an insult to my relative skills, like offering to spot me
by hirundo 6y ago
It obviously wasn't in this game, but if a stronger player played this against me I'd interpret it as an insult to my relative skills, like offering to spot me a knight. Or calling me a patzer (true). And then I'd try to beat them anyway. If they win the insult is deserved, and maybe they should spot me a knight too in the next game.
- bvm 6y agoeh, i sometimes play it just to challenge myself and i'm truly terrible. it's fun to get new lines and give the oppo a laugh.
- mcguire 6y agoFrom the article: "Carlsen used it last October in the first game of a speed chess final win over the American grandmaster Wesley So, who confessed to its psychological effects in the aftermath: “It’s hard to forget the game when someone plays f3 and Kf2 and just crushes you. That’s so humiliating.”"
- adamjb 6y agoNit against tfa: 1. f3 ... 2. Kf2 is the Hammerschlag or the Fried Fox Attack, not the Bongcloud.
- TameAntelope 6y agoTo me it's very clear Nakamura didn't want to lose to Carlsen's Bongcloud, so he responded in kind with one. It was a smart move on Hikaru's part, IMO.