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A comment on The Morals of Chess (1786).

Re:The Morals of Chess (1786) by i-chuks on Tuesday November 04, 2025 @05:28AM (#45809404)
> You ought not to endeavour to amuse and deceive your adversary, by pretending to have made bad moves, and saying you have now lost the game, in order to make him secure and careless, and inattentive to your schemes; for this is fraud, and deceit, not skill in the game.

I tend to see rated chess as a battle and therefore all is fair in love and chess.

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Re:The Morals of Chess (1786) by cowboylowrez on Tuesday November 04, 2025 @03:50PM (#45815740)
I try to deceive my opponent in a few openings, simply by artifically delaying my move in openings in order to appear that my PREVIOUS move was an error on my part and that I am currently at a loss at what to do. I don't know how effective it is, but I'm low rated and all sorts of dumb schemes would work at my rating.
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