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Relatable chess moments

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Dont lie.You have played in a blitz tournament,blundered all your pieces,dirty flagged the opponent,and berserked a 1300.We have our moments.

1.
The "win just one game" Habit:
Its happened to all of us.You entered an arena.You played the first game-it was against a person 400 points higher than you.You panic,and blunder your pieces.Then,you try to dirty flag him although he has more time.You click the resign button.You shake it off,saying "Its okay.He was like 2100 anyway".But on the inside,you feelimage.pngYou move on to the next game.You play a game against a 1300.You smirk and beserk.And then,because you are overconfident,you blunder.Now this is what you feel on both the inside and the outside:image.pngYou then play against a scary 2000 rated dude.For some reason he plays the Queen's Wayward and you are like "This is gonna be my first win".He then wins.
image.pngThe next few games go past like lightning.And the result?You are crashing out from the other games and you lost all of them.From the start of the tournament you were thinking:beat a titled player,win the tournament,and get 100 rating points,and now your goal is:win one game.image.pngWhen you finally win a game,you start jumping on your chair.But then,you see your arena game history next to your name.When you see it-image.png2.
The Bishop Snipe:
You are playing bullet for the 101932748172983619263981623896587612963198628936178926381623751273571236th time.Then,you laugh as the opponent apparently blunders back rank mate.You move the queen to the back rank.Then,the bishop comes in like image.pngYou stare at the screen.You start questioning everthing.You question your life choices.You question if the bishop even existed and if there was a glitch in the universe.Then,you start going image.pngagain.
3.
The "flagged" Rage:
You are playing bullet again(like seriously,STOP),for the 101932748172983619263981623896587612963198628936178926381623751273571237th time.You play a perfect game.96.5% accuracy.In a bullet game.You are up a rook,queen,bishop,5 pawns,and a knight.You are about to make the greatest checkmate in the history of bullet.Then,lichess goes like:image.pngYou start screaming.Then,you bang your head on the table,like you're waiting for god to reverse time.You go like:image.png4.
The Grind:Facing Reality:
You stay up all night,playing games.You lose,cry,bang your head,crash out,rage,and have occasional wins.Then you start going on FIRE.You beat a 2100,a 1900,a 2000,and top it off with a 2300.You look at your rating,thinking that it will for sure go up.You check your account.There it says:BLITZ.10213812731684619826398 game played.+1.
+1.
+1.
Plus.One.
You didn't sleep,you crashed out,annoyed the neighbors,and suffered acute emotional damage.
For 1 point of rating.
Your brain is going like:image.pngConclusion:
We are chess players.We cry.We smash the screen.We have spent six figures on buying new keyboards.Dont worry,we are all with you.And these are just a couple of examples.As chess players,the amount of relatable moments go on forever.