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Why must I lose to this idiot?

@wmiltti.bsky.social
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Post mainly about chess, sometimes serious, often slightly silly. Around 2100 FIDE.

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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 16h
Thanks for asking! Here’s a gif of it, will try to do a thread later. I didn’t know 8…Qb4+ at all - as far as I can tell the “Playing 1.e4” repertoire book (which has about 100 pages on 5…Nf6) doesn’t have it even as a side note.
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 18h
Last night’s OTB game - 8…Qb4+ is a rare move which I didn’t know, I felt under lots of pressure for much of the game, but found a reasonable way through it. Draw agreed at the end, I had about 4 minutes left.
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Computer disagrees - apparently it was always completely under control! Chess is weird sometimes.
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
First game of the new OTB season fits in a single post… Also, my opponent resigned with all my pieces on the back rank! 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h6 5.g4 Be4 6.f3 Bh7 7.e6 Qd6 8.exf7+ Kxf7 9.Bd3 e5 10.Bxh7 Rxh7 11.Qd3 e4? (11…Nf6=) 12.fxe4+- Qb4+ (11…dxe4 12.Qb3 +-) 13.c3 dxe4?? 14.Qf1+ 1-0
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I always liked this one which gave no indication at all that this was a chess match
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Gives me a lovely mental image of a grumpy squirrel holding an abacus! 🧮 🐿️ Also gives me an excuse to post a black squirrel I saw in my garden (no abacus)
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I don’t think I’ve ever castled illegally. But I have fairly recently lost a game by forgetting which way pawns capture. Also once had a game where the pawns were like this - I played b4 and my opponent went …cxb2 e.p which I’d never seen before.
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Oh and for completeness here’s the better of my wins against him
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Decided to see how 1. d4 works - annoyingly it seems quite good.
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Thanks @lichess.org - that error message is somehow quite reassuring.
Error message from lichess saying “TimeoutException after 0:00;15.000000. Future not completed”
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Ssh don’t tell anyone where I am…
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Heron
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Chicken church!
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Just played this crazy game - my connection dropped at the end and I lost on time with 30 seconds on the clock 😡 #PlayTheFrench🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Here you go!
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Sooo close!
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Lichess puzzle rating 😀
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
How about this one?
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I think you’ll find that’s checkmate… #WhoNeedsMajorPieces
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
This was the position at move 50. Just looked through and it was a very weird game from an evaluation point of view - other than some obvious re-captures, pretty much through the whole game there were multiple 0.00 moves.
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Don’t think I’ve ever had a game this long with 0/0/0 plays 0/0/0 before. 74 moves, not even an inaccuracy from either side.
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Not convinced that 10…0-0-0 was my opponent’s best move here… #PlayTheScotch🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Didn’t Baddiel and Skinner do this one back in the day? Bagheri / Arce
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Blitz game - I’ve just sacced a knight on f6, here I played Qh6 and won in a couple of moves. Computer gives the amazing 1.Qg5+!! with the idea 1…Bxg5 2.Bxh7+! Kxh7 3.hxg5+ Kg6 4.Rh6+ Kxg5 5.Be3 mate
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
This from a blitz game rather amused me. The immediate 1…e5 is met by Rd5 which wipes out most of Black’s advantage. But after 1…Rc8 the bishop has no moves! White has to waste time bringing the king across, and Black can start to push the pawns. Other Black moves are fine but Rc8 is clearly best.
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Crescents through the leaves
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Some of the worlds best chess players playing football
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I once had a game where I almost filled up a whole diagonal - that’s the real aim.
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I’ve had to blow these up using lung power a couple of times - definitely leaves you light-headed!
An inflatable water polo goal 🥅
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Stood almost close enough to touch these two earlier!
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
No, it was in 5.2
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
this was not 960 btw
Sir Jimmy Anderson knocks two of Sachin Tendulkar’s stumps out of the ground.
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Doing Couch to 5k (again) - nice view at the halfway point!
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Who are these friends?
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Opponent 4 got banned for a fair play violation while I was playing them… 2300 achieved…
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Casual OTB blitz game, I played Black - my opponent went 1.Rxd7 so I just snapped off the queen. What happened next?
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Lazard, 1946 - white to play and draw
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Currently a bit below my normal rating, but doing some catching up!
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The apple I just picked up is in portrait mode!
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Any ideas?
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Letchworth Lido just posted this from 1961 on their Facebook account - slide still in place, boards looking distinctly rickety to my eyes!
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
A little game for the French Exchange enjoyers among you… (yes Ra6 would have been better than Rd8) #PlayTheFrench🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷 @shahbanu.kawaii.social
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Game 2 as Black - a bit messier, thought I had chances to trap the White queen but it never quite worked. Opponent made the last error in some time trouble, always harder to play rapid chess from a cramped position.
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Game 1 as White - pretty good apart from not playing the mate in 1 on the final move!
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Why must I lose to this idiot? @wmiltti.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
End-of-season silverware in a friendly match against our local rivals - I won 2-0 against a 2000 on board 1 and the rest of the team won fairly handily.
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