This is the worst move played in the history of chess, change my mind

I was Black here playing in a simul against an IM. This was a few years ago, so it makes sense that I lost, except for the fact that the time contol was hopelessly lopsided and you just had to make 20 reasonable moves to beat an International Master on time. The simul ended with 7 wins, 1 draw, and 18 losses for the IM.

Did I win? No. I did this.



With one move, I blundered my queen and my king.

Change my mind.

You played knight to F6 after he opened with pawn
to E4. You instantly put yourself in a losing position.
You were forced to retreat your knight to an unfavorable square, which was a wasted moved, and
it prevented you from developing your pieces.

The pressure from such a blunder caused you to
blunder even further, leading to a quick checkmate.

If white opens with E4, you must play the queen’s side knight if you want to use the knight open.

@Cypherish said in #2:
> You played knight to F6 after he opened with pawn
> to E4. You instantly put yourself in a losing position.
> You were forced to retreat your knight to an unfavorable square, which was a wasted moved, and
> it prevented you from developing your pieces.
>
> The pressure from such a blunder caused you to
> blunder even further, leading to a quick checkmate.
>
> If white opens with E4, you must play the queen’s side knight if you want to use the knight open.

...clown.

I could say more, but I won't ruin the thread.

@viktheking said in #3:
> ...clown.
>
> I could say more, but I won't ruin the thread.

??

@viktheking said in #3:
> ...clown.
>
> I could say more, but I won't ruin the thread.

I don’t appreciate you calling me a name. I don’t know you and I have never done anything to you. If you disagree with my perception, no problem.

But your approach and comments are totally outline....

On the bright side, he missed a checkmate on move 16! So you lasted one more move than you should have.

@Cypherish said in #2:
> You played knight to F6 after he opened with pawn
> to E4. You instantly put yourself in a losing position.

I can't tell if you're being serious or sarcastic? If the former, look up Alekhine's defense - this is a legitimate opening that is played by top level grandmasters. It does not "instantly put you in a losing position."

@Cypherish said in #5:
> I don’t appreciate you calling me a name. I don’t know you and I have never done anything to you. If you disagree with my perception, no problem.
>
> But your approach and comments are totally outline....

1. What is F6, E4? It's f6, e4.
2. Use actual notation. The move is Nc6.
3. In what world is +0.6 'losing'? I guarantee you have lost 50% of your games when you were +0.6.
4. 'The pressure'? I have a >50% winrate playing the Alekhine and hundreds of games. Why would I blunder mate because of 'pressure'? I blundered because I suck at chess. Would you say the same thing if I made such blunders in the French or Sicilian?
5. You play the Pirc. You have a 46% winrate with it, while I have a 52% winrate with my Alekhine. Arguably, winrate is much more important than the Stockfish evaluation, so if we use this logic, Alekhine>Pirc. (Even in the entire Lichess database, the Alekhine scores a tad more than the Pirc and has the highest win rate of all the openings, tied with the Caro-Kann.)

If you really think that the Alekhine Defense is a blunder, you shouldn't be playing a hypermodern opening. Surely by now you understand that White having a large center is a double-edged sword. I didn't want to turn a light thread about my blundering into an opening argument.

@borninthesixties said in #7:
> I can't tell if you're being serious or sarcastic? If the former, look up Alekhine's defense - this is a legitimate opening that is played by top level grandmasters. It does not "instantly put you in a losing position."

What I mean by losing position is it puts black a disadvantage, since black is at a slight disadvantage at the opening because black moves second.

He instantly has to retreat his knight when his opponent moves his pawn to E5 - that’s wasted move number 1

He moves his knight to D5, and his opponent brings out his bishop to attack his knight, so he has to retreat his knight again - that’s wasted move number 2.

With each wasted move, he puts himself at a disadvantage, because it puts him behind with developing his pieces....while his opponent is advancing his pieces, that’s even more pressure.

He was under pressure from the very beginning due to moving his Knight to F6 at the opening.....not a good way to start in MY OPINION

@Cypherish said in #9:
> What I mean by losing position is it puts black a disadvantage, since black is at a slight disadvantage at the opening because black moves second.
>
> He instantly has to retreat his knight when his opponent moves his pawn to E5 - that’s wasted move number 1
>
> He moves his knight to D5, and his opponent brings out his bishop to attack his knight, so he has to retreat his knight again - that’s wasted move number 2.
>
> With each wasted move, he puts himself at a disadvantage, because it puts him behind with developing his pieces....while his opponent is advancing his pieces, that’s even more pressure.
>
> He was under pressure from the very beginning due to moving his Knight to F6 at the opening.....not a good way to start in MY OPINION

The fact that you consider them wasted moves shows that you really misunderstand the whole premise of the Alekhine Defense.

Grandmasters have advocated for the Alekhine Defense is perfectly sound and have extensively played it. You are suggesting that you understand chess better than Grandmasters, better than Alexander Alekhine?

Anyways, wait till this guy finds out about the Brooklyn Variation, 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ng8.